GigaOM

Giga Omni Media’s network of sites provide one of the leading daily online news reads for the key influencers in the emerging technology market place. We deliver technology news, analysis and opinions on topics ranging from broadband and online games to Web 2.0. Founded in 2006, we now serve a monthly global audience of 1.5 million consumers and professionals interested in the latest news in the world of high-tech.

Built by experienced journalists, the GigaOM team spots the trends and applies a professional journalistic perspective to provide the reader with a definite point of view. GigaOM reports the news and makes the audience smarter through informed analysis. Our unique combination of in-depth reporting, editorial articles, opinion polls, and market metrics help us to highlight the most interesting startups, trends, products, and people in technology. GigaOM fosters a community with its readers and engages with them in a dialogue about where technology is heading both online and in person at its insider events.

Giga Omni Media’s network of sites have received multiple accolades:

• CNET: 100 Most Influential Blogs
• Business Week: Best of the Web for Tech News in 2006 and 2007
• PC Magazine: 100 Favorite Blogs
• Technorati: Top 50 Blogs
• Hitwise: Top 100 IT News Sites
• Forbes: The Web Celeb 25

Founder & Senior Writer

Om Malik, Founder and Senior Writer. Before launching his own publishing venture, Om was a senior writer for Business 2.0 magazine covering telecom and broadband stories. For more info on Om, see the Om Malik extended bio.

Business & Operations

• Paul Walborsky, Chief Operating Officer
• Surj Patel, Vice President of Development
• Mike Sly, Vice President of Sales
• Nick Basso, Account Manager
• Joanne Wan, Manager of Business Development
• Arjun Chopra, Managing Director, OStatic
• Chancey Mathews, Webmaster

Editorial Masthead

Carolyn Pritchard, Managing Editor, GigaOM Network, has nearly 10 years of journalism experience, most recently as a reporter and breaking news desk editor at MarketWatch.com. She brings to GigaOM a background in deadline-oriented, real-time news with a focus on financial journalism. Pritchard has a Masters in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley; she was also licensed to trade securities in Canada.

Carleen Hawn, Editor, FoundRead, has more than 14 years of journalism experience. Prior to editing Found|READ, she was a Senior Writer and the West Coast Bureau Chief for Fast Company magazine, and an Associate Editor in Forbes’ Silicon Valley Bureau, where she created Forbes’ long-running and influential Midas List, an index of tech business dealmakers. Carleen has a Masters in Journalism from Columbia Journalism School, and was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow at Columbia Business School. Her contributions have been published in Financial Week, Business 2.0, San Francisco and Outside magazines.

Katie Fehrenbacher, Editor, Earth2Tech. Prior to Earth2Tech, she was a Senior Writer for GigaOM, covering wireless and broadband technologies. She has also been a writer for Red Herring, Engadget, the Yomiuri Shimbun, and ReadyMade Magazine.

Liz Gannes, Editor, NewTeeVee. Prior to founding NewTeeVee in December 2006, Liz covered the web beat for GigaOM.com. In addition to writing and editing for NewTeeVee, she programmed the NewTeeVee Pier Screenings as well as NewTeeVee Live. Prior to GigaOM, she wrote for Red Herring.

Judi Sohn, Editor, WebWorkerDaily, has over 10 years experience as a home-based graphic designer, technology consultant and blogger. Now remotely managing a patient advocacy nonprofit organization, she truly lives the Web Worker life and brings her practical experience to the site content.

Sam Dean, Editor, OStatic, is an award-winning technology writer and editor. With 20 years of experience producing content for tech-focused sites and publications, he has covered nearly all prominent technology categories, with a special focus on open source technology. Sam began writing and editing about technology in the late 1980s, as the personal computer industry was beginning to bloom. He has edited several books on technology, produced and appeared on technology- focused shows and podcasts, and has won several national journalism awards. An experienced blogger, Sam also produces blog content each week for the popular WebWorkerDaily, another blog within the GigaOM network.

Chris Albrecht, Writer, NewTeeVee, has spent over a decade identifying, creating or marketing hit content online. He cut his teeth as an Associate Editor for ZDNet’s AnchorDesk back in the day and served as copywriter, acquisitions manager and director of programming for MTV acquired AtomFilms.com. He has spoken at, juried or programmed different film festivals across North America.

Craig Rubens, Writer, Earth2Tech and NewTeeVee, is never far from camera and laptop, brings his road warrior blogging and video experiences to GigaOM. An avid consumer and producer of media, Craig is excited by multimedia projects powered by social networking communities.

Stacey Higginbotham, Writer, GigaOM, is happy when immersed in SEC filings, tech specs or poking through a data center. She has spent the last seven years covering technology and finance for publications such as The Deal, the Austin Business Journal, The Bond Buyer and Business Week, and works remotely from Austin, Texas.

Contributors

• Wagner James Au, GigaOM
• Kevin Kelleher, GigaOM
• Jane Pinckard, GigaOM
• Allan Leinwand, GigaOM
• Alistair Croll, GigaOM & Earth2Tech
• François Schiettecatte, GigaOM

• Mike Gunderloy, Web Worker Daily
• Leo Babauta, Web Worker Daily
• Dian Schaffhauser, Web Worker Daily
• Samuel Dean, Web Worker Daily

• Jackson West, NewTeeVee
• Janko Roettgers, NewTeeVee
• Karina Longworth, NewTeeVee
• Don Reisinger II, NewTeeVee

• Georgia Flight, Earth2Tech

Our Investors

• True Ventures
• Rakesh Mathur
• Venky Harinarayan
  
• Anand Rajaraman
  

Our Friends Who Have Helped Us Along The Way

Emily and Max of Ideacodes, Nicolo & GNV Partners, Chancey Mathews, Matt Mullenweg and the entire WordPress community, ACS, Dave McClure, Nitin Borwankar, 37 Signals, and of course Apple for making the coolest computers that run hotter than a BBQ grill.