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About me

Gender Female
Industry Marketing
Occupation Experiential Marketer
Location Hermosa Beach, California, United States
Introduction Andrea Cannistraci is the President & Founder of andgreat—a marketing, branding, and events firm that specializes in helping small start-up technology companies design unique and unforgettable experiential marketing programs. Andrea is a seasoned marketer, with over 17 years experience across multiple functions of marketing. Prior to starting andgreat, she worked in marketing at several start-up tech companies. Notable is her time as Marketing & Events Manager for the Rubicon Project, where she directed major sponsorships, events and other partnering initiatives to help launch the company. Also notable is her time at OpenX, where Andrea built the experiential marketing department from ground up and created and managed an incredible series of high-profile events that established OpenX as a top tier ad technology company and successfully built online and off-line event strategies to convert prospect and customer relationships into revenue. Andrea’s greatest strengths are her creativity, drive and leadership. She thrives on challenges, particularly those that differentiate companies.
Interests In her free time, Andrea likes to play beach volleyball, travel the world, and create daily memorable experiences with her daughter, Giovanna. Andrea is a member and past officer of the Redondo Beach Elks Lodge #1378, and a member of the Leadership Hermosa Beach Class of 2017. She holds a bachelors degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and a Masters from the University of Alabama. She lives in Hermosa Beach with her daughter Giovanna. Twitter: @acannistraci Instagram: @Andgreat17 LinkedIn: AndreaCannistraci andrea@andgreat.net
Favorite Movies The Big Blue
Favorite Music Motley Crue
Favorite Books The Immortal Cell of Henrietta Lacks, Bad Blood

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