Bobbie Carlton
BOBBIE CARLTON is founder of Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights and Innovation Women, She is an award-winning marketing, PR and social media professional, who speaks regularly on social media, innovation communities and product launches, and consults with small businesses and individuals on social networking, marketing and PR. Previously, in addition to working with a number of Boston-area PR and marketing firms, she headed global PR at enterprise software companies PTC and Cognos, now part of IBM. In 2006 she switched gears, joining a startup focused on providing positive values for preteen girls through a social network and book series. Innovation Women is an online visibility bureau helping drive visibility for entrepreneurial, technical and innovative women through speaking engagements. Mass Innovation Nights (MIN) is a social media powered new product showcase and networking event. MIN has launched more than 900 new products which have received more than $1.3 billion in funding. In 2010 Carlton was named one of the “Ten Bostonians who have done the most for the startup community,” and in 2011 she was a recipient of a Mass High Tech All-star award. In 2015 she was named a Boston Business Journal Woman to Watch. @bobbiec @massinno @womeninno @carltonprm