Todd Barrish Joins LaunchSquad as Managing Director, New York

First on PRNewser: Former Dukas PR executive vice president and general manager Todd Barrish has joined tech agency LaunchSquad as Managing Director of its New York office.

Barrish, the fourth person hired at Dukas PR, built the tech practice and helped grow the firm from a five person agency in 2006 with revenue under one million, to a 20-plus person firm with several million in revenue.

“I was at Dukas for several years and [founder Richard Dukas] and I built a great business together,” Barrish told PRNewser. “His business is in great shape, but I got to a point where I wanted to see what was next. I spent the last four months talking to several companies, understanding who is investing in the social web. I kept finding myself going back to LaunchSquad.”

LaunchSquad will continue to focus on growing within the tech sector, Barrish said, but the agency is looking to “expand the spectrum of the type of clients we’re going after” in terms of vertical and size.

Current clients include SuccessFactors, Next New Networks, Epix TV, Evernote, Daptiv, Ocarina Networks and Savings.com. The agency has revenues of $4.2m and more than 40 employees in three offices.

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