Moonshot

STRATEGIC MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS

Collaborating with diverse and project teams to shape marketing and communication strategies, leading to the successful launch of 110+ startups, generating thousands of pieces of earned media worth millions of dollars in advertising equivalent.

AWARD WINNING BRAND DEVELOPMENT + MANAGEMENT

Crafting breakthrough categories and strategic narratives, enhancing brand positioning, culminating in prestigious client awards, including "Best State Court Research and Analytics Platform 2023," "Fast Company Innovative By Design 2021,"  and " Central Banking Finnovator of the Year Award 2021".

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS + THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Devising and implemented marketing and comms plans with project leads, coordinating w/ subject matter experts to drive national and industry-specific media messaging. Successfully prepared an executive client for testimony before the US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services and Task Force on Financial Technology.

Orchestrating speaker and influencer programs featuring high-profile figures such as Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayan.

CREATIVE CAMPAIGN DEVELOPMENT

Utilizing a range of storytelling mediums (short-form video, image carousels, social audio events, podcasting, and online courses) to engage key audiences and convey compelling project narratives.


Staying ahead of digital and traditional marketing trends, executing integrated marketing initiatives like a street marketing campaign at SXSW involving a 10-person team, and art directing out-of-home advertisements in Times Sq.

Proactively exploring new technologies and trends, venturing into diverse fields such as remote sensing, hyper spectral imaging, agricultural water rights management, and legaltech.

EVENTS AND INFLUENCER PROGRAMS

Masterminding notable events, including the private hedge fund investor summit Compound:Thesis, and a high-profile launch event for 300+ Atrium stakeholders, raising over $35,000 in event sponsorship.

Founder | Global Director of Marketing and Public Relations

First Round Fast Track

Working 1:1 with First Round network founders to identify opportunities to share their stories and build personal and professional brands that deliver on business objectives such as fundraising, recruiting and customer development. First Round Fast Track mentors meet bi-weekly for 12 weeks per cohort.

Mentor - Public Relations 

Alchemist Accelerator

Founder pitch practice, message crafting and PR roundtables with leading technology industry reporters from The Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch.

Mentor - Public Relations

StartX.

Empowered early-stage startups with strategic insight into marcomms, effectively positioning their unique stories to reach key audiences, including mainstream media, and key stakeholders. Leveraging my 10+ years of experience in PR, marketing, and branding, I've developed and implemented repeatable frameworks spanning content, social media, and events to elevate early stage founders and teams. My deep understanding of the innovation ecosystem and climate sustainability has resulted in notable brand growth and industry awareness for StartX companies.

500 Startups

Supporting multiple cohorts of portfolio companies with public relations training and hands-on growth communications and go-to-market mentorship  with global early stage founders from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, Nigeria Poland Mexico, South Korea, etc.

Mentor - Marketing and Communications 

SparkPR

Senior Communications Manager

Cleantech Law Partners

VP Business Development

Google

Intern, Google News

Viacom

Marketing Intern - MTV

Strategic storyteller and publicist driving scalable marketing outcomes for Silicon Valley executives and brands. I craft category-defining narratives that have helped companies raise $1.5 billion in new investment

Every great company is actually a social movement.

Bring me a highly-technical founder with a muddy storyline, and I will deliver a movement leader with a sparkling new narrative that dominates headlines, and drives business results. 

I’m a media storyteller, community-builder, and thought partner to high-performing executives, investors and visionary founders. 

Together we activate audiences to tackle humanity’s most pressing challenges with ingenuity, passion and deep expertise.  

Everyone says they’re result-driven, but over the past decade I’ve consistently transformed high-growth technology founders into category leaders, launching more than 80 startups that have earned thousands of media features. 

Collectively my clients have raised more than $1.5 billion from the top venture capital funds and private equity groups. 

Leveraging my extensive network of investors, operators and media, I curate unforgettable events that lead to strategic relationships and unlock opportunities that propel my clients to the head of the line. 

I don’t win awards, but my clients do. 

Whether it's being recognized as a Fast Company Most Innovative Company, Central Banking Magazine’s Finnovator of the Year, or receiving the Core77 Design Sustainability Award, the founders I support stand out among their peers year after year.

After 14 years in the heart of Silicon Valley, I remain fired up about technologies that tackle humanity’s greatest challenges, including food security, global warming, and how the rise of artificial intelligence will impact small business owners, knowledge workers, creative professionals and educators.

When I’m not working you can find me coaching my son’s soccer team, nerding out about all things Arsenal Football Club, or exploring San Francisco’s bounty of mysterious nooks and crannies on two legs. 

I’m a lover of spicy food, black coffee and true crime documentaries. 

Lifetime learner.

I only work with clients I know I can help. 

Reach me at: chikodi@moonshotpr.com

Chikodi Chima

Maverick Research

Chief Executive Officer

Credit Mall Limited

Non Executive Board Member

FreezeLink 

Nielsen

Held various executive level roles from Client Business Partner for Unilever, Country GM to Executive Director

Various Executive Level Roles 

Bharti Airtel Limited

Marketing Leadership - Non Voice ( Data) 

Sun Products Corporation

Brand Management 

Procter & Gamble

Brand Management

IPSOS

Client Service Leadership Roles

Millward Brown

Various Client Service Roles

Ato Micah is a classically-trained brand marketing executive turned global entrepreneur. A passionate servant leader with 20+ years of experience delivering exceptional results for Procter & Gamble, Nielsen, and Millward Brown in the United States, Ghana, and Nigeria. Ato currently serves as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Maverick Research - a first-of-its-kind, technology-forward market research company based in Accra, Ghana— making consumer insights about what Africans buy, watch, and listen to seamlessly available for the first time. 

Prior to founding Maverick Research, Ato led Nielsen’s Retail Measurement Practice in Ghana and Nigeria, covering over 100 fast moving consumer goods categories in both markets. In his prior role at Neilsen, he served as Country Director for Ghana and Client Business Partner – Unilever where he led significant growth of the Ghana business and the Unilever-Neilsen engagement across Sub Saharan Africa. Before joining Neilsen in 2012, Ato spent 12 years growing brands at Procter and Gamble  and Sun Products, and driving growth at Millward Brown.  

Known for both his work ethic and bias for big ideas, Ato’s most notable career moments include leading the successful turnaround of a $60 Million brand after 12 consecutive quarters of decline, tripling the data subscriber base of a leading telecommunications company, and launching a new product that won “Best Innovation” at the 2008 NACS Convention. 

A proven people-multiplier, Ato’s connection-first leadership style is grounded in a deep care for and commitment to the growth and development of his teams. He credits his upbringing in Ghana for its foundational influence on his belief that opportunity is never to be squandered and people are always to be valued for their contributions and potential.

Thanks to his values and approach, Ato has grown Maverick Research into a highly sought-after partner with clients including the World Economic Forum (Davos), Aker Energy, Wilmar, Borderless Alliance, The World Bank and Dentsu Aegis in fewer than 4 years. Maverick also recently announced an exclusive partnership with SentiOne that will offer an advanced social listening service to businesses operating in Sub Saharan Africa.

Committed to service in every aspect of his life, Ato’s board appointments include FreezeLink and Credit Mall Limited. Beyond professional endeavors, his most important role is as a husband, father of 2, and godfather of 12 (!).

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