IT Media Today: Use, Abuse, and Impact

Gary Beach brings 28 years of information technology publishing experience and knowledge to his role as group publisher of CXO Media, publisher of CIO and CSO magazines. Gary is a highly regarded spokesperson throughout the United States and global technology industry. He has testified before both the U.S. House and Senate and is frequently quoted by major media organizations such as CNN, USA Today, The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News. As CIO Magazine's resident expert on the CIO Magazine Tech Poll, he has provided commentary to a number of media outlets including Reuters, Business Week, The Associated Press, and CNBC. Gary has served on the United States Department of Commerce's National IT Workforce committee and headed a special United Nations multinational team that assisted developing countries to deal successfully with the Y2K issue. Gary serves on the board of directors of NetDay, another non-profit focused on technology issues in America's K-12 classrooms. Prior to joining CXO Media, Gary was president of two International Data Group publications, Computerworld and Network World. Less   View all posts

Abbie Lundberg has been Editor-in-Chief of CIO Magazine since 1995. A leading expert on the major technology and business issues of the day, Abbie has been quoted by The New York Times, CNN, USA Today, Time magazine, Reuters, Fox News and Investor's Business Daily. Under Abbie's leadership, CIO magazine has received over 150 editorial awards, including the Grand Neal, American Business Media's top honor, in 2003 and 2004, and Magazine of the Year, from the American Society of Business Publication Editors, in 1999 and 2001. Technology Marketing magazine (formerly Marketing Computers) named her a Top Journalist and a Media "Influencer" for six years in a row. In 2004, BtoB Media Business named her 'Top Editor' in its inaugural Innovator's Awards. Less   View all posts

Maryfran Johnson is the former editor-in-chief of CIO Decisions Magazine and Conferences. She lead the April 2005 launch of CIO Decisions, a 50,000-circulation monthly magazine for senior IT executives at midsized companies. In its first year, CIO Decisions earned more than a dozen editorial and design awards, including “Best New Publication” from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). She also created and launched the annual CIO Decisions Conference and managed editorial operations for two IT executive websites, www.SearchCIO.com and www.SearchSMB.com. Previously, Maryfran served as Editor in Chief of the national newsweekly Computerworld. Under her editorial leadership, Computerworld's editorial team won more than 100 journalism awards, including “Magazine of the Year” in 2003 from ASBPE. She works closely with executive education programs at UCLA's Anderson School of Business and the Society for Information Management (SIM). Named as one of the “21 Most Intriguing People in Publishing in 2005” by Min's B2B Magazine, Maryfran was also the first national winner in 2004 of American Business Media's Timothy White Award for editorial integrity. Less   View all posts