Technology, while pervasive in our society, is constantly changing, improving and redefining itself. As technologies change and evolve, so too does the intersection of public policy and technology.

Led by top tech consultant Alix Burns, Bay Bridge Strategies specializes in helping companies keep pace with ever-changing technology innovations and the resulting policy implications. Policy and politics fundamentally impact organizations of every size, be it an entrepreneur working alone, a venture capital firm assessing the impact of new regulations or a Fortune 100 company responding to international competition. Bay Bridge Strategies applies strategic thinking, long-term expertise and dynamic advocacy to serve the needs of our clients.

Bay Bridge Strategies has extensive experience developing and managing the execution of policy strategies for emerging companies in the technology sector. Having previously worked with successful start-ups, Burns understands that having a good technology or application is simply not enough. Successful companies need vision, strategic planning, the ability to execute and knowledge of the players and the policies to get ahead. Bay Bridge Strategies has worked closely with companies that are the lifeblood of the technology sector – from small pre-IPO start-ups to medium sized. From Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas, to Boston, Massachusetts – these companies represent consummate risk takers and, perhaps, the next great success story. Burns fully understands the unique expectations and demands of emerging companies and the strategies needed to build successful companies.

Recognizing that a collective voice can be better heard than a single opinion, companies and industries often form coalitions. Bay Bridge Strategies has the leadership, consensus-building skills, management style and approach to create, fund, organize and run such efforts.

During the past six years, Alix Burns has worked directly with technology leaders, entrepreneurs and policy leaders on a number of issues and coalitions to advance the goals of member companies. Previous coalition work includes the International Employee Stock Options Coalition comprised of leading high-tech, bio-tech and venture capital organizations. Burns has also been a leading voice in efforts to secure the passage of prominent free trade agreements.

Modern management of coalitions must utilize the tools and strategies of a political campaign. Advancing an agenda successfully requires a sound strategy, targeted efforts and reliable execution. Bay Bridge Strategies has extensive experience in both long-range planning and execution of multi-year campaigns as well as short-term projects that require brief and intensive focus. Our experience includes political campaigns at the national, state and local levels, lobbying campaigns involving individual companies and coalitions with dozens of members.

While each campaign is unique, many require building diverse support in targeted states and congressional districts. Successful grassroots and grasstops campaigns are critical to any large policy outreach effort. Burns has extensive experience on such campaigns including the organization and coordination of an effort targeted at tech companies that culminated in a petition with more than 15,000 signatures from technology employees around the country. Burns has also led numerous efforts to build targeted support from both executives and employees alike in districts around the country.