Andrew J. Carothers

ANDREW J. CAROTHERS is Marketing Communications Director at
Evolve Software, Inc., San Francisco, California. A published
author, he has more than 15 years of marketing and corporate
communications experience. During the past 10 years he has
focused on helping enterprise software and other high-tech
corporations create successful positioning and increase
shareholder value through public and investor relations,
marketing communications and demand generation programs. At
Evolve, Mr. Carothers is responsible for all external
communications, including public relations, marketing
communications, certain investor relations activities, demand
generation, and managing the company’s Website. Previously, Mr.
Carothers served as Corporate Communications Director at Evoke
Software San Francisco, California, an infrastructure software
vendor. Prior to Evoke, Mr. Carothers managed all PR activities
for Autodesk’s core architecture, engineering and construction
markets, as well as for the company’s imaging and visualization
software. Autodesk is one of the largest software companies in
the world and the leading design and digital content creation
resource. Prior to joining Autodesk, he managed public and
investor relations for Health Systems Design Corporation,
Oakland, California, a then-newly public healthcare information
systems company. Mr. Carothers is co-author of The Publicity
Handbook, third edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001. He holds a Bachelor
of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.