Executive Bios
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Carr Davis Co-Chief Executive Officer As Co-Chief Executive Officer, Carr Davis is responsible for all sales, company partnerships and strategic relationships of Cygnus Business Media. Prior to joining Cygnus, Carr and co-CEO Anthony O'Brien founded FDCH eMedia in 1993. The endeavor produced groundbreaking real-time direct distribution opportunities for business-to-business partners and the creation of new syndication markets for television text for top media channels including CNN, NBC, Fox News Channel and CBS. The company also partnered with the Associated Press distributing exclusive content via the AP wire to international outlets such as Newsedge, Dow Jones, Reuters, Bloomberg and Proquest. More » |
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O'Brien Co-Chief Executive Officer As Co-Chief Executive Officer, Anthony O'Brien is responsible for the management of all company operations, personnel and technical development. Prior to joining Cygnus, O'Brien and co-CEO Carr Davis founded FDCH eMedia in 1993. The endeavor produced groundbreaking real-time direct distribution opportunities for business-to-business partners and the creation of new syndication markets for television text for top media channels including CNN, NBC, Fox News Channel and CBS. The company also partnered with the Associated Press distributing exclusive content via the AP wire to international outlets such as Newsedge, Dow Jones, Reuters, Bloomberg and Proquest. More » |
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James Ogle Chief Financial Officer, Cygnus Business Media As Cygnus Business Media's Chief Financial Officer, Jim Ogle oversees day-to-day financial operations of the company. Ogle has a strong track record in developing and executing successful growth strategies in interactive, print and expo. More » |
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Michael Martin President, Cygnus Business Media - Publishing In his role as President, Mike Martin oversees strategic direction of both magazines and corresponding web portals of one of the nation's most successful business-to-business media companies. Martin also directs the public relations, internal and external communications for the company. More » |
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Julie
Thompson Senior Vice President/Director, Cygnus Expositions As senior vice president/director of Cygnus Expositions, Julie Thompson is charged with overseeing the company's 40 national and regional tradeshows, insuring that they provide quality content and unsurpassed marketing opportunities for the thousands of buyers and sellers that take part each year. As one of the country's top B2B tradeshow management companies, Cygnus Expositions produces events in the Construction, Aviation, Agriculture, Building & Home Products, Fire & EMS, Industrial & Manufacturing Equipment and Supplies and Law Enforcement industries, bringing together more than 150,000 buyers and sellers annually. More » |
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Davel Vice President, Cygnus Business Media - Publishing As Vice President, Dave Davel works closely with his publishers and editors to deliver quality media that reaches his advertisers' core customers. He was instrumental in launching the Cygnus Video Network which provides broadcast quality programming on several of Cygnus Business Media's websites, first premiering on ForConstructionPros.com. More>> |
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Tom Martin Vice President of IT and Manufacturing, Cygnus Business Media As Vice President of Manufacturing for Cygnus Business Media, Tom Martin oversees the manufacturing of more than 60 business-to-business magazines and custom publishing titles. His 30-year career has encompassed the entire spectrum of publishing and production positions, including advertising sales, publisher and production director and has helped to launch magazines in the graphics, imaging & reproduction marketplace. More » |
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Judy
Heidebrecht Vice President of Human Resources, Cygnus Business Media As Vice President of Human Resources for Cygnus Business Media, Judy Heidebrecht is responsible for overseeing all human resource functions for one of the industry's most successful business-to-business communications companies. In this capacity, she coordinates operations and benefits for the nearly 500 Cygnus employees based in over 10 locations around the country. Ms. Heidebrecht manages staffing, compensation, training and development, employee relations, safety and benefit matters such as insurance, 401k and vacation schedules. More » |
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Scott Roulet Vice President - Business Development As Vice President of Business Development, Scott is charged with finding ways for the company to partner with outside Cygnus' existing infrastructure in order to deliver more value. He has been involved in electronic media for more than 20 years - most recently as vice president of publisher relations for ProQuest Company, a supplier of electronic information for the library and academic markets. More » |
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David Parsha Vice President - Cygnus Interactive As Vice President of Cygnus Interactive, Parsha works extensively with the publishing and expo divisions to deliver high-quality digital products for the company's more than 30,000 advertisers and marketers. He recently launched Cygnus Buyer's Guides, the only industry directory that allows customers to strategically target their placement, add links to press releases and showcase products all in one area visited by thousands of active buyers. Parsha spent more than a decade at Bloomberg, a leading global provider of data, news and analytics, where he was responsible for developing business strategy for Bloomberg News and Media. The company is at the top of the financial media industry, disseminating content through its news service, television, radio, magazine and books for investment professionals. More >> |
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Paul Caplan Chief Sales Integration Officer The former publisher of one of the nation's top security websites - SecurityInfoWatch.com - Caplan guided its launch while managing sales, editorial and production and building the site into one of the most influential in the security industry. During its first year, it was recognized as Best New Web Site by the American Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE). In his role as Chief Sales Integration Officer, he is responsible for developing strong, integrated digital marketing opportunities across all media platforms. More » |
