Katia Shabanova is the founder of Forward PR, a high-tech public relations and marketing agency. She worked for three high-tech PR agencies in the USA before moving to the corporate side. For more than 10 years, Katia Shabanova served as a PR director for a global software company with a headquarter in Germany, where she oversaw worldwide PR activities for the company's offices in Germany, USA, Russia, Japan, China and other regions. Apart from her daily PR work and passion for technology, Katia has been helping several nonprofit organizations and immigrant communities leverage publicity, promote their agendas in the local communities and create awareness about their missions.