Prior to joining BZ Media, Ms. Burris served as Human Resources Manager for Bradley Marketing Group, a production firm that specializes in the procurement of branded materials. Prior to that, she was a Human Resources Specialist at EAC Inc. (Education & Assistance Corp.) a non-profit organization that provides educational, vocational, counseling and criminal justice services. Ms. Burris completed her undergraduate work at the Bryant College, where she studied business management.

Ms. Grekin joined BZ Media in 2007 as a marketing intern. Upon graduating from Quinnipiac University in May 2009, she joined the BZ Media team as a full-time marketing assistant. Since then she has grown into her new role and taken on diverse responsibilities.

Prior to joining BZ Media, Ms. Grekin was a student at Quinnipiac University and studied abroad in Australia for 6 months. She was the Assistant Director of the Quinnipiac PR firm (SGPR), an active participant of PRSSA and a member of Lambda Pi Eta (Communications Honor Society).

Mr. Lyman came to BZ Media with more than 10 years of experience producing and selling online media, print publications, and technical conferences. Previously, he served as National Sales Manager at Fawcette Technical Publications (which was acquired by 1105 Media Inc.), where he worked on their JavaPro, Enterprise Architect and online brands.

Mr. Lyman is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and lives on the north shore of Boston with his wife and two sons. In his spare time, he skis in the mountains of Vermont and enjoys sailing with the family up, down and around the New England coast.

Viena Ludewig, CPA, is BZ Media’s Controller and Director of Finance. After a period of consulting for the company, Ms. Ludewig joined the management team in 2005. A senior finance professional with more than 15 years’ experience, Ms. Ludewig is responsible for all finance functions, including accounting, receivables, payables and treasury management.

Prior to joining BZ Media, Ms. Ludewig worked in various positions in finance and accounting where she gained experience in managerial and operational accounting. Ms. Ludewig spent two years earlier in her career with BDO Seidman, LLP, auditing public, private and non-for profit clients. Ms. Ludewig holds a B.A. in Accounting and Information Systems, and Economics. She and her family live on Long island, N.Y., and travel frequently to Pennsylvania where they enjoy nature and outdoor activities.

Craig Reino directly supports the technical aspects of sales, staff, partners, customers and readers at BZ Media. Mr. Reino is responsible for the technical quality of our Web-based and e-products, as well as customer and reader satisfaction worldwide. He joined BZ Media in 2006, and brings over 12 years of technical and customer service and support experience to his position and oversees the technical support operations with a focused team based in the United States.

Prior to joining BZ Media, Mr. Reino worked as a technical support manager with MSEDP, where he supported their daily business operations. Mr. Reino has a degree in computer science and information systems, and is a Lotus Certified Professional.

David Rubinstein is the director of editorial operations at BZ Media, as well as editor-in-chief of the company’s flagship SD Times, the monthly magazine for software development managers. In addition, Mr. Rubinstein is chairman of BZ Media’s SharePoint Technology Conference (SPTechCon), and the editor of the SPTechWeb site and the weekly SharePoint Technology Report (SPTechReport).

Mr. Rubinstein is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Journalism and has more than 30 years of experience in the field. He joined BZ Media in 1999 from Newsday, Long Island’s daily newspaper. He has a wife and three daughters, and in those rare moments when he’s not typing, Mr. Rubinstein enjoys baseball, the beach, bicycling and classic rock.