One of Jim Weiss’ favorite slogans is
“Drive or be driven,” and it’s that philosophy that has gotten him where he is today.
After nearly 15 years of working in the
health care public relations field, including time at some of the largest firms and
internally at companies like Genentech,
Heartport and Aventis, Jim Weiss decided
he was ready to drive on his own.
He started consulting in late 1999,
working from the basement of his San
Francisco loft, and within a couple of
years, his services were in great
demand, so he incorporated
WeissComm Partners in 2001.
Not long after, he bought 1,200 feet
of space and hired a few employees,
while also starting to market the firm
nationally. Today, that business has
grown into 80 employees with multiple offices around the United States
and in London.
His services continue to be in high
demand. In fact, when one company
had a patient die in a gene therapy
clinical trial, its first call was to
Weiss because of his reputation in
the industry of managing crises with
level-headed thinking and sound
judgment. He worked with that company to attack the issue head-on
instead of hiding from it. It’s this
value of wanting to drive instead of
be driven that has helped this chairman and CEO succeed and will help
him grow WeissComm into an even
larger domestic and international
player.
HOW TO REACH: WeissComm Partners Inc., (415) 362-5018 or
www.wcpglobal.com