Galen Gruman

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About Galen Gruman

NOTE: Galen is not a suitable contact for PR. Galen combines expertise in editorial, workflow, product, and systems leadership, producing high-quality results in editorial content, production systems, and technology analysis. Since September 2022, as executive editor for global content at Foundry, he has focused on launching and growing CIO Japan and CIO Italy, local-language editions of CIO.com. He also works on internal projects.(Foundry, formerly named IDC Communications [IDGC], had been owned by IDG since its 1964 founding, then was bought by Regent LP in March 2025.) From October 2019 until September 2022, also as executive editor for global content, he directed and grew the team that managed the content in its Africa, ASEAN, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Middle East, Netherlands, New Zealand, and UK editions of CIO, Computerworld, and CSO, and the Asia edition of Network World. From January 2008 until October 2019, he served as executive editor at IDGC’s InfoWorld, where he directed its content and managed its staff. From August 2018 to October 2019, Galen was also global product manager for CMS for IDGC. In that role, he directed the global development of the OneCMS content management system used by multiple business units, as well as related publishing technologies, platforms, and technology-enabled workflows used in creating IDGC’s data-driven content products, working with the development, engineering, business, and editorial organizations. From May 2016 to June 2018, as an adjunct analyst (contributor position) for the IDC research firm’s IT Executive Program, Galen also helped IT organizations understand, strategize, and adjust for mobile and end-user computing. From to 2017, as principal of the Zango Group, Galen contributed research and wrote articles for the PwC Center for Technology Innovation, contributed articles to publications such as CIO and DailyWireless, and wrote and packaged books for John Wiley & Sons. Prior, Galen had been editor of Macworld and M-Business magazines, executive editor of Upside magazine, West Coast bureau chief of Computerworld, and associate editor of Software. Specialties: Digging into technologies and management issues, then explaining them and the shifts occurring around them. Leading initiatives on new products, process improvements, and supporting systems. Managing publications (print and online), developing content directions, and creating coverage plans. Editing and writing research papers, articles, how-to books, and more, mainly in technology-related areas. Producing books.