Meztger sells interest in Metzger Albee PR, steps down as CEO

BOULDER — John Metzger has sold his ownership share in Metzger Albee Public Relations and is stepping down as chief executive of the firm he founded nearly 25 years ago.

Metzger sold his shares of the company, one of the first in the nation to cater to tech firms, to his business partner, Doyle Albee, who will take over full ownership, operations and financial control of the company. Albee joined the firm 11 years ago and became president of Metzger Associates in 2008. The firm’s name was changed to Metzger Albee PR in May 2014.

“It’s been my great privilege to work with Doyle for the last 11 years, and to now leave the firm’s future in his capable hands,” Metzger said in a prepared statement. “As one of the nation’s first business-to-business technology marketing specialists in the early ’90s, to the region’s most established PR brand today, we didn’t just watch the world change around us. I’m proud to have been on the team and directly involved in making history with hundreds of great clients, through every paradigm shift of the Digital Age.”

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Metzger will carry the honorary title of chairman emeritus with the firm. He will continue to focus on supporting entrepreneurship through mentoring and board leadership with emerging technology companies.

“For the last 25 years, literally hundreds of client companies have benefitted from John’s guidance and expertise,” Albee said. “We will strive every day to ensure the firm which bears his name lives up to the standard of excellence John instilled.”

Metzger Albee develops and executes communications strategies for clients ranging from the Fortune 500 to venture-backed startups with a mix of traditional media relations and new media techniques.