Project Managers

Much as one would like to think that you can plan for every eventuality in business from the top down, the reality is that you’re only as good as the people that you employ. And in this regard, Splashpress Media has been most fortunate to have had its faith repaid many times over with the dedication, passion and single-mindedness of its various project managers, consultants and editors.

Ahmed Bilal, Editor
ahmed@performancing.com

Ahmed has become a tremendous asset to Performancing since he joined as Editor of the main blog in March, 2007. He has also helped deliver some new and exciting features, including Best Of Performancing, Reboot Your Blog, Blog Valuations and Social Voting.

Brian Gardner, Project Manager
brian@wordpressthemes.com

Brian created the WordPress Themes site for Splashpress with flair and commitment. He has also worked on the Cutline Theme (note: Cutline 3-Column Split 1.1 the most popular theme in 2007), as well as doing some great designs for Performancing Themes and the new Blog Herald.

Chris Garrett, Project Manager
chrisg@performancing.com

A leading online marketing consultant from the UK, Chris is heading up our most exciting and important project: Performancing Ads. Also a regular writer at the Blog Herald, Chris has become an invaluable member of our team and advises us on a whole range of issues.

Damian Manifold, Software Developer
damain@performancing.com

Along with Sean Hickey, Damian is helping us develop the software for Performancing Ads. Damian is a well known PHP developer, as can be seen by the ever-popular plugins he has produced for the WordPress community from his DCODA website.

David Krug, Project Manager
david@erati.com

We are grateful to David for helping us acquire many prestigious sites including the Blog Herald, 901am, Performancing and Tubetorial. And we are very pleased to continue to work with him as he manages our celebrity blog portfolio, including: Erati, Celebrific, Celebrity Chefs, Hollywood Blog and Filmsy.

Deborah Ng, Consultant
debng@performancing.com

Deborah is a prolific professional blogger who has worked for such notables as the New York Times. A freelance writer since 1999, she maintains the number one resource and community for freelance writers and helps Performancing Services’ clients find the words to make their projects a success.

Dee Barizo, Consultant
dee@performancing.com

Dee is a valuable member of the Performancing Services team as well as running the Eaton Web blog. As an SEO, keyword research, and link building specialist, he has a knack for finding the best, most relevant links- helping our clients outrank their competitors and increase their search engine traffic.

James Archer, Project Manager
james@businesslogs.com

James has done a great job taking over from Mike Rundle at Business Logs. As one of the original members of 9rules and amongst the first blog designers out there, James has been able to continue offering a high-end blog design service to Biz Logs clients as well as keeping them updated with interesting content.

Jaren Cudilla, Project Manager
jaren@wordpress.ph

Jaren started out with us as a contributor to some of our community blogs. Since going into problogging fulltime, Jaren now manages several of our blogging- and WordPress-related sites, such as Blogosphere News, Free WordPress Themes, and the upcoming WordPress Philippines site.

JD Arney, Consultant
jdarney@performancing.com

JD is an integral part of the team at Performancing Services. He specializes in brand building and the development of marketing strategies, helping our clients’ websites build traffic and become an authority presence in their industry or niche.

Jonathan Bailey, Project Manager
jonathan@performancing.com

Jonathan Bailey has become an important part of our team in matters to do with content theft, plagiarism and copyright law. He now helps individual bloggers in a dedicated forum section at Performancing, as well as contributing at the Blog Herald.

Liz Strauss, Consultant
liz@splashpress.com

Liz has been helping us in one way or another since our inception- with her smiles, wisdom and keen sense of marketing. She has also been instrumental in helping us not just be an offline publisher by setting up ZeroV Press Inc., our company in the US for getting bloggers into print.

Lorelle VanFossen, Consultant
lorelle@blogherald.com

We managed to publish our first book on blogging this year in partnership with Lorelle. We would also like to thank Lorelle for all her help to us in the background- whether that be through invaluable advice and feedback at the Blog Herald, or representing us at significant blogging conferences.

Micah Sparacio, Project Manager
micah@eatonweb.com

Micah has made Eaton Web not just the oldest blog directory on the internet, but now the best. He has come up with a unique set of metrics that not only measures a blog’s strength, but also its momentum, giving newer blogs a much fairer chance of climbing the rankings.

Minic Rivera, Editor
editor@901am.com

Minic has comes from a proven track record in both online and offline publishing, including being the founder and editor of the Blogging Times. He runs 901am for Splashpress with superb efficiency and has without doubt established it as the premier new media news blog.

Phillip Kimpo Jr., Editor
editor@bloggerjobs.biz

A published literary writer, poet, and professional blogger, Phillip has taken over as Editor of both Blogger Jobs and Blog Network Watch and helped breathe new life into both blogs. He also writes at Blog Tutorials and Gadzooki, as well as helping to review submitted blogs at Eaton Web.

Raj Dash, Consultant
raj@rajdash.com

Raj Dash has given us a lot of ideas in terms of developing our online strategies and how to implement them. He also single-handedly held up Tubetorial for a long period and remains an essential part of the team at Performancing with his endless energy and perserverance.

Randa Clay, Project Manager
randa@wordpressthemes.com

Randa currently runs WordPress Themes, having taken over from Brian Gardner. She has already put her personal stamp on the site and is making a great success of it. Randa also writes for the Blog Herald, as well as doing various WordPress designs for us.

Ryan Caldwell, Project Manager
ryan@performancing.com

Ryan has done an amazing job turning around a floundering Performancing, since he took over the management in April, 2007. In all aspects, he has re-energized the site and brought it back to the forefront of problogging whether that be the content, themes, forums, services or metrics offered.

Sean Hickey, Software Developer
sean@performancing.com

We are very lucky to have Sean on board as our resident software developer at Performancing. We are confident that Sean will help us develop some killer applications and plugins that every blogger will not be able to do without. He is also working on the development of Performancing Ads.

Stefan Hedengren, Editor
stiff@audival.net

Stefan is running one of our newest blogs on Podcasting Tips & Tricks. Describing himself as “a professional musician and a crappy blogger”, Stefan is already making a big success out of the blog, helping people get into the world of podcasting both on a practical and creative level.

Thord Hedengren, Project Manager
thord@devlounge.net

We are very pleased that Thord has taken up the challenge of managing Devlounge in “symbiosis” with Wisdump. He has great plans- whether that be freely released themes, premium podcasts, and apart from the usual design critiques and tips, useful code snippets that can be implemented in blogs.

Tony Hung, Editor
editor@blogherald.com

Tony has done a marvelous job in revitalizing the Blog Herald during his tenure as Editor from March 2007 to January 2008. He has gathered a diverse stable of writers together (including giving younger writers a chance!), setting a new direction and standard for the blog.