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It is the mission of Emlen Media, Inc. to be the information source for business news in small to medium sized growth market segments. Particular attention will be in the commercial and industrial facilities or “bricks and mortar” areas. Specifically Emlen Media, Inc. will concentrate on delivering architects and contractors as well as maintenance and operational professionals, magazines, related websites and newsletters in which to receive information regarding news and products related to their particular fields.

Meet our Management Team

Eli Gage, Founder
 

Eli Gage has more than 25 years of experience serving the Architecture/Engineering/Contractor and facilities management communities. As president and founder of Emlen Media Inc., he is directly involved with virtually all of the company’s departments, providing expertise in sales, marketing, web site development and information technology for print and electronic content delivery. Eli is the visionary behind the push to a Publishing 3.0 platform at Emlen Media, using SAAS, cloud computing and web-based software for managing and administrating state-of-the-art publishing models.

Prior to founding Emlen Media Inc. in 1994, Eli was the national sales manager of Klober Plastic Inc., where he was responsible for managing all aspects of the American-based subsidiary of Klober GMBH, a commercial plastics manufacturing company. Prior to that he was a sales engineer for Hoke Controls Inc., supplying and specifying high-pressure gas delivery products to the semiconductor, pharmaceutical and petro-chemical fields.  
 
Eli serves as a board member of the Phoenix-based Durrant Foundation, targeting university students in need of financial assistance for studies in the areas of architecture and engineering. He is a frequent speaker in the specialty niche of prison, school and healthcare construction. He studied journalism and marketing at the University of Colorado.


Larry Howe, Associate Publisher

Larry Howe has more than 25 years of experience in business-to-business media, marketing and communications. As associate publisher of Emlen Media Inc., Larry is responsible for developing integrated communications programs for marketers in the prison, school and healthcare construction markets. He specializes in creating marketing-communications programs designed to help advertisers reach their full potential for market recognition.

Prior to joining Emlen Media Inc., Larry was vice president and group publisher for Putman Media, where he was responsible for developing and implementing reorganization plans and directing ongoing operations of the business-to-business media company’s largest business unit.  Prior to that, he held sales and management positions with national business-to-business media companies Hanley Wood and Delta Communications.


John Buckley, Vice President of Marketing

John Buckley has 29 years of sales, marketing and publishing experience. As vice president of marketing at Emlen Media Inc., John is responsible for all marketing endeavors, including the re-launch of the company’s Web sites and electronic newsletters. John specializes in Internet strategies and effective delivery of integrated print and online marketing campaigns for advertisers.

Prior to joining Emlen Media Inc., John was the vice president of business development for Go Green Online, a Web 2.0 educational green platform. He also worked for Sony Music Entertainment, developing an online music subscription service. His background includes senior sales & marketing positions at the Dun & Bradstreet Corp. and Rueben H Donnelley Publishing.

John is an active member in his community and a member of Lion’s Club International. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from San Diego State University and resides in Marin County, Calif., with his wife and three children.


Matthew Crawford, Managing Editor

Matthew Crawford is managing editor of Emlen Media Inc. He oversees all aspects of the print and online editorial process and manages a team of in-house editors and writers in the field. Serving as the editorial department’s liaison with the art and online departments during production, and assists with design and social media strategies. 

His expertise in writing and editing was honed over several years working for a variety of publications, including the Times-Standard (Eureka, CA), Daily Triplicate (Crescent City, CA), North Coast Journal (Arcata, CA), L.A. Times, Paste Magazine and SFstation.com. He graduated from Humboldt State University with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communications.

Matthew is a “hands-on” journalist and can often be found at industry events or on site at many of the facilities featured in each of Emlen’s titles.


Robin Lilly, Online Editor

Robin Lilly has served as webmaster and online editor since the company launched its first Web site in the 1990s. She supervises all Web development, including the manipulation of content management systems and e-mail delivery technologies.

She works with the editorial department, managing the company’s various social media platforms, from her office in Virginia. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Semiotics from Brown University and a M.Ed. from Regis University.  


Louise Wainscott, Director of Operations

Louise Wainscott has more than 30 years of experience in business operational management. As director of operations at Emlen Media Inc., Louise is directly involved with all departments of the company. She performs complete trade show management for the numerous conferences and exhibitions that Emlen attends, ensuring ongoing client relations.

Louise is responsible for managing Emlen’s progressive profiling services and maintains the company’s electronic lead-delivery system. She also oversees readership management for more than 120,000 subscribers, who receive more than 50 electronic and print deliveries a year across all titles.

Louise is instrumental in streamlining all departmental processes and procedures, applying the most innovative and effective programs and systems available for maximized publishing efficiency.

Gaby Neal, Art Director