Alex joined Naylor in May 2006. Since that time the company has launched a New Media division, has acquired Fairfax, Virginia-based Convention Management Group and has expanded its sales and marketing capacity. Prior to joining Naylor, Alex spent 21 years at Advanstar Communications, one of the largest business-to-business media companies in the U.S. Alex served in a number of editorial, sales and senior management roles and spent the last seven years as an Executive Vice President responsible for as many as 50 different publications and 25 different events and online products serving several different industries. He was actively involved in launching and acquiring publications, conferences, trade shows and online products, and also has extensive experience working with various trade and industry associations.
Michael Moss has been with Naylor since the beginning. He joined forces with Brent Naylor in the early 1970s to help create Naylor Publications, which expanded over the years into the print, online and event media company that today is Naylor, LLC. Michael has been responsible for many of Naylor’s key accomplishments over the years. In 1980 he became VP of Sales, and that same year Naylor hit the $4 million mark for the first time. In 1994 Naylor established its Gainesville branch with Michael at the helm – and he was named CEO in 2000. In 2006, Michael moved into the role of Vice Chairman as Alex DeBarr joined Naylor as CEO and President.
An 11-year employee with Naylor, Chris has served in every sales and sales management role in the company, and during that time has hired nearly all key sales personnel and management. He is responsible for company-wide sales, managing a team of more than 160 advertising sales representatives and 12 outside publishers. Prior to joining Naylor, Chris was a golf professional and graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a degree in Public Relations.
Bob is the senior leader of our Winnipeg operations, which houses Naylor's back office departments, including production, editorial, finance and information systems. Prior to joining the company in 1999, he held accounting positions at Arthur Andersen and has had senior management operational positions. Bob has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and is a Chartered Accountant.
Marcus joined Naylor in January 2007, as our first senior executive devoted entirely to Electronic Media, a role he is uniquely qualified for. Prior to this, he was with Thomson Healthcare, a leading business-to-business media company focused on the pharmaceutical and healthcare market. Dating back to 1994, Marcus has worked in a variety of media and online initiatives, licensing, and business acquisitions. Most recently he was President of Thomson’s American Health Consultants division; and prior to that he spent four years as Senior Vice President/General Manager of four Thomson units focused on continuing medical education and clinical trial research, and a portfolio of 50 print titles, 30 websites, and several conferences.
Michael Muldoon joined Naylor when Naylor acquired Convention Management Group in 2007. Michael founded CMG – a Fairfax, Virginia based trade show management company – in1990. Prior to forming CMG, he served as Senior VP of Food Marketing Institute and was responsible for FMI's major conferences and three annual expositions. During his 12 year tenure with FMI, exhibit space sales at their Chicago Convention increased from 216,000 to 537,000 net square feet and the audience tripled from 12,800 to 36,200 attendees. Michael leads NaylorCMG from its Fairfax, Virginia office.
Charles is a publisher with more than 12 years of business-to-business and consumer publishing experience. In addition to his current role, Charles has extensive experience as an advertising sales executive, recruiter and trainer of Naylor’s new advertising sales executives and publishers.
Jon joined the Naylor team just over six years ago, first starting as a sales professional, then moving quickly into sales management. In June 2002, Jon was promoted to be Naylor's Corporate Manager of Advertising Sales. As Director of Advertising Sales, Jon oversees the advertising sales and project management teams company-wide. He is a graduate of the University of Florida and is a former United States Marine who also spent 13 years as a sales manager in the insurance industry.
Ruth is an award-winning editor and writer with more than 20 years of professional experience in journalism and publication management. As a manager of editorial services for Naylor, Ruth oversees more than 25 editors in Canada and the United States. Prior to joining Naylor in 1997, Ruth was a reporter for The Orlando Sentinel and senior writer for news and public affairs for the University of Florida.
Chip joined Naylor in 2006 from Direct Holdings Worldwide, LLC, where he served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to Direct Holdings, Chip spent 13 years with Lillian Vernon Corporation and 16 years with Busch Entertainment Corporation in VP and Director roles. At Naylor he oversees the human resource and employee development operations, including developing training materials for new hires, developing ongoing training for current employees, overseeing benefits administration and employee relations.
