An innovator with 26 years in media, Dave Kalman is the authority on using Brand Community Media (the next generation of custom publishing and branded media) to enhance marketing effectiveness.

Dave's expertise includes strategic planning, publishing management, customer-focused marketing communications, information strategy, editorial development, and sales management. Dave also has extensive knowledge of IT architecture and implementation, enterprise applications, and e-commerce.

Kalman currently serves on the Western Publications Association (WPA) Board of Directors.

Previously, Kalman was a Group Publisher at CMP Media, where he launched and managed magazines, websites, and events, including branded media. Kalman supervised editorial, production, marketing, audience development, advertising sales, and business management activities.

Before becoming a publisher, Kalman was a prominent technology editor, author, speaker, and technology marketer. Kalman is noted as the:

• Founder of Intelligent Enterprise (IE) and the Intelligent Communities
• Founding Group Publisher of Transform Magazine
• Founder of CMP Media's Business Intelligence Group, which included IE, Transform, IBM's DB2 Magazine, and CMP's Performance Management Conference
• Editor-in-Chief and Editor-at-Large of DBMS Magazine and DBMS:Online
• Publisher of the Project:Database newsletter
• Editor-in-Chief of Data Based Advisor and VP/Magazine Operations at what is now Advisor Media.
• Marketing communications consultant
• Software developer and author books and articles on IT and media-related topics.

Kalman began his media career in regional newspaper production.