Ron Lowy
The Penton Media Bldg.
1300 E 9th St.
Cleveland, OH 44114
Ph: 216-931-9359
Fx: 216-696-7670
rlowy@industryweek.com
Ron Lowy graduated Eastern Connecticut State University with a
degree in Business Management. His experience thereafter
included commercial steel sales, radio advertising, and
custom publishing before joining AT&T has a brand marketing
specialist.
Lowy's expertise in strategic planning across multiple
marketing platforms has resulted in demonstrated success for
clients the past 17 years. He is the former Publisher of two
of the largest consumer titles in the Great Lakes region, as
well as the former Group Publisher of the Green Industry BtoB division of GIE Media, Inc. In that role, his
publications garnered the #1 market share in their
respective industry segments.
A movie buff, Ron served as the Marketing Chairperson for
the Cleveland International Film Festival and is also active
in a number of sports. He and his wife Kelly have two
children, Lindsay and Chase.
South/Mid-Atlantic/Canada/Mexico
AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, KS, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, OK,
PA, PR, SC, TN, VA, WV
David Altany
The Penton Media Bldg.
1300 E 9th St.
Cleveland, OH 44114
Ph: 216-931-9245
Fx: 216-696-7670 daltany@industryweek.com
After
graduating from Case Western Reserve University with a
dual degree in literature and chemistry, David held
positions in university public relations and as a
technical information specialist at Johnson & Johnson. He
joined IndustryWeek as a writing editor covering economic
trends, finance, and corporate strategy, and was later
promoted to managing editor. David joined IW's business
staff in 1996, overseeing non-advertising business
operations and IW's highly successful website, and took on
IW's South/Mid-Atlantic sales manager role in 2001.
David loves the outdoors and enjoys
fishing, mountain biking, backpacking, and family
activities. David and wife Kelly have two terrific young
children, Jonathan and Kate.
Midwest
IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, ND, NE,
OH, SD, TX, WI
Larry Kossack
10 Wimbledon Court
Lincolnshire, IL 60069
Ph: 847-383-6820
Fx: 847-383-6821 lkossack@industryweek.com
After
graduation from Michigan State University with a dual
degree in Advertising and Marketing, Larry began his
career at McGraw-Hill Publications and has remained in
the business to business magazine publishing arena ever
since. After various trade book assignments at
McGraw-Hill, an Industrial/Technology category manager's
position at Business Week, and a successful stint with
his own publisher's rep firm, Larry has made
IndustryWeek and Penton Media his business home for
the past five years.
When Larry's not traveling or
representing the magazine in the Midwest, he enjoys
reading, college football - especially MSU - and is
an avid golfer. He also spends most vacation time
traveling to be with his two children, Rob and Karen,
who have started their careers in the state of
Washington and Washington D.C. respectively.
West Coast/Southwest AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY
Kip Ongstad
16815 Von Karmen Ave.
Suite 150
Irvine, CA 92606
Ph: 949-838-2128
Fx: 913-514-3975
kongstad@industryweek.com
Kip graduated from San
Diego State University with a major in economics and
minor in speech. After graduation he moved to
Houston, where he worked on a number of publications in
the computer, biomedical and laboratory markets.
Returning to California, he most recently represented
magazines covering the US, Asian, European and Brazilian
telecom markets.
Kip lives in Orange
County, CA with his wife and two children. He enjoys
wind surfing, bicycling and a never ending quest to lose
weight.