SearchStorageChannel.com has a team of dedicated editors who bring you the best Storage Channel information from around the Web. Our staff searches the Web daily for the latest news and technology updates. We also keep in constant contact with users and top technical experts to bring you a constant stream of fresh, original content. Here's a look at who's behind the site:
Rich Castagna Editorial Director, Storage Media Group rcastagna@techtarget.com
As editorial director of TechTarget's Storage Media Group, Rich oversees content for Storage magazine, SearchStorage.com, SearchDataBackup.com, SearchSMBStorage.com and Storage Decisions conferences. Rich has been involved with high-tech journalism for nearly 20 years; previously, he was executive editor of ZDNet Tech Update and Cnet Enterprise; editor in chief of Windows Systems magazine; senior editor for Windows magazine, and senior editor and technical editor for PC Sources. In those roles, and as a freelancer, Rich has written more than 500 computer technology articles.
Sue Troy Site Editor stroy@techtarget.com
Site Editor Sue Troy has worked in technology publishing since 1988. She's been with TechTarget since 2007, with responsibility for SearchStorageChannel.com and SearchStorage.co.UK. Prior to TechTarget, she edited emerging technology content and analyst reports for Network Computing. From 1995 to 2005 she held editorial management roles at PC Week/eWEEK. Sue started her career in publishing at MacWEEK and spent a number of years as a freelance editor at publications based in the San Francisco Bay area.
Dave Raffo Senior News Director draffo@techtarget.com
Dave joined SearchStorage in 2007 after spending three-and-a-half years covering storage for Byte and Switch. He also worked as managing editor of EdTech Magazine, a features and new products editor at Windows Magazine, and technology editor at eLearning company WatchIT. Before turning to technology, he was an editor and reporter for United Press International in New York for 12 years, and a freelance writer for USA Today, Dow Jones and other publications. A New Jersey native, Dave currently lives in Arlington, VA.
Todd Erickson Features Writer terickson@techtarget.com
Todd Erickson is a news and features writer for the Storage Media Group. He previously edited and wrote for Boardwatch Magazine, CLEC Magazine, ISPWorld.com, RF Design magazine and Defense Electronics magazine. Todd graduated from The Colorado College and has a J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law. He lives in Denver.
Fran Sales Assistant Editor fsales@techtarget.com
Fran Sales joined TechTarget in 2011 and is an Assistant Site Editor for the Storage Media Group. Fran works specifically with the SearchStorageChannel.com, SearchVirtualStorage.com, and SearchStorage.co.UK sites. Before TechTarget, Fran majored in Linguistics and English at Northeastern University, interned for TechTarget and for the library at Wentworth Institute of Technology, contributed to the Huntington News, worked as a Writing Consultant at the English Department at Northeastern, and was the recipient of the Peter Burton Hanson Award for Scholarly Writing in 2009.