
About Stacy
Bio
Stacy Elliott has spent the past 25 years in marketing and communications, with an emphasis in consumer technology. She spent her early career in public relations working for such well-known firms as Manning Selvage & Lee, Hill and Knowlton, and Fleishman-Hilliard. Her clients included multi-national consumer brands, including Lever Brothers, Ralston-Purina, Carnation, Pepsi-Co and American Airlines. In the mid-90s, Stacy was recruited to bring her marketing and communications experience to the consumer technology realm, helping Microsoft launch its early consumer-focused technology products including education software, gaming software, and home productivity products. She’s held a variety of marketing and communication roles at Microsoft and in 2008, she launched the first Speaker Bureau for Microsoft’s advertising business. These days she continues to use her communications skills at Microsoft for speechwriting, executive communications and public relations.
I'm passionate about
Helping women in technology become more visible as speakers and storytellers
Areas of expertise
Brand strategy, Communication, Speechwriting, Storytelling, Writing
The TED story
I first started working with TED at the Cannes Lions Festival in 2012
Things you might not know
Falconry