Robbie Harris
Listed as CEO of Innovative Communications & Strategies LLC (InCoStrat) on US SAM/CAGE registration filings; Electronic Business point of contact for the firm at a Washington, DC address; InCoStrat was a principal contractor on UK FCO/MoD strategic communications and media operations support to the Syrian moderate armed opposition
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| Nationality | American (per US federal filings) |
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| Occupation | Strategic communications; government contractor |
| Known for | Listed as CEO of Innovative Communications & Strategies (InCoStrat) on US SAM/CAGE registrations; Electronic Business point of contact for the firm |
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Robbie Harris is listed as CEO of Innovative Communications & Strategies LLC (InCoStrat) on the firm’s US System for Award Management (SAM) and CAGE registration filings. He is also recorded as the Electronic Business point of contact for the company, with a correspondence address at 106 Quincy Place NE, Washington, DC. InCoStrat was one of the principal contractors used by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Defence for strategic communications and media operations support to the Syrian moderate armed opposition.[1][2][3][4]
InCoStrat registration
InCoStrat (Innovative Communications & Strategies LLC) was established in 2014 and registered for US federal contracting. Its SAM/CAGE filings (CAGE code 7CLV3; DUNS 079515876) list the firm at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Suite 200, Washington, DC. The filings record:
- Government Business POC: Michael Flood (President)
- Electronic Business POC: Robbie Harris (CEO), address 106 Quincy Place NE, Washington, DC; phone 202-321-5777; email associated with the firm
- Past Performance POC: Brianne Murphy (General Counsel)
The firm is described in its own materials and subsequent reporting as a communications and media consultancy specialising in strategic campaign planning, narrative development, message distribution and feedback in support of policymaking, including political and military strategic communications, counter-extremism and post-conflict work. It held (and bid for) UK FCO contracts for strategic communications support to the Syrian moderate armed opposition, claiming networks of over 1,600 journalists and influencers, more than 120 reporters and 130 stringers inside Syria, and the production of video, radio, print and social-media content.[1][2][3][4]
Public information specifically identifying Robbie Harris beyond the federal registration filings is limited. No widely available biographical, professional or corporate details link him to other named InCoStrat principals (Paul Tilley, Michael Flood, Alexis Everington, Emma Winberg, Amil Khan) outside those filings.
See also
- Innovative Communications & Strategies (InCoStrat) / Incostrat
- Michael Flood
- Paul Tilley
- Alexis Everington
- Emma Winberg
- Regester Larkin
- ARK Group
- Albany Associates
External links
- InCoStrat SAM registration (Robbie Harris listed as CEO / Electronic Business POC)
- InCoStrat CAGE/DUNS filing
- The Guardian, 3 May 2016
- The Grayzone, 23 September 2020
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Innovative Communications & Strategies Llc | Incostrat (SAM registration).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Innovative Communications & Strategies LLC | InCoStrat (CAGE/DUNS filing).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ian Cobain et al., “How Britain funds the ‘propaganda war’ against Isis in Syria”, The Guardian, 3 May 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Max Blumenthal, “Leaked docs expose massive Syria propaganda operation waged by Western govt contractors and media”, The Grayzone, 23 September 2020.