b5media is a global new media network featuring more than 350 blogs on a wide variety of subjects ranging from entertainment and news to technology and sports. With content written by passionate people and dedicated Channel Editors from all over the world, the Toronto-based company’s blogs attract more than seventeen million unique visitors a month!
With a budding group of talented and personable employees, the company continues to grow and solidify its status as one of the leading global new media networks. You can read about some of their random musings at the team blog.
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A serial entrepreneur, Jeremy is one of b5media’s co-founders and a well-known blogger, consultant and speaker. He began contributing to his first blog in 2003, and has helped hundreds of people and many high profile companies develop strategies to incorporate blogs into their business plans.
With over 15 years of operational experience, Salim brings a depth of experience with high growth ventures. Prior to joining b5media, Salim was a Partner with Brightspark Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund. Salim’s past entrepreneurial ventures include being the co-founder and Vice President of Sales and Business Development for MobShop Inc, a pioneering ecommerce company funded by GE Capital, Visa International, Mayfield Fund and Marc Andreessen.
A full-time blogger, Darren is best known for ProBlogger.net, which has become one of the leading places on the Web for information about making money from blogs. Darren is responsible for working with b5media’s bloggers to develop systems that will enable them to improve their blogging. Darren is one of b5media’s co-founders.
One of b5media’s founding members, Shai is responsible for improving communication and relationships within the b5 community and beyond. Shai’s interest in blogging saw her become About.com’s first Weblogs expert. Her personal blog is at ShaiCoggins.com.
With over 10 years of international Sales and Marketing experience and previously with Yahoo Inc., Chad has a great passion for the online advertising industry and a keen interest with everything in the Web 2.0 space.
With over 10 years in the digital realm Darren has helped a broad range of companies and clients define their user experiences and content strategies. Prior to joining b5media Darren led the production and content visions for a diverse set of brands including CTV
Bringing over 14 years of experience with large-scale web technology, Joe has the knowledge and experience to enable b5media to continue to grow. Prior to joining the company, Joe has architected high-traffic media sites including sites for TSN, Discovery Channel Canada and CTV. He has been blogging since 2003 on his personal blog at Joetek.ca.
With over 12 years of experience in operations and venture capital, Jon brings a depth of financial knowledge to b5media. Prior to joining the company, Jon was Director of Finance with Q9 Networks Inc. (Q-TSX). Prior to Q9, Jon was a senior associate with JLA Ventures, a leading Canadian Venture Capital firm. Jon holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business.
One of b5media’s most passionate employees, Christina plays a key part in making sure things actually happen behind the scenes. She’s also a channel editor, the person behind the popular eBeautyDaily blog and a rancher in Texas.
Building upon 17 years of experience as a software engineer, Brian joined b5media to become the Tech Team’s Code Ninja. When not assisting in b5’s secret plans to take over the world, you might just find him, somewhere in Ohio, out mountain biking, caving or maybe even rock climbing with his wife and four kids. He also hosts The Code Cave, where he stores all of the tasty bits of code he’s come across over the years.
Corey serves as the main line of support for b5media. He enjoys teaching himself how to play guitar and watching the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Penguins. You can find out more about him at this blog, the corey story or check out his bookmark repository application at linkpackr.
Tris came to b5media as one of Canada’s first professional bloggers and a long-time web veteran, Tris makes sure b5’s bloggers know what they are doing online. Always a passionate blogger, Tris writes MapleLeaf 2.0 and Manscaping 101 on the b5 network. In his spare time he writes on his personal blog A View from the Isle and practices photography in and around Victoria, BC.
Darcie has been working behind the scenes in the technology industry for most of her career. Her pastime as a hardcore gym guru gives her the discipline needed to manage and organize the hardcore tech office. She is currently taking night classes, working towards her CA designation. A prairie girl at heart, she works out of the Toronto office.
Ed came to b5 after 5 years as Director of Social Engineering at Amp’d Mobile, which he considers a much less demanding career than his 15 years as a British Diplomat. His passion lies in snow diving, a sport he created during one of his many travels to the Arctic. A kid at heart, he also enjoys gas bubbles and model helium balloons.
Gabrielle has made a career of helping marketers reach their target audiences. With experience ranging from tech to consumer and having done time on both the ad agency and the publishing side, Gabrielle has a lot to offer marketers seeking to gain exposure and sell products. She is thrilled to be a part of the b5media family and can’t wait to work with you to help you grow your company.
Lee is headquartered in Toronto and hails from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He’s no stranger to server or user support, but is new to the blogging world and very much looking forward to getting to know the b5media community.
Joey has one foot in the world of software development, one foot in the realm of technical evangelism and community building and a third mutant foot in the land of rock and roll accordion playing. As b5’s Nerd Wrangler, he’s in charge of technical project management and works out of the Toronto office. Joey has a personal blog at JoeydeVilla.com and a technical blog at GlobalNerdy.com.
Mark is a contributing developer for WordPress, the Open Source software that powers all the blogs on the b5media network and millions of other blogs worldwide. Fueled by caffeine and only slightly slowed by a case of the Jimmy Legs, Mark fills the role of b5’s WordPress Ninja from his home in Florida which he shares with his wife and two cats. His various online presences can be found at MarkJaquith.com.
Rachel is responsible for the marketing and communication initiatives at b5media. She maintains Debanter, her personal blog, and co-blogs for Drinks After Dark. Prior to b5media, Rachel led the marketing team at the music/technology company, MusicIP. She also serves as secretary/treasurer for Metabrainz, a community maintained music metadatabase non-profit.
Doc Searls (born on July 29, 1947) is a widely-read blogger and a columnist and senior editor for Linux Journal. He is often credited for originating the quote “Markets are conversations”, which is also the first thesis in The Cluetrain Manifesto, which he co-wrote in 1999 with David Weinberger, Christopher Locke and Rick Levine. With David Weinberger he also co-wrote “World of Ends: What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It for Something Else” (See NEA (internet). Both Weinberger and Searls are also fellows with Harvard’s Berkman Center, where Searls heads ProjectVRM, a development effort toward Vendor Relationship Management.
Hugh MacLeod is a cartoonist and professional blogger, known for his ideas about how “Web 2.0″ affects advertising and marketing. After a decade of working as an advertising copywriter, Hugh started blogging at
happen indirectly”, a point lost on many corporate types.
As President and Founder of Blodgett Communications, Renee has been providing full service corporate communications and marketing consulting for worldwide technology companies and executives for over 18 years. Her global approach comes from living in ten countries and consulting for companies around the world. Blodgett has developed PR campaigns and launched products for companies from South Africa, Australia, Holland, Scotland, England, Belgium, Germany, Israel, and France.
For more info: http://blodgettcommunications.com/renee.html
Robert Scoble (born January 18, 1965) is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. Scoble is best known for his popular blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft. He is married to Maryam Ghaemmaghami Scoble. He has two sons, Patrick, from a previous marriage, and Milan. He currently works for Fast Company as a video blogger. He is also the co-author of Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers with Shel Israel.
I am best known these days for my writing (and the thinking behind it, I hope) at /Message, hence the /Messengers. I am obsessed with social tools, and their impact on business, media, and society. I coined the term “social tools” in 1999, the same year I started blogging, and I haven’t looked back since. Writing and working with clients takes most of my time, but I also speak at various events, such as Reboot, Lift, Shift, Mesh, Enterprise 2.0, Office 2.0, Under The Radar, and Web 2.0 Expo, to name only a few.
For more info: http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/2008/01/stowe-boyd-and.html
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