Apr 2016 – Feb 2025 · 8 yrs 10 mos · New York · Hybrid

• Shaping hardware content site-wide.
• Executing industry leading robotics coverage.
• Curating the Hardware Stage for Disrupt, a live event with 13,000 attendees.
• Running programming for a top robotics event.
• Interviewing business and entertainment industry leaders.
• Managing and editing freelancers and contractors.
• Directing live event coverage,
• Writing features, news stories, reviews and a popular weekly newsletter.
• Hosting videos and serving as an industry expert on national television and radio.

Feb 2016 – Apr 2016 · 2 mos · Remote

• My work has appeared in Wired, Spin, Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, Paper, The New York Press, The Daily Beast, Laughing Squid, Mashable, ABC, Popmatters, Playboy, Heeb, GQ and various other publications.
• I have hosted several episodes of the NPR podcast, Bullseye. I have appeared as a guest on ABC News, CBS News, NPR, The BBC, Bloomberg and the CBC.

Apr 2015 – Feb 2016 · 10 mos · New York, NY · On-site

• Supervised a staff of 20-30 full-time and freelance writers and editors.
• Overhauled site-wide content with a focus on original journalistic reporting.
• Oversaw 69% y-o-y traffic growth, representing the second largest growth of all editorial properties across the web.

Jan 2013 – Present · 13 yrs 4 mos · New York, New York, United States · Remote

• RiYL is an audio podcast that was launched as part of the Boing Boing network, in April 2013.
• The show has produced more than 600 episodes and several livestreams.
• Each week, producer, editor and host Brian Heater has a wide ranging conversation with musicians, cartoonists, writers, artists and more.
• Past guests include Congressman John Lewis, Bruce Hornsby, Hannibal Buress, John Leguizamo, Mary Roach, Marc Maron, Matt Groening, Michael McDonald, Daniel Clowes, Nick Lowe, Art Spiegelman, Dick Gregory, Eric Bogosian, Peter Frampton, Suzanne Vega, Errol Morris, Danny Elfman and Ralph Nader.

Aug 2011 – Feb 2014 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Top performing journalist in fast-paced news room.
• Writing and editing features, news stories and reviews.
• 2x Webby Award winner for producing, hosting and booking the Engadget Show and Engadget Podcast. •Developed new video properties.
• Lead planning for and emceed the site's first two conferences.
• Programming and hosting CES stage.

Aug 2011 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• 2x Webby Award winner for producing, hosting and booking the Engadget Show and Engadget Podcast.
• Helped to curate and run Engadget’s first two Expand conferences in San Francisco and New York.
• Conducted a number of on-stage interviews and helped run Insert Coin startup competition for both
• events.
• Running and booking Engadget’s CES stage 2012-2014.
• Helped lead effort to secure the 2014 Best of CES awards.
• Appearing as an industry expert on television and radio for outlets such as ABC, CBS and Bloomberg.

Apr 2011 – Aug 2011 · 4 mos

• Feature writer, news reporter, editor of daily content.
• Running news shifts
• Writing reviews, liveblogs and multi-thousand word features and profiles.
• Shooting photography and video
• provided photography and video.
• Executive Producer / host of The Engadget Show.
• Directing content and conducting interviews for the monthly video show.
• Helping to develop several new video properties for the site.

Feb 2011 – Apr 2011 · 2 mos

• Directed editorial content for three blogs.
• Managed a staff writers and freelancers.
• Wrote, edited and produced reviews, roundups and news stories.
• Created and co-hosted PCMag's second-ever podcast.

Oct 2008 – Apr 2011 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Overseeing editorial content for Appscout, Gearlog, and GoodCleanTech.
• Managing editors and free-lancers.
• Writing and editing reviews, roundups and news stories for PC Magazine, PCmag.com, Gearlog, and Appscout.
• Producing reviews for PCMag.com.

Feb 2007 – Oct 2008 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Producing reviews and writing roundups.

Mar 2009 – Dec 2009 · 9 mos · Brooklyn, New York, United States

• Curating and hosting panels for a comics convention.

Apr 2008 – Jan 2011 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Hybrid

• Programming panels and doing speaker outreach for a multi-day comics arts festival.

Jan 2007 – Jan 2012 · 5 yrs · Remote

• Founder and editor-in-chief of influential comics site, The Daily Cross Hatch.

Apr 2006 – Feb 2007 · 10 mos · On-site

• Wrote features, reviews and news stories.
• Performed fact-checking and other editorial roles.
• Tested and benchmarked a wide range of electronics.
• Supervised inventory and requested product from companies.

Jan 2004 – Jul 2006 · 2 yrs 6 mos · On-site

• Producing features, news stories, reviews and other content for Laptop Magazine Laptopmag.com. •Fact-Checking, research, content editing and proofreading for Laptop, Surge and PC Upgrade Magazines.
• Writing product reviews and longer features, brain-storming feature and review ideas.
• Testing/running benchmarks and other diagnostics on laptops, mp3 players, and cameras.