Rick Silipigni joined Qorvis Communications as Director of Business Development. Like Qorvis itself, Silipigni is entirely focused on the communications needs of the client. In his role, Silipigni leverages Qorvis’ fully integrated marketing communications model to help companies breakthrough the clutter across an increasingly diverse range of media channels with unparalleled scale and efficiency.

Pertinent Background

• By consistently driving year-over-year multimillion dollar revenue growth, Silipigni has established himself as the leading new business development professional in the industry and was most recently the founding Director of Sales and Business Development for Red Zebra Broadcasting, established by Dan Snyder to create a fully integrated multi-media marketing platform for the Washington Redskins.
• Silipigni has worked directly with the largest defense, technology and telecommunications brands in the industry and has an intimate understanding of the communications challenges ahead of them in the changing face of media, politics and the economy.
• Silipigni’s work in helping clients achieve breakthrough results has been the subject of articles in leading broadcast industry trade publications. He is considered to be one of the most prolific advertising sales professionals in the country by his peers and was named one of the Top 10 in the industry by Radio Ink Magazine in 2003.

Education

Silipigni graduated from the University of Massachusetts/Lynchburg College with a  B.A. in Marketing Communications.