F19 offers strategic communications services for businesses seeking major national exposure, industry recognition, brand control/enhancement and competitive positioning.

 

The company has advised businesses across a diverse range of industries, including B2C/B2B technology, VC/PE, cybersecurity, commercial space, defense, geopolitics, media/advertising, healthcare, criminal law, emerging industries and more. In business for over 10 years, F19 has generated thousands of national media placements for its clients, including network TV shows and leading national newspapers, magazines and news sites. The company's clients have also raised tens of millions of dollars in Series A, B and C investment rounds; secured acquisitions by Fortune 500s; consulted for network TV shows; appeared as Congressional expert witnesses; signed national publishing deals; and more.

 

F19 was founded in 2009 by communications strategist Michael Sias. With over 20 years of experience, ranging from the newspaper industry and politics to high-pressure PR campaigns and crisis management, Sias has an extensive background he can leverage for clients. He has advised publicly traded companies on strategic media and marketing campaigns, helped launch numerous startups, managed statewide and national media tours, directed the communications programs of multiple industry conferences, established countless industry officials as leading national experts and guided companies through serious crises. Prior to entering the PR field, Sias served as a political and communications analyst in a state legislature, a campaign aide for state legislative races and a crime and government reporter for a daily newspaper.