ITZPublishing

ITZ Publishing Group
806 SW Broadway, Ste. 1100
Portland, OR 97205

Phone and fax:
800.647.6917

ITZteam@itzpublishing.com

ITZ team member...

GREG SWANSON

Partner and CEO
greg@itzpublishing.com

Greg is currently Co-Chair of the Online Committee of the Inland Press Association, serves as a research associate of the American Press Institute, is a partner in the online research company ITZBelden, and regularly speaks and leads training sessions for industry associations. ITZBelden is the agency of record for the California Newspaper Publishers Association. ITZ consulting clients have ranged from large companies such as Knight Ridder, Belo, Ottaway, CNHI, Lee, McClatchy, Media News Group and Copley to independent newspapers and alternative weeklies.

Before launching ITZ in 2005, Greg spent seven years as director of interactive media sales for Lee Enterprises.

Greg also serves as Chief Revenue Enhancement Officer for Press+, a service of Journalism Online, LLC, a company that has built an e-commerce platform for publishers to collect revenue for the online content they produce.  Press+ allows readers to create one account to view premium content across multiple affiliated websites.

ITZ team member...

GILLIAN FLOREN

Partner and co-founder
gillian@itzpublishing.com

Gillian co-founded ITZ in the fall 2005.

She came into the publishing world through the editorial door two decades ago and embarked on an adventure as reporter, writer, editor and journalism professor. In 1996, after teaching at the University of Asmara, Eritrea, she returned to her home state of Oregon to spend 10 years as editor and then publisher at Oregon Business magazine, where she led the charge to produce a high-quality, high-integrity print and online publication focusing on business and the economy. From there, she joined Greenlight Greater Portland, a private-sector economic development group as its CEO. She works for ITZ in her spare time.

ITZ team member...

DRAK DRUELLA

Bookkeeper and executive assistant
drak@itzpublishing.com

Drak brings to ITZ many years' experience holding down the fort at the home office, handling calls and queries, expenses and invoices, and assorted other needs that arise day to day.

ITZ team member...

Kathy Guilfoyle

Executive Assistant
Kathy@itzpublishing.com

Kathy worked in the Office Printing Business division of Xerox for over 12 years in both their sales and marketing departments.  Most recently she was responsible for managing national reseller training events, sales incentive programs and demo programs.  Kathy's background in project management and customer relations have been a huge asset to the ITZ team.