Jana Schilder, First Principal of First Principles Communication, has more than two decades experience in public relations, including roles in public relations and corporate communications departments of major organizations. She knows corporate communications from the inside.

As a communications consultant, she has worked in Canada and the United States.

• Communications counsel to an industrial supply company on a go-to-market strategy

• Project management, including media relations, for a large corporate client

• Communication package for a import-export firm that operates in Latin America

• Coaching in interpersonal business communication skills to employees and managers at two industrial manufacturing companies

• Strategy for client communication for an American consulting firm

• Counsel on strategic editorial direction for a major human resources publication