Tom Reno

Tom Reno is chief operating officer at Precision with more than 25 years of experience in the public relations industry. In that time, he’s held senior management positions at Hill & Knowlton, GCI Group, Ogilvy Public Relations, and Text 100 International. Most recently, Tom served as the worldwide COO of Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW), one of the world’s largest integrated communication firms created through the 2017 merger of WPP agencies Burson-Marsteller and Cohn & Wolfe.

Previously, Tom was the long-time COO and CFO for entertainment powerhouse 42West, helping to guide that agency through a period of unprecedented growth and its eventual sale to Dolphin Entertainment via a complicated stock deal. He was also the CEO and managing partner of Solebury Communications, a strategic consultancy offering corporate and financial communication counsel to high-growth micro- and small-cap companies.

Tom’s rare blend of communications, agency operations, talent management, and corporate finance experience ensures Precision is maximizing its operational functions to better support and empower its talented professionals to deliver superior client service.

Tom’s client experience includes advising market leaders such as Citibank, Ernst & Young, MasterCard, Deloitte, Royal Mail Group, Intel, JP Morgan Chase, Cigna, LexisNexis, Capgemini SE, DHL, Guardian Life, Payless ShoeSource, SlimFast, and Nixon Peabody, among others, to align communications with business strategy, manage change, protect and enhance reputation, and build brand equity.

Tom holds a B.A. in economics from Syracuse University and M.S. in organizational leadership and human resources from Colorado State University. He’s completed executive education programs at the Harvard Business School, Cornell University, and New York Institute of Finance.