Who is b5media?

b5media (www.b5media.com) is a global new media network featuring more than 150 blogs on a wide variety of subjects ranging from entertainment and news to technology and sports. With content written by passionate people from all over the world and visited by more than two million unique visitors a month, b5media is among the world’s largest online new media networks. b5media is based in Toronto.

Management Team

Jeremy Wright

President, CEO

A serial entrepreneur, Jeremy is one of b5media’s co-founders and a well-known blogger, consultant and speaker. He began contributing to his first blog in 2003, and has helped hundreds of people and many high profile companies develop strategies to incorporate blogs into their business plans.

Shai Coggins

Vice-president, Community Services

One of b5media’s founding members, Shai is responsible for improving communication and relationships within the b5 community and beyond. Shai’s interest in blogging saw her become About.com’s first Weblogs expert. Her personal blog is at ShaiCoggins.com.

Darren Rowse

Vice-president, Training and Development

A full-time blogger, Darren is best known for ProBlogger.net, which has become one of the leading places on the Web for information about making money from blogs. Darren is responsible for working with b5media’s bloggers to develop systems that will enable them to improve their blogging. Darren is one of b5media’s co-founders.

Mark Evans

Vice-president, Operations

Mark is actively involved in the company’s day-to-day operations, which includes working with partners, suppliers, channel editors and bloggers. Before joining b5media, Mark was a newspaper reporter - most recently at the National Post where he wrote about the Internet and the telecom sector. In 2001, Mark co-founded Blanketware Corp., which developed natural language navigation technology for online services.

Aaron Brazell

Technology Architect

Aaron has been with b5media since December 2005 in a variety of roles (blogger, tech channel editor, technology architect). He blogs about technology and his life at Technosailor.com, and has been a contributor to other well-known blogs such as b5media’s Problogger and Blog Herald. Before joining b5media, Aaron worked for Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.

Christina Jones

Project Manager

One of b5media’s most passionate employees, Christina plays a key part in making sure things actually happen behind the scenes. She’s also a channel editor, the person behind the popular eBeautyDaily blog and a rancher in Texas.