GREG SWANSON

Greg Swanson, Partner and CEO, ITZ Publishing Group

Before launching ITZ in 2005, Greg spent seven years as director of interactive media sales for Lee Enterprises. He's served on the board of the Newspaper Association of America's New Media Federation and regularly speaks and leads training sessions for the Media Center, the American Press Institute and the NAA. His consulting clients have ranged from large companies such as Knight Ridder, Belo,Ottaway, CNHI, Lee, McClatchy, Media News Group and Copley to independent newspapers and alternative weeklies.

Greg has also worked with business publications and magazines, including Folio and Oregon Business, and industry associations such as the National Retail Federation.