Blanchard brings a wealth of knowledge in the supply chain,
enterprise software and logistics industries, and over 20
years of trade publishing experience to his role as
IndustryWeek editor-in-chief. Previously in his lengthy
Penton career, Blanchard served as founding editor and
editor-in-chief of Logistics Today. He also led the
editorial team of Supply Chain Technology News.
In addition,
Blanchard has launched numerous print and
online newsletters, is a frequent speaker at industry events,
and has written several books, including Supply Chain Management Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons,
2006). He has won a number of awards for his writing and
editing, including being named one of the nation's top
columnists for two consecutive years by the American Society
of Business Publication Editors.
Senior Editor Jill Jusko coordinates
IndustryWeek's Best
Plants program, which annually salutes the leading
manufacturing facilities in North America. She has been a
member of the IW Best Plants judging team since joining the
IndustryWeek staff in 1998 and was named coordinator of the
program in late 2004. In her position as senior editor, Jusko
also writes for IndustryWeek and IndustryWeek.com. She is
specifically responsible for editorial coverage related to
product development topics, including research and
development, innovation, materials and product lifecycle
management. She also addresses general manufacturing topics.
Jusko has served as the editorial project director of the IW/MPI
Census of Manufacturers and as new media editor of
IndustryWeek.com.
Jonathan Katz returned to Penton Media in 2005 as an
associate editor with IndustryWeek. Katz covers IW's
facilities & operations pillar, which focuses on the energy, environmental,
economic development, safety, maintenance/MRO, workforce and
lean manufacturing issues that directly affect how and where
companies can best develop competitive goods and services,
produce them, market and sell them and get them to customers.
Katz began his journalism career as an intern for IW in
2000 before serving as a reporter for The Morning Journal in
Lorain, Ohio, where he covered education, public affairs and
general assignment topics for nearly two years. He then worked
as associate editor for Penton publication Supply Chain
Technology News and contributed to Transportation &
Distribution magazine before joining Lawn & Landscape magazine
as its associate editor in 2004. Katz received a bachelor of
science degree in journalism from Kent State University.
Adrienne Selko
manages the editorial content of IndustryWeek's
award-winning Web site. She oversees IndustryWeek's eight
e-newsletters, and
also works with
outside contributors to provide content for the Web site.
Before joining the staff in 2004, Selko was managing editor of corporate publications at a large
regional financial institution. She was also an editor for the
U.S. based publication of a medical manufacturing company.
Prior to that she ran a public relations and marketing company
that published a best-selling healthcare book. Selko received
a bachelor's of business administration from the University of
Michigan.
John Teresko brings more than 40 years of
journalistic experience to bear on his coverage of the high-tech,
innovation, industrial equipment and automotive beats. He is the
editorial project leader for IW's
Technology & Innovation Awards
program, which selects the Technology Leader and the
Technologies of the Year for presentation each December.
Teresko has been with IndustryWeek since its
birth in 1970, after working at Steel Magazine, IW's
metalworking-focused predecessor, since 1958. He began his
career as a technical writer at "Automatic" Sprinkler Corp. of
America in 1955 and continued working there until 1958.
A member of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Teresko has received editorial awards from
the Press Club of Cleveland and the American Society of Business
Press Editors. In 2004 Teresko was part of an IW editorial
team that
won the prestigious Neal Award for a seven-part series
"The Future of Global Manufacturing." He attended John
Carroll University and received his B.A. in economics from
Youngstown State University.
Nick Zubko joined Penton Media in 2007 as an associate editor
with IndustryWeek. Zubko covers IW's purchasing
department, which focuses on helping manufacturing
decision-makers become more informed on how to effectively
purchase materials and implement procurement strategies.
Zubko has more than five years of experience in
business-to-business publishing, with a background covering
various segments of the construction and construction
equipment industries. Prior to joining IndustryWeek,
he was editor of an association-owned publication that
focuses on equipment, safety and management issues related
to utility construction. Zubko graduated from Ohio
University in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in journalism.
John Brandt, formerly editor-in-chief of IndustryWeek,
is CEO of the
Manufacturing Performance Institute,
a research and consulting firm.
Brandt has spent more than
two decades studying leadership in effective,
purpose-driven organizations. An expert on how
companies and communities can adapt themselves to
the realities of new markets, corporate structures
and customer expectations, he is an accomplished
leadership and management innovator.
Brandt combines
experience in marketing, management and consulting
with a passion for journalism that has earned him
more than 20 awards. Most recently he served as
president, publisher and editorial director of
Chief Executive, where his leadership
transformed it from an also-ran into one of
publishing's most surprising comebacks.
Previously, Brandt was publisher and
editor-in-chief of
IndustryWeek.
Under his leadership,
IndustryWeek
won more than 70 editorial awards for excellence
while more than doubling its revenues.
Dr. Thomas J. Duesterberg is President and Chief Executive Officer
of the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI. He also serves as president of The
Institute for Technological Advancement, an affiliate of The
Manufacturers Alliance; and is a member of the Board of Directors of
The Manufacturing Institute, an affiliate of the National Association
of Manufacturers.
Prior to joining the Alliance, Dr. Duesterberg was Senior Fellow
and Director of the Washington Office of the Hudson Institute. Former
positions include serving as Chief of Staff to Congressman Chris Cox
(1995-96); U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International
Economic Policy (1989-93), where he was responsible for international
trade and investment issues, trade promotion, and advocacy programs to
assist U.S. exporters and investors; Administrative Assistant to U.S.
Senator Dan Quayle (1981-89); Senior Research Analyst, International
Business Services (1979-81); and Associate Instructor, Stanford
University (1978-79).
Dr. Duesterberg is co-author of two books and numerous magazine,
journal, and op-ed articles on international trade, information
technology, and global economics. He graduated magna cum laude
from Princeton University in 1972 and received an master's and
a doctorate from Indiana University.
Ralph Keller is president of the
Association for Manufacturing Excellence, an organization
dedicated to cultivating understanding, analysis and exchange of
productivity methods and their successful application in the pursuit
of excellence. He has been an operations practitioner for the past 35
years.
