About professional PUNCH

Professional PUNCH is a consulting business based out of Phoenix, Arizona and Alexandria, Virginia (servicing the DC metropolitan area) offering marketing, business development strategy, and professional writing.

We provide strategic consulting that will give actionable initiatives that will increase reach, improve your company’s brand and will result in more business.  In addition to the consulting, we provide the resources that will help you get the initiatives done when you can’t.

President’s Profile

professional punch, kathleen obrien thompson, marketing, communication, content, strategy, coaching, consultingKathleen O’Brien Thompson

With over 15 years of diverse experience in business development, marketing, management, and building client relationships at all organizational levels, Kathleen is a skilled developer of broad-based coalitions and networks of influence to increase credibility and visibility.  Analytical and possessing critical interviewing skills developed during her tenure in market research, she specializes in strategic communication consulting and the creation of polished, relevant content.

She and her team of experts provide marketing services including; branding campaigns, websites, video production and all forms of writing.

A founding member of EMC – Engage Marketing Consortium, a talented group of ‘creatives’ that collaborate to bring innovative ideas to the marketplace, Metaphorically Speaking is their fun take on the traditional newsletter.

With a proven track record of reputation management, enhancing brand awareness, and increasing market share delivered via robust marketing campaigns, Kathleen relished the opportunity to work as Tour Manager for American Idol. Working in conjunction with Kellogg’s, she was able to ensure plentiful, ideal and unique branding opportunities that resulted in a Silver Medal Award from Event Marketer Magazine.  She has worked with AMLAW 100 firms, Fortune 500 companies, was a campaign manager for the United Way and was a volunteer for the Fresh Start Women’s Foundation. She currently sits on the board of the RightCare Foundation

Ms. O’Brien Thompson graduated Summa Cum Laude and holds a Bachelor’s degree in English & Communications.  She has published numerous articles, is the editor of House2Home Magazine and serves on the board of the Society of Professional Journalists, Phoenix Chapter.