Michael Gutierrez
Director
Michael provides media relations and public affairs counsel to major domestic and foreign-owned companies.
He has further advised a Fortune 20 U.S. telecom on media strategy in support of government relations outcomes in California.
Michael brings 20+ years of in-house corporate communications experience triaging high-volume, front-line, controversial media relations environments.
Prior to Brunswick, Michael was head of global corporate communications and public affairs for China-based Hikvision, the world’s largest surveillance technology company. For the company, he led global media relations, government relations, and coalition development on a range of issues, including national security, human rights, cybersecurity. His time at Hikvision coincided with rapidly deteriorating U.S/China relations.
Previously, he served as director of public relations for Los Angeles-based Herbalife, a major publicly-traded direct-selling company. Michael implemented the company’s successful multi-pronged public response to an unprecedented $1B shareholder activist attack against the company’s stock and all related federal/state investigations of the company.
Michael received his bachelor’s degree in communications from San Diego State University. He is also an Accredited Public Relations (APR) practitioner by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).