SearchCIO.com has a team of dedicated editors who bring you the best CIO 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:

Scot Petersen

Scot Petersen Editorial Director spetersen@techtarget.com

Scot Petersen is editorial director of TechTarget's CIO/IT Strategy Media Group, overseeing three sites: SearchCIO.com, SearchCIO-Midmarket.com and SearchCompliance.com. Scot has more than 20 years of experience in journalism and is a past editor of eWeek magazine. He has a master's degree in English and an MBA from Northeastern University.

Chris Gonsalves

Chris Gonsalves Executive Editor cgonsalves@techtarget.com

Chris Gonsalves is executive editor of TechTarget’s CIO/IT Strategy Media Group, where he covers all matters of concern for today’s senior IT leaders. A career business and tech journalist, Chris has served in senior editorial positions at eWeek and Baseline magazines and VARBusiness.  Chris is also a military veteran who worked at U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and he’s authored two books on paranormal history.

Christina Torode

Christina Torode News Director ctorode@techtarget.com

Christina Torode oversees news coverage for SearchCIO.com and SearchCIO-Midmarket.com. She has been a high-tech journalist for more than a decade. Before joining TechTarget, she was a reporter for technology trade publication CRN, covering a variety of beats including security, networking, telcos and the channel. She also spent time as a business reporter and editor with Eagle Tribune Publishing in eastern Massachusetts.

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Linda Tucci

Linda Tucci Senior News Writer ltucci@techtarget.com

Linda Tucci joined TechTarget in 2005. Previously, she was business columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Her freelance work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The New York Times. Linda covers CIO strategies for business intelligence and data management; outsourcing; and social media for SearchCIO.com and SearchCIO-Midmarket.com. She also writes frequently about the CIO role and CIO careers.

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Karen Goulart

Karen Goulart Features Writer kgoulart@techtarget.com

Karen Goulart is features writer for SearchCIO.com and SearchCIO-Midmarket.com. She covers CIO strategies for cloud computing and virtualization, the data center and business application trends. Prior to joining TechTarget, she worked for more than a decade in newspapers, most recently as a general assignment reporter at The Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Mass. Goulart has a master’s degree in journalism from Emerson College. She received her bachelor’s degree from Villanova University, where she studied English and philosophy.

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Ben Cole

Ben Cole Associate Editor bjcole@techtarget.com

Ben Cole is associate editor for SearchCIO.com and SearchCompliance.com. Prior to joining TechTarget, Ben was the online editor for HealthLeaders Media, based in Marblehead, Mass. He began his journalism career as a reporter with the Massachusetts daily newspapers The Gardner News and the Sentinel and Enterprise.

Rachel Lebeaux

Rachel Lebeaux Managing Editor rlebeaux@techtarget.com

Rachel Lebeaux is managing editor for SearchCIO.com, SearchCIO-Midmarket.com and SearchCompliance.com. She oversees copy editing, production and e-products across the sites, as well as SEO and special projects. An award-winning news journalist, she continues to freelance for The Boston Globe and other publications.

Carol Zarrow

Carol Zarrow Copy Editor czarrow@techtarget.com

Carol Zarrow copy edits content for SearchCIO.com, SearchCIO-Midmarket.com and SearchCompliance.com. Prior to joining TechTarget, she worked at IDG for 13 years.