Robin Neidorf, General Manager, Free Pint Limited

Robin has been working with FreePint since 2004, and,
since joining full time in 2006, is responsible for strategic planning,
product development, relationship management, research and
communications.

Robin Neidorf ran a research and communications
consulting business for 10 years, prior to joining Free Pint Limited.
As a consultant, she focused on strategic planning, using information
to make better decisions, and creating effective audience-focused
communications across different media.

Robin has worked with a wide range of organisations in
the for-profit and non-profit sector. She has developed online
communities, publications and distance learning modules for a range of
business purposes. She is the author of Teach
Beyond Your Reach: An instructor's guide to developing and running
successful distance learning classes, workshops, training sessions and
more (Cyber Age, 2006) and the co-author of E-Merchant: Retail Strategies for e-Commerce (Addison-Wesley, 2001).

Robin can be reached at robin.neidorf@freepint.com

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William Hann, Managing Director

William Hann is the founder and Managing Director of the Onopoly network of companies: the publishing services company Willco was founded in 1996, the publisher FreePint in 1997, and the company information vendor Researcha in 2004.

William has a background in online information
provision, having worked for a number of information vendors (including
the Financial Times, Dialog and News International). William has
received a number industry awards, including European Special Librarian of the Year, Jason Farradane Award, and a Golden Candle Award from the Open Source Intelligence community. William is a facilitator for the Dow Jones Factiva Customer Advisory Board, and has a first class honours degree in Information Science from Aberystwyth University.

William can be reached at william.hann@freepint.com

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Yvonne Dews, Finance Manager

Yvonne Dews handles all financial matters for Free Pint Limited.

Yvonne previously worked as an account negotiator for the market leader in global transportation, express and freight. Yvonne can be reached at yvonne.dews@freepint.com

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Jody Ridgwell, Production and Design Manager

Jody Ridgwell joined the team in 2008 and is responsible for design and production. He puts together all our publications and manages workflow relating to production and deadlines.

Jody was previously senior designer at a graphic design agency, and can be reached at jody.ridgwell@freepint.com

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Jane Zirbes, Account Manager

Jane Zirbes is responsible for managing information about (and
relationships with) current and prospective customers.

Jane previously worked as an Account Manager at a technology firm and was most recently an Associate Administrator & Executive Assistant at the University of Minnesota.

Jane can be reached at jane.zirbes@freepint.com

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Nancy Davis Kho, Industry Liaison

With more than a decade of experience in the product management and business development side of online content, Nancy Davis Kho now writes about the rapidly changing environment of digital content and its implications for business.

Along with copyediting and LiveWire blogging, Nancy is a frequent contributor to EContent Magazine, Streaming Media, Enterprise Search Sourcebook, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Her website is at www.daviskho.com, and she blogs at www.nancydaviskho.blogspot.com.

Nancy can be reached at nancy.daviskho@freepint.com

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Shirl Kennedy, Editor - DocuTicker

Shirl Kennedy is the chief editor/compiler of DocuTicker,
a daily hand-picked selection of resources, reports and publications
from government agencies, NGOs, think tanks and other public interest organizations.

Shirl has worked in academic, corporate and public libraries, was
Network Information Manger for the Tampa Bay Library Consortium and Web Guide Manager for Time, Inc.'s Business 2.0 magazine. She is currently the reference librarian at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. She writes the Internet Waves column for Information Today, and her newest book, The Savvy Guide to Motorcycles, was published last November by Indy/Tech Press.

A former newspaper reporter, Shirl received her masters degree in library and information science from the University of South Florida in Tampa. She lives in St. Petersburg, FL, with the obligatory two cats, a motorcycle, a pick-up truck and the younger of her two sons. She belongs to the Society for American Baseball Research, and can always be dragged away from the computer to go to a ball game.

Shirl can be reached at shirl.kennedy@docuticker.com

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Adrian Janes, Editor, DocuTicker

Having begun his career in academic libraries, Adrian Janes is currently an Information Services Librarian with the London Borough of Havering.

In this role, he has particular responsibility for information from both the UK Government and the European Union. He wrote a detailed report on sources for the latter which was published by Free Pint Ltd. in 2007. He is also involved in training and publicising online reference resources and is a regular contributor to Docuticker.

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Gary Price, Editor - ResourceShelf

Gary Price is the founder and chief editor/compiler of ResourceShelf, a daily electronic newsletter of news and resources of interest for online researchers.

From August 2004 through January 2006, Gary was the News Editor of Search Engine Watch.

He is a frequent speaker at professional and trade conferences, a contributor to Searcher magazine and the co-author (with Chris Sherman) of The Invisible Web, published by CyberAge Books.

Gary has also compiled several well-known web research tools including Price's List of Lists and direct search. These and other compilations have been mentioned in numerous publications including The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Gary holds a Masters of Library and Information
Science degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He was
awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2004/2005.

Gary can be reached at gary.price@resourceshelf.com

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Marcy Phelps, Contributing Editor (Find), FUMSI

Marcy Phelps is the founder and president of Phelps Research, a provider of business and market research services for info pros, entrepreneurs and marketing professionals.

She started the company in 2000 after obtaining a master's degree in library and information services from the University of Denver. Marcy is President of the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP).

Marcy blogs at www.MarcyPhelps.com, and she publishes ResearchNOTES, a monthly e-mail bulletin with tips and sites for Internet research.

She is the author of the forthcoming book, "Research on Main Street: Using the Web to Find Local Business and Market Research".

Marcy can be reached at marcy.phelps@freepint.com

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Joanna Ptolomy, Contributing Editor (Use), FUMSI

Joanna Ptolomey is a freelance information consultant and analyst. Joanna started her career in information as a librarian in the NHS before moving to a worldwide consultancy group to work in business information. Prior to working in libraries and information Joanna was a planning engineer in the construction industry for 10 years.

Joanna also writes regularly for publication and in the last year has written for peer review journal Health Libraries Information Journal, for industry magazines Online, Library and Information Gazette, IMPACT, and Information Scotland. Subjects include entrepreneurial frameworks for librarians, mentoring, project management as tool for career success, and thinking differently to unlock your creativity. She has also been a frequent FreePint VIP reviewer.

She is also the author of the book 'Taking charge of your career: A guide for library and information professionals' 2009, available from Woodhead Publishing.

She is currently Chair of the Scottish Health Information network (SHINe) and is a board member of the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC), the independent advisory body to the Scottish Government and Scottish Ministers on library and information matters.

You can follow Joanna's blogs on Twitter and on Facebook.

Joanna can be reached at joanna.ptolomey@freepint.com

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Kate Simpson, Contributing Editor (Manage), FUMSI

Kate Simpson is a freelance information & knowledge architect currently travelling between the UK, Canada & New Zealand (and plans to emigrate to Canada in 2010). She's spent the last 10+ years turning a legal education into a passion for complex information spaces (law firms, publishing, government, etc). Through her company Tangledom, Kate tends toward the obsessive when exploring the different ways we can make information and knowledge easier to find, use, share and manage within our organisations.

Find out more at her website tangledom.com and keep up to date with her thoughts (& travels) on twitter.com/k8simpson.

Kate can be reached at kate.simpson@freepint.com

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Martin Belam, Contributing Editor (Share), FUMSI

Martin Belam is Information Architect for guardian.co.uk. Before
joining The Guardian, he worked as an Internet Consultant with
organisations like the BBC, Sony, Vodafone and the Science Museum.

He is the Share practice area contributing editor for FUMSI magazine, and blogs about information architecture and the media at currybet.net.

Martin can be reached at martin.belam@freepint.com

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Tim Buckley Owen, News Editor, VIP

Tim is an independent information industry commentator and trainer with nearly 40 years' experience in the profession. His career has encompassed information management, writing, editing, training, government policy advice and corporate media & marketing.

When he's not working on VIP, Tim has a regular column about government information matters in Information World Review and writes features for Library & Information Gazette. He's also a trainer, running courses on enquiry handling, abstracting & summarising, information packaging & presentation and information management.

Tim can be reached at tim.buckleyowen@freepint.com

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Diana Nutting, LiveWire Contributing Editor, VIP

Diana Nutting is a freelance information and knowledge management consultant, specialising in company and market information. She was previously Head of Information Strategy and Development at Business Link for London, where she was responsible for market intelligence,
website content, customer research and knowledge management. Diana started her career as an academic librarian, before moving into market intelligence at, among others, Unilever and Parcelforce. She serves on the National Council of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.

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Penny Crossland, LiveWire Contributing Editor, VIP

Penny Crossland has numerous years worth of business research and information management experience, gained through various roles in the direct marketing, market research, academic, consultancy, corporate finance and charities sectors. Her most recent corporate position was as Information Manager at the Institute of Direct Marketing. Before that, she was Research Manager at OC&C Strategy Consultants from 1994 to 2000. Penny established her consultancy business, CH Business Research in 2001 and has conducted research projects for clients from a wide variety of industry sectors. Penny specializes in investigative and due diligence research on companies and individuals and provides industry, corporate and individual profiling. Fluent in German, she also translates academic papers and corporate material.

Penny graduated from Bristol University with a degree in German and Politics and has a Masters degree from London University in contemporary German Literature. She became interested in all aspects of business information through working for an industrial market research company in New York.

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Udo Hohlfeld, LiveWire Contributing Editor, VIP

Udo Hohlfeld, M.A. founded INFO + DATEN in 2000, providing intelligence services to clients worldwide. He has specialised in Competitive Intelligence with many years of experience in various industries. He holds the Certificate in Competitive Intelligence from Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA, and the Professional Certificate in Management from Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, UK.

Udo conducts workshops on Competitive Intelligence for the Management Circle AG, a leading German management training provider. His specialties include Desk Research, Competitor Profiles, Competitive Intelligence Reports, Market and Commercial Due Diligence, Competitive Strategy, and LAMP (Lockwood Analytical Method for Prediction).

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