Ken Beach Named Publisher of SmartReseller

Posted on June 30, 1999

Ken Beach, a veteran information-technology sales and marketing strategist has been named publisher of Ziff-Davis' Sm@rtReseller. Beach replaces Sloan Seymour, recently named publisher of PC Week.

Jack Dolce, executive vice president of ZD's Interactive Enterprises Division, termed Beach a "top performer throughout his career with the unique ability to analyze vendors' situations and custom-craft solutions to further their marketing needs and initiatives. Under his guidance, Sm@rtReseller will continue on its steep growth curve."

Beach, with nearly two decades of publishing experience, most recently was a corporate sales director at Ziff-Davis. Previously, he drove sales efforts for PC Magazine and was a launch-team member at Corporate Computing. Before that, Beach was with CMP's EE Times and with Electronic World News.