CNC Associates is a public relations, marketing and market research firm specializing in  Telecom and  Information Technology markets. 

CNC Associates was founded in 1991 by Cathy Clarke.  

Cathy Clarke
Founder and President

Prior to founding CNC Associates, Ms. Clarke was a Senior Account Executive with PR firm, McGlinchey & Paul.  Before that she was a Senior Industry Analyst with the Yankee Group.  She has almost 20 years experience in telecommunications and IT markets. 

As a senior industry analyst with the Yankee Group, Ms. Clarke regularly researched and wrote market reports and newsletters for their Communications Planning Service and managed several extensive consulting projects for U.S. and foreign clients.  She also managed accounts and research inquiry for several Fortune 500 user and vendor planning service clients. She had a 100% renewal rate with client assignments and helped to significantly expand the client base. 

Ms. Clarke has maintained longstanding relationships with many key business and trade press journalists over the years and continues to cultivate these relationships to the benefit of her clients.  

She has developed a very strong track record, averaging a minimum of 6 to 10 significant placements for her clients per month in targeted media outlets, including the top tier business and trade press.  She  has also arranged for many high profile keynote and other speaking spots at leading trade shows including Supercomm, Internet Telephony, VON, ComNet, Networld+Interop, CeBIT and others.

Ms. Clarke has written articles for  numerous publications, including Communications News,  Telecommunications, Xchange, Cellular & Mobile International, Telecommunications, and VoiceXML Journal

Ms. Clarke holds a B.A. Cum Laude from Mount Holyoke College and a Master of International Affairs/Telecommunications Policy from Columbia University.  She was a research assistant at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) at the Columbia University Business School. 

CNC Associates collaborates on many projects with members of an independent network of senior level marketing, market research and public relations experts with many years of experience in their fields.  

Representative
Clients  

Telstra 

 Belgacom USA

AT&T

Telepartner International

SnowShore Networks

The International Engineering Consortium

Nortel

The Chambers Group

StratSoft, LLC

Greenwich Technology Partners

Matrix USA

IDC

Cambridge Strategic Management Group

iGillott Research

Phillips Publishing

TouchCredit Financial Services, Inc.

ByVoice, Inc.

Electracash