About The GigaOM Network
The GigaOM 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 1.75 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.
The GigaOM Network 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 Executive Officer
- Mike Sly, Vice President of Sales
- Surj Patel, Vice President of Development
- Nick Basso, Regional Sales Manager
- Paul Irving, Regional Sales Manager
- Arjun Chopra, Managing Director, OStatic
- Chancey Mathews, Web Developer
Editorial Masthead
Carolyn Pritchard, Managing Editor, GigaOM Network, has more than 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.
Desiree DeNunzio, Copyeditor, GigaOM Network, has more than 10 years of experience editing technology news. Prior to joining GigaOM, she was as associate editor at CNET News. She has also worked at Wired magazine and as a freelance editor. She holds a Masters in Comparative Literature from Purdue University.
Celeste LeCompte, Special Projects Editor, has more than five years of experience researching and reporting on cleantech and sustainable business. Before joining GigaOM, Celeste was the managing editor for Sustainable Industries (where she also covered everything from organic food to greener IT) and an associate editor at NWCurrent.com. She has spoken on numerous panels about green business, technology and media. Previously, Celeste was a research consultant for Ecotrust and a freelance editor.
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.
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.
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.
Josie Garthwaite, Writer, Earth2Tech brings more than three years of experience covering green business and consumer trends, first as an editor at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and most recently as a blogger on Sierra Club, where her content was also syndicated to the Huffington Post. She has an MA from the Graduate Program in Journalism at Stanford University, where she studied business reporting and analyzed media coverage of electric cars and the cleantech boom.
Simon Mackie, Editor, WebWorkerDaily has been working in technical publishing for nearly ten years. His started his career at Wrox Press, before working as Managing Editor for SitePoint and then Editor/Publisher for Vitamin. Simon has a Masters in Integrated Management Systems from The University of Birmingham.
Contributors
- Wagner James Au, GigaOM, Earth2Tech & NewTeeVee
- Kevin Kelleher, GigaOM, Earth2Tech & NewTeeVee
- Allan Leinwand, GigaOM
- Alistair Croll, GigaOM & Earth2Tech
- Janko Roettgers, NewTeeVee
- Karina Longworth, NewTeeVee
- Georgia Flight, Earth2Tech
Our Investors
- True Ventures
- Rakesh Mathur
- Venky Harinarayan
- Anand Rajaraman
- Alloy Ventures
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.


