The VAR Guy needed an online home. So Nine Lives Media — a division of Penton Media — launched this site. While it’s difficult to track down The VAR Guy, here’s the contact info and bios for his handlers and site contributors.
Sponsorship Opportunities and Advertising
For questions about site sponsorship, Webcasts, custom media, custom research, event moderation, and other advertising/marketing opportunities, please contact the following team members:
Amy Katz, President: Amy is president of Nine Lives Media, a division of Penton Media. In addition to running our operations, Amy oversees sales, business development and marketing for our digital platforms (The VAR Guy, VARtweet, MSPmentor, MSPtweet and Talkin’ Cloud). Phone: 978-468-0092. Email: amy [at] ninelivesmediainc.com.
Kimberly Daniels, Senior Sales Consultant: Based in Southern California, Kim plays a key role in driving Nine Lives Media’s sales, customer engagements and customer satisfaction. She works directly with CEO Amy Katz on new business development, account service and customer relationships. Phone: 562-439-5205 Email: kim [at] ninelivesmediainc.com.
James Pastuf, Sales Contractor: James is responsible for sales and account support for the eastern U.S. and Europe/International clients. Prior to this position, he worked as an Account Manager at Corporate Executive Board and Toolbox.com, where he gained experience with the IT community and servicing their business and online advertising needs. James lives outside of Philadelphia in West Chester, Pa., with his wife and crazy puppy, and loves watching Syracuse Orange basketball. Email: james [at] ninelivesmediainc.com.
Editorial Content and Research
For questions about daily content, news coverage, research projects and research projects please contact the following sources:
DAILY CONTENT: Charlene O’Hanlon, Contributing Managing Editor: Charlene oversees day-to-day editorial content for The VAR Guy and Talkin’ Cloud. She is an award-winning editor and writer specializing in the IT channel, managed services, technology tools and trends. Over the past 15 years, her articles have appeared in numerous technology and telecommunications trade publications including PHONE+, CRN and Campus Technology News. A native of Arizona, she graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and now makes her home in New York, where she drives her friends and family crazy with her daily complaints about the cold weather. Email: charlene [at] ninelivesmediainc.com.
RESEARCH: Joe Panettieri, Editorial Director: Joe is executive VP of Nine Lives Media, a division of Penton Media. Joe oversees our content, community and social media strategies across our digital media brands (The VAR Guy, VARtweet, MSPmentor, MSPtweet and Talkin’ Cloud). Phone:212-204-4206. Email: joe [at] ninelivesmediainc.com. Twitter: @joepanettieri
Contributing Bloggers
Our daily bloggers strive to help you understand what’s next in the IT channel. Some of our daily bloggers and contributors are independent, so their opinions may not necessarily represent the views of Nine Lives Media, this site’s publisher.
Nathan Eddy, Contributing Blogger: Nathan is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and began his career at FierceMarkets as the creator and editor of FierceGameBiz before moving on to CRN, where he covered the channel and the open source software industry. His writing has appeared in Popular Mechanics, Men’s Health, Popular Science and various business publications. He is currently the editor of the Midmarket section at eWeek.com. As much as he loves his home country America, he is doing just fine living in Berlin, thank you very much.
Elliot Markowitz, Contributing Blogger at Large:: Markowitz has shaped and influenced top IT media brands for two decades. Most recently senior VP and editorial director at Ziff Davis Enterprise, Markowitz has managed digital content, virtual event and print media strategies for a range of media companies. Within the corporate IT and channel markets, Markowitz built deep relationships with readers while holding key posts at Nielsen Business Media, Freedom Media (CRM Magazine) and CMP Media (CRN).
The VAR Guy, Blogger at Large: Anonymous. Opinionated. Fast-moving. The VAR Guy has navigated the IT channel since around 1992. Here’s his complete bio. And here are all of his blog entries. Phone: Unlisted. Email: thevarguy [at] ninelivesmediainc.com.
John Moore, Contributing Blogger: John covers the vertical market IT channel, which a particular emphasis on public sector IT and health IT. He started covering technology topics in 1986 and has worked for publications including Computer Systems News, Federal Computer Week and Smart Partner. For the past seven years he has worked as a freelance writer,contributing articles to a number of print and online publications. Those include: Baseline, Campus Technology, Dice.com, Government Computer News, Government Health IT, ITsecurity.com, and Tech Target.
Christopher Tozzi, Contributing Blogger: Tozzi covers open source and disruptive technologies in the IT channel. A seasoned IT manager and graduate student, Tozzi has blogged for the Nine Lives Media platforms since 2008.
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