Alan Zeichick, Editorial Director of SD Times, brings 20+ years as a software developer, technology analyst and industry journalist to the company.

A co-founder of BZ Media, Alan serves as editorial director for the company's magazines and newsletters, chairman of several of its conferences, and manages its BZ Research arm. He is also a member of the Editorial Committee of American Business Media.

After starting his career as a mainframe programmer and systems analyst in the 1970s, Alan shifted over to the world of technology journalism in 1984, beginning at a small publishing company in rural New England. From 1987-1990 he worked for IDG Communications and was recruited to Miller Freeman Inc. in 1990.

As an editor-in-chief and editorial director at Miller Freeman, Alan led the content-oriented aspects of the start-up, acquisition and repositioning of several publications, as well as several trade shows and conferences. His final project at the company was the award-winning repositioning and redesign of LAN Magazine into Network Magazine.

A prolific author and popular speaker, Alan left Miller Freeman in 1998 to develop Camden Associates, the technology analysis and consulting firm he launched in the early 1980s. In April 1999, he partnered with Ted Bahr to launch BZ Media LLC. Alan is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Read Alan's blog at ztrek.blogspot.com. Follow Alan on Twitter at twitter.com/zeichick.