Who We Are

Founded in 1981 by Robert F. Kay, Pac-Tech Communications, LLC is a public relations firm with offices in San Francisco and Honolulu. We work exclusively with technology companies. Our focus is primarily domestic and our coverage extends from the beach at Waikiki to the concrete canyons of Manhattan. We promote our clients in a variety of media including newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and the Internet.

Relationship Oriented

The main distinction between our company and other shops is our links with working journalists. We enjoy long standing relationships with national business and technology publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Business Week, Forbes, Investor's Daily, Nation's Business, Wired, CNET, PC Magazine, Infoworld, PC World, and many others.

Bio of Founder

A native of San Francisco, Rob Kay has practiced high tech public relations since 1981. Rob's public relations experience parallels the development of the PC industry and his clients have included an eclectic mix of both public and private software, hardware and data communications companies including: Cygnus, Computer Training Academy/Network Resource Center, Fortron Source, Mainstream Data, PC Globe, WavePhore, WeatherBank, Hewlett-Packard, GTE, Eye Street Software, Iris Consulting, Hawaii's State High Tech Development Corporation, Aloha Conferencing, and others.

Rob has built an impressive number of press relationships over the years that include an elite group of journalists at many of the nation's top business and technology publications including: The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, Nation's Business, San Jose Mercury News, Time Magazine, and The Washington Post. Previously News Director at the California radio station, KVML/KROG, Rob began his journalism career with the San Francisco Chronicle foreign service in 1975 as a freelance writer. Rob keeps his writing skills honed by contributing a bi-weekly technology column for Pacific Business News. The author of three popular travel guides to the South Pacific, he also created and continues to maintain the Web site: fijiguide.com, which is the most-visited Web resource for information about the Fiji Islands. He holds a liberal arts degree in Journalism at Evergreen State College, Washington. He has traveled extensively through Asia and the South Pacific and has resided in Fiji and Tahiti.