Editorial
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Dave Zielasko
Editor and VP/PublisherDave joined Tire Business as assistant managing editor in March 1985. He became managing editor of the trade newspaper several months later and was named editor in January 1987. He added the title ...
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Sigmund J. Mikolajczyk
Managing EditorSig joined Tire Business in 1991 and has held reporter, senior reporter and assistant managing editor positions. He was named managing editor in 2001. In that role, Sig manages the daily news...
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William Schertz
Senior ReporterWilliam graduated in August 2007 from Kent State University with a bachelor's degree in magazine journalism. While attending the university, he worked on the staff of the school's independent...
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Bruce Davis
Special Projects ReporterBruce has been with Tire Business since its inception in 1983, helping create the business plan, format, design and content with then-editor and publisher Ernie Zielasko. Prior to that he was a...
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Jennifer Karpus
ReporterJennifer most recently worked for about two years as an editor for PR Newswire Association L.L.C. Prior to that, she served as a reporter for Cleveland-based Sun Newspapers from November 2009 to...
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Kathy McCarron
ReporterKathy rejoined the Tire Business staff in September 2006 as a part-time reporter. She previously had worked for Tire Business from 1991 to 1997 as a staff reporter. From 1997 to 2006, she...
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Miles Moore
Senior Washington ReporterMiles has been a Tire Business staff member since its founding in 1983. He covers tire industry news from Washington, D.C., reporting on federal regulatory affairs, congressional action, the White ...
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Advertising
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Christine Zernick
Sales ManagerChristine came to Tire Business from TNT Publications in Cleveland, where she worked as director of sales. Her background includes stints as business development manager for PPI Communications,...
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Jennifer Hazen
Classified Sales/Special Project ManagerJennifer joined Crain Communications Inc. in 1993 as a classified sales assistant with Plastics News. Later that year, she joined Tire Business as classified sales representative. In 1998 she was...
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Dave Anderson
Sales RepresentitiveDave comes to TB from Creative Safety Products in Gahanna, OH, where he worked as a Senior Account Manager. His background includes time as a product manager for Share Building Products, and...
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Lori DiFrancesco
Sales Assistant and Trade Show CoordinatorLori joined Crain Communications in 1995 as the Rubber & Plastics News/Tire Business editorial assistant. In 2004 she added responsibilities with the sales staffs for both publications. Assisting...
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Digital
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Alaina Scott
Online ManagerAlaina Scott joined Tire Business and its sister publication Rubber & Plastics News in Akron Feb. 1, 2010, as the Web site coordinator for both publications. Alaina, who most recently served as...
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Events
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Jeff Mundson
Tradeshow ManagerJeff started with Crain Communications in May 1995. Since then he's taken on multiple responsibilities with our sister publication Rubber & Plastics News. He's also responsible for organizing,...
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Sally Dietz
Assistant Tradeshow ManagerSally Dietz is the assistant manager for trade shows for Rubber & Plastics News and sister publication Tire Business. She has 13 years of experience in show and event planning, as well as...
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Audience Development
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Abbe DeMaio
Audience Development ManagerAbbe earned her MBA from the University of Miami in 1997, has held several senior level marketing positions, including her most recent role as DeVry University's metro marketing director for the...
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Production
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Debby Sims
Production Director, IT Site Manager Akron/Cleveland
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Laureen Beresh
Production Manager
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