Tim Regan-Porter Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, Us

In my dual role as CEO of Colorado Press Association (CPA), a 501(c)(6) nonprofit membership org, & Colorado Press Network (CPN), a for-profit C-corp subsidiary ad agency, I lead initiatives to drive innovation, revenue & advocacy for media across the state.🤝 Colorado Press AssociationFounded in 1878, CPA stands as a steadfast champion for Colorado's print & online media. Our membership, comprising 140 local newspapers, digital-only news sites & nonprofit outlets, benefits from our efforts in the state legislature & member development.Our lobbying efforts, in collaboration with contract lobbyists, legislators & coalition groups, has been crucial in defending & advancing the cause of a free press. We have successfully contested numerous bills & provisions that threatened government transparency, while proactively introducing legislation on ad tax credits and open records reform. We also instituted annual "Defenders of a Free Press" awards to honor legislators who champion our cause.For member engagement, we have transformed our annual convention into a nation-leading conference with record sponsorship. We obtained our first philanthropic & state grants to develop working groups to help newsrooms digitally transition, navigate changes in the printing landscape, build equitable internship programs & work with community groups in covering local meetings. 💸 Colorado Press NetworkAs the CEO of CPN, I oversee our in-house ad agency. We have created an Ethnic Media Ad Network, grown digital revenue, introduced an innovative digital product retargeting aggregated news readers across any platform & restructured our sales processes. Our sales team has been augmented & retooled, with improvements to our CRM systems & media kits.As a representative of CPA, I serve on the steering committee of Rebuild Local News, as treasurer of the board for the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) & on the board of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition (CFOIC).

On the Local News Matters podcast, I have the privilege of leading long-form conversations that delve into the business and practice of local journalism, spotlighting the innovative work of local newsrooms and addressing the critical questions they face. As host, I engage with a diverse array of guests—from editors and publishers to startup founders, CEOs and news ecosystem builders—all united by their commitment to strengthening local news.🚀 Driving Innovation and Thought LeadershipIn each episode, I navigate a wide spectrum of topics including innovation in journalism, evolving business models, community engagement, and the importance of diversity and inclusion. My conversations also explore the digital transformation of local news (including Artificial Intelligence), pathways to diversify revenue, strategies for audience growth and the need to build healthy newsroom cultures.🤝 Building Community and Fostering InclusionI am dedicated to creating a platform that not only highlights exemplary work in the field but also fosters a sense of community among local news professionals. By promoting open dialogue and sharing insights from thought leaders in the industry, the podcast serves as a resource for anyone passionate about the future of local journalism, from newsroom veterans to sales executives and engaged citizens.🤔 Contributing to the ConversationThe Local News Matters Podcast is my way of participating in the broader conversation about the future and sustainability of local journalism. By bringing diverse voices and perspectives to the table, the podcast aims to shed light on the challenges and opportunities that local newsrooms face, and to explore innovative solutions that can help them thrive in today’s complex media landscape.Past guests include Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro, Sarabeth Berman, Michael Bolden, Steve Waldman, Joaquin Alvarado, Tracie Powell, Yehong Zhu, Maritza Félix , Eve Pearlman, Rashad Mahmood, Dan Oshinsky and Jennifer Brandel.

emergent.ly helps organizations "build awesome stuff (and be kind while doing it)" using the latest technology and various techniques (from high-tech to low-tech/high-touch) to uncover and meet hidden customer needs. In an age of uncertainty and constantly changing environments, the key is being responsive to customers and letting strategy emerge and evolve based on your interactions with them.Whether you're looking for web and mobile solutions, design thinking sessions to unearth new ideas, or training and strategy consulting to better deliver, emergent.ly and its partners have you covered.Our methods are based on work done at Stanford University's "d.school" plus techniques from improv, Google's Design Sprint process, and Scrum and other agile/lean development processes.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Part of teaching team as section leader for Code in Place, a two-month experiment offering beginning instruction in programming with Python (the first half of CS106A) worldwide with small group sections.

Sacramento, California, Us

Oversaw and drove experimentation in three newsrooms in Ga. and Miss.⇰ Developed new social media-driven, multiplatform brands using Google Design Sprint process and worked with product, design, sales and marketing teams to launch; secured sponsorships & grants (also elicited equity investment interest)⇰ Reorganized and rebuilt newsrooms⇰ Part of corporate task force with product, data, audience & editorial to test & analyze data for subscriber-only content (hard paywall) initiative⇰ Designed and piloted new editorial budget system for company💻 Technologies: Python, Ruby

Stanford, Ca, Us

Member of Stanford's elite fellowship focused on strategies, culture and leadership for innovation and transformation. Spent most of my time at the Graduate School of Business (GSB) and Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) — see education section for courses⇰ Explored strategies & culture needed for transformation & continuous innovation, highlighted by a case study of Alabama Media Group⇰ Co-developed chapbook on coaching design thinking that was selected by the d.school for their Artifact Week + SF Design Week exhibits⇰ Co-developed and co-led two different design thinking sessions for news, one in a d.school popup in Berkeley and the other in a newsroom in Modesto⇰ Functioned as product owner (and partial coder) for LegislatorWatch, a machine-learning proof of concept in computational journalism that analyzed tweets from legislators. Identified by creator of Google News as strong candidate for financing💻 Technologies: Python (including panda, numpy, seaborn, Flask)

Macon, Georgia, Us

Led innovative Knight Foundation-funded collaboration between daily newspaper, statewide public radio network, local television station and university to implement "teaching-hospital" model of journalism education☆“One of the nation’s boldest journalism experiments” — New York Times☆“... the heart of journalism innovation is emerging from Mercer University.” — Pew Research Center⇰ Won additional grants from Knight Foundation, American Public Media, Institute for Nonprofit News, Peyton Anderson and National Endowment for the Arts for a total of nearly $8 million⇰ Led award-winning collaborative reporting projects. One resulted in a $14 million bond issue to address blight; another included 700 community interviews⇰ Undergraduate majors tripled in 3 years⇰ Students published over 700 pieces professionally at NPR News, All Things Considered, Associated Press & others⇰ Created advisory board with leaders from NPR, McClatchy, Advance, CNN, National Geographic, Roll Call, Center for Investigative Reporting and others⇰ Created “entrepreneur-in-residence” position & incubated startup⇰ Set & exceeded diversity goals for student body and high school camp (35-70% non-white); won grants for diversity initiatives⇰ Co-developed multiple national conferences, including Unblight Unconference (with the Sunlight Foundation), Journalism Next (with the Atlanta Press Club) and the Community Engagement Summit⇰ Oversaw acquisition of TV station⇰ Taught Media Entrepreneurship, Hacking the Media (programming for journalists), Data Journalism, Journalistic Insight into the Community & Media and Society⇰ Created microsites for projects & camps⇰ Served on the Strategic Planning Committee of the College of Liberal Arts⇰ Selected as Scripps Howard Entrepreneurial Journalism Fellow and as one of 85 journalists and technologists from 37 countries for Al Jazeera’s first hackathon💻 Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, git/GitHub, AWS, Heroku, OpenRefine

Co-founded on bootstrap financing; grew to become the 3rd-largest popular-music magazine & website⇰ Grew revenues 150% in 1st year as CEO while taking EBITDA from a loss of 90% to a profit of 10%⇰ Envisioned and led development of viral phenomenon Obamicon.me, which allowed users to make images in the style of the Shepard Fairey “Hope” poster for Facebook and Twitter. Private-labeled for NHL and NBA teams and two national nonprofits⇰ Selected as Folio 40 “C-Level Visionary” for projects such as Obamicon.me; Pay What You Want; Paste Digital VIP; music, video and game samplers; an online ad network of tastemaker sites; and innovate ad partnerships (also featured in AdAge and Mediaweek)⇰ Led social media strategy, leading a 2010 Cornell study to cite Paste as one of the 100 most influential Twitter accounts, ahead of Oprah, The Washington Post, MSNBC & Vanity Fair. Trade magazine min named Paste a top-5 magazine in social media activation⇰ Led ad sales efforts during biggest growth years (3x in 2 years), landing brands such as Apple, Coca-Cola, BMW, Microsoft, Mini Cooper, Ray-Ban, Volkswagen and AT&T⇰ Helped lead editorial & graphical redesign of magazine & website, contributing to numerous editorial awards (Paste is the only entertainment title to receive 3 nominations for general excellence in the National Magazine Awards). Wrote 5 cover stories⇰ Conceived, designed & developed Paste mPlayer, a web-based digital magazine. Press called it “the future of online music journalism.” Engagement 4.5x higher than PasteMagazine.com. Net Promoter Score of 68 (95% 7+)⇰ Conceived & led development of interactive games integrated with website content. Resulted in a 10x engagement lift and new advertisers💻 Technologies: Ruby on Rails (v1-3), JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Flash, mod_perl (built custom J2EE-mimicking CMS), Apache, OpenX Ad Server, Moveable Type, Rackspace, AWS, MySQL

Us

Joined consulting startup with group of IBM veterans, including Global Services VP. Responsible for all engineers, including the hiring and training of developers & software architects, establishing methodology & coding standards, and ensuring overall quality of client projects. Also responsible for working with specific clients to determine digital product needs & with internal teams to deliver final solutions⇰ Led successful web integration and portal projects for clients such as BellSouth/AT&T, City of Chicago, ChoicePoint & Norfolk Southern⇰ Led web integration project with the State of Florida for the largest pension-conversion program in nation, interfacing with legacy financial and IVR systems⇰ Other clients include Coca-Cola, Compaq, CNN, T-Mobile, Sprint & Equifax⇰ Co-developed Rapid Portal Development course with BEA Education💻 Technologies: Java, C++, Perl, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, WebShere, WebLogic, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, Interwoven

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Developer, architect and technical project lead in Global Services (e-Business National Practice) for many of company's largest projects, working to develop custom digital products for clients from presales to delivery⇰ Technical designer & project manager, working with IBM Research, on first WebSphere auction site — the largest WebSphere installation, largest hardware sale and largest client services project in IBM to that date⇰ Technical project manager and architect for e-commerce solutions for IBM sports events (which routinely broke records for traffic per minute), NYSE Store and Footlocker.com ⇰ Architect and/or developer on numerous high-profile projects: Macys, Borders, NFL Shop, Australian Open, French Open, 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games, Motorola, and others⇰ Led rapid response teams for projects in crisis, including a complete enterprise-level commerce solution in 1.5 weeks for major Paramount Pictures movie opening💻 Technologies: Java, JavaScript, HTML, C++, Perl, Net.Commerce, WebSphere, Apache Tomcat, Oracle, DB2, various version control, testing, load balancing and related solutions

Early employee in Fran Tarkenton's startup that helped companies build websites. Webmaster (system admin for website) and primary developer using Netscape Commerce Server (server-side JavaScript).💻 Technologies: JavaScript, SQL, HTML, Perl, Netscape Commerce Server, Oracle, shell scripting

Started and edited magazine, built commerce store, consulted for other companies and built early e-commerce solutions for clients💻 Technologies: Java, Perl, JavaScript, HTML

Foundations In Computer Science Graduate Certificate, Computer Science

Nanodegree, React, Redux, And React Native

John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship, Design Thinking And Innovation Strategy And Management

Mba, Management And Computer Information Systems

Ph.D. (Incomplete), Mathematics

Economics And Mathematics

Ba, Economics And Mathematics

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