Everything Channel Taps Sam Schneider as Chief Information Officer, Seasoned IT Veteran to Grow Technology Infrastructure for Robust Media, Events and Marketing Portfolio

PRNewswire
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.
(:UBM.L)
Feb 25, 2009

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Everything Channel, a division of United Business Media, today announced that Sam Schneider has been named Chief Information Officer. In this newly created position, Schneider will establish and direct the strategic long term goals, policies and procedures for Everything Channel. Schneider brings more than 25 years of experience in technical and general management within high-growth, rapidly changing environments. Schneider will be based in Everything Channel's Framingham, MA-headquarters and will report to Robert Faletra, Chief Executive Officer.

 

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"Sam is a seasoned CIO with a strong track record of delivering world-class IT solutions. We are very fortunate to have someone of his caliber join our team," said Faletra. "As we continue to grow our online offerings as well as our robust database of nearly one million Solution Providers, Sam is the ideal person to lead the strategy and operations of our IT infrastructure."

 

Prior to Everything Channel, Schneider was Vice President, CIO of EqualLogic, a division of Dell Computer, where he was responsible for all aspects of IT including applications, infrastructure, support and strategy in the United States and eight foreign countries. Earlier, he was the Vice President, CIO of MSPCA/Angell where he was responsible for all IT with a focus on hospital information requirements. Schneider also held management positions at I4COMMERCE/Bill Me Later, Achievement Technologies and Cognex Corporation. Previously, he was an independent consultant.

 

Schneider earned a BA degree from Tufts University and a MBA from Boston University.

 

Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

 

Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for accessing, enabling, managing and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results.

 

About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com)

 

United Business Media Limited (UBM) is a global media and marketing services company that informs markets and brings the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to do business successfully. UBM serves professional and commercial communities, from IT professionals to doctors, from journalists to jewelry dealers, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. UBM employs more than 6,500 people in more than 30 countries. UBM's businesses operating in the US include CMPMedica, Commonwealth Business Media, Everything Channel, PR Newswire, RISI, TechInsights, TechWeb and Think Services. UBM is listed on the London Stock Exchange (UBM.L) and has a market capitalization of $1.6 billion.

 

    Contact:
    Kate Spellman
    Everything Channel
    516 562 7383
    kspellman@everythingchannel.com

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SOURCE: Everything Channel

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