About
Potomac Tech Wire
is an independent news organization that covers technology
stories in the greater Washington D.C. region in an
objective and independent manner. |
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"Potomac Tech Wire is one
of the key sources for technology and deal news in the DC area."
-Business
2.0 Magazine
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Paul Sherman
Co-founder &
Editor-in-Chief,
Tech Wire
Publications |
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Paul Sherman is the editor and publisher of Potomac
Tech Wire, which he co-founded in 1999. He also serves as the
president of Tech Wire Media, which consists of five regional
technology publications: Potomac Tech Wire, New England Tech Wire,
Southeast Tech Wire, Tri-State Tech Wire and Bay Area Tech Wire. He
has moderated over 40 seminars on various technology topics, ranging
from venture capital to mobile technology to government technology
procurement. He is the co-chair of the annual Digital Media
Conference held each summer in Washington, D.C. Prior to founding
Tech Wire, he worked for three years as the news assistant at The
New York Times bureau in Mexico City, and wrote for the Economist
Intelligence Unit, Latin Finance and Time magazine for two years.
Paul received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School in 1999 and a B.A.
in political science from Brown University in 1992.
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Parul Nath
Director of Business Development, Tech Wire Publications |
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Parul Nath is the Director of Business Development for Potomac Tech Wire and the
other Tech Wire publications. Parul handles classified advertising
for clients, meeting and event planning and customer service for
marketing and advertising related matters. Prior to joining Potomac
Tech Wire, she worked with local Technology and News organizations
in their marketing departments. She graduated from the George Washington
University with a Bachelors in Business Administration in 2001with
a focus on Marketing and Information Systems.
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Ray Bolger
Editor, New England, Tri-State, & Southeast Tech
Wires |
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Ray Bolger is a 15-year veteran business journalist who has focused
on new technology companies and the
investors who back them. Prior to joining Tech Wire publications
in 2000, Ray was a staff reporter and assistant managing editor
for LocalBusiness.com, a national network of daily, online technology
business news feeds. He was also a regular contributor to Digital
South magazine, which covered venture capital in the Southeast
U.S. Prior to that, Ray was a contributing writer to Warfield's
magazine
and The Daily Record newspaper, a decades-old
daily business publication in Baltimore. As a copy writer, he has
written special sections in Forbes magazine on regional economic
development.
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Rich Scherr
Editor, Potomac & Bay Area Tech Wires |
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Rich Scherr is a seasoned technology and financial journalist who
has been with the Tech Wire publications since 2001. The Baltimore
native previously spent nearly four years covering the Baltimore
and Washington technology scene for LocalBusiness.com, and has been
a regular contributor to the sports pages of both The Baltimore Sun
and The Washington Post for several years. Also among his credits
have been a stint editing morning news feeds for America Online and
frequent contributions to the Associated Press.
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Sam Solovey
Co-founder |
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In 1999, Sam Solovey co-founded Potomac Tech Wire and is currently
Director of Business Operations and Customer Relations for the
entire family of Tech Wire publications. Sam manages customer acquisition,
advertising sales and market expansion. He and Paul oversee the
business
directory portion of the business, and Sam manages the logistics,
sponsors and speaker bookings for all Tech Wire seminars. Prior
to starting Tech Wire, he worked as a Change Management Analyst
for
Accenture in New York City and Washington D.C. While at Andersen,
he worked on projects for Merrill Lynch, AT&T and the U.S.
Postal Service. Sam has also hosted an innovative radio talk show
titled,
The Untrained Psychologist and occasionally serves as a professional
auctioneer for several charitable organizations in New York and
Washington, DC. He graduated with a B.A. in political science from
Colgate University
in 1998.
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Ned Sherman
Co-Founder & CEO, Digital Media Wire, Inc. |
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Ned Sherman is an attorney, entrepreneur and business executive
with 10+ years of experience working with media, entertainment,
technology and Internet clients in the United States, Asia, Europe
and the Middle
East. Since 2000, he has been Chief Executive Officer of Digital
Media Wire, Inc. Under his leadership today, DMW has three main
revenue channels and communicates daily with 30,000+ executives
and professionals
at digital media companies throughout the world. Ned has produced
and been a moderator or speaker at dozens of executive forums on
digital media topics, including digital music, interactive television,
interactive games, mobile entertainment and intellectual property
rights. Ned previously practiced law in the Entertainment Department
at Loeb & Loeb LLP. Ned graduated from the University of Texas
School of Law in 1994 and received a B.A. in Political Science
from Brown University in 1990.
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Tinzar Than
VP of Marketing & Events, Digital Media Wire,
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Prior to joining Digital Media Wire as Marketing Director in
2002, Tinzar was Communications Manager at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
During
her term, she was in charge of installing and managing DSL lines
and the management of the hotel’s Communications staff. She
handled the hotel’s relationships with mobile service providers
and implemented a new communications system by switching pagers to
cell phones for the entire hotel management and staff. She managed
the Department’s budget and payroll, and phone equipment and
office supply inventories. Tinzar holds a B.S. degree from University
of Massachusetts at Amherst with a major in Hotel & Restaurant
Management and a minor in Japanese.
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Mark Hefflinger
Editor, Digital Media Wire |
Mark Hefflinger has served as Editor of the Digital Media Wire
daily e-mail newsletter since September 2000. He also contributes
to related publications including Potomac Tech Wire, Bay Area Tech
Wire and the Digital Media Law Report, in addition to freelance work.
Before joining Digital Media Wire, Mark worked for several technology
and entertainment public relations firms in Los Angeles. Mark holds
a Bachelor's degree in English and Communications from Boston College.
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