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Reflecting its rapid growth, particularly with respect to
its evolving digital strategy, AGiLE Business Media has
announced several changes in staffing for its industry-leading publications, DC VELOCITY and CSCMP’s Supply Chain
Quarterly.
In announcing the changes, Editorial Director Peter
Bradley said, “Over the past few years, we have been aggressively developing and implementing a strategy to ensure
that we are offering our readers and viewers in-depth information in a variety of electronic formats, while at the same
time fully supporting our very successful print publications.
As part of that strategy, we are promoting some of our able
and experienced staff and bringing aboard a new editor
with expertise in digital media as well as the areas we cover.”
Bradley announced three recent promotions. David
Maloney was named chief editor of DC VELOCITY. Maloney,
who had previously served as senior editor of special projects & e-content, will have overall responsibility for the
daily operations of the magazine and digital content,
including staff management. He will continue to oversee
video projects and webcasts for both brands, including
serving as producer of Move It!, AGiLE’s online video
program. Karen Bachrach, who had served as executive
editor of DC VELOCITY since its launch in January 2003, was
promoted to executive editor - features. She will oversee
development of features and long-form journalism as well
as print operations for DC VELOCITY. Senior Editor Mark B.
Solomon was promoted to executive editor - news. In that
role, he will have responsibility for development of daily
news content for DC VELOCITY’s digital products and for
news analysis that appears in the print magazine. He will
continue to manage relations with the industry experts who
serve as DC VELOCITY’s bloggers. Those promotions follow the elevation of Toby Gooley last October to editor of
Supply Chain Quarterly, where she had previously served as
managing editor.
In addition to those promotions, Bradley announced
the hiring of Martha Spizziri as managing editor - digital.
Spizziri, who previously worked at Logistics Management
and Modern Materials Handling magazines, has long experience in developing and managing Web-based products.
“We are delighted that Martha agreed to join us,” Bradley
said. “She adds enormous strength to our team as we continue to advance our digital products in order to offer our
readers and viewers timely and useful business information
in whatever way they want to receive it.
“She joins what I think is the strongest journalistic team
anywhere covering supply chain, logistics, and material handling. We are indeed fortunate to have editors deep in experience in those fields who also bring consummate skills to
bear on our evolving digital strategy.”
DC VELOCITY, established in 2003, is the market’s first
comprehensive logistics media brand, covering the full
spectrum of the logistics market, including transportation,
material handling, and enabling technologies. CSCMP’s
Supply Chain Quarterly, published by Supply Chain Media
LLC, a joint venture of the Council of Supply Chain
Management Professionals (CSCMP) and AGiLE Business
Media, is a journal of thought leadership for the supply
chain management profession.
16 DC VELOCITY FEBRUARY 2015 www.dcvelocity.com
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The decline in productivity since 2003 of publicly
traded truckload carriers due to the implementation of various driver hours-of-service regulations. Labor productivity in general has risen 20
percent during that time.
SOURCE: R. W. BAIRD & CO.
DC VELOCITY’s parent company
announces promotions, new hire
Ceva Logistics has been named Logistics Company of
the Year in Italy for the fifth time by Assologistica, an
Italian association of logistics companies. … Glass man-
ufacturer Vitro Packaging LLC has named TTS LLC its
Logistics Supplier of the Year. … Hyster Co. has earned
recognition as a partner-level supplier for 2014 in the
John Deere Achieving Excellence Program. … Crown
Equipment Corp. won its 14th Good Design award from
the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and
Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art
Design and Urban Studies for its GPC order picker with
QuickPick Remote technology. It also won a German
Design Award 2015 from the German Design Council
for the QuickPick Remote order-picking system. … I.D.
Systems Inc. has received a 2014 M2M Evolution IoT
Excellence award for its PowerFleet wireless vehicle
management system for forklifts and other industrial
trucks. … Material handling company Associated has
been named a 2014 Outstanding Industry Partner by the
Lisle, Ill., campus of the Universal Technical Institute.
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