About Mediatec Publishing

MediaTec Publishing is an award-winning publisher of magazines and media that deal with workforce development. Its Chief Learning Officer magazine was named “Best New Magazine” by the American Society of Business Publication Editors and has been nominated for two 2005 Neal Awards presented by American Business Media. Workforce Performance Solutions magazine is the newest title in the MediaTec family, which includes Certification Magazine, CertMag’s StudyGuides, CLO SourceBook and supporting electronic newsletters, special supplements, online e-seminars and interactive Web sites for each publication. MediaTec also produces the CLO Symposium conference series, which brings together international audiences to discuss best practices in corporate learning. All MediaTec publications and events share a similar focus, with the emphasis on providing readers, attendees and Web visitors with clearly presented information to help them succeed in new and changing markets.

Executive Management Team

Norman B. Kamikow
President and Editor in Chief
Norm Kamikow is president and editor in chief of MediaTec Publishing Inc., which publishes Chief Learning Officer magazine, Workforce Performance Solutions magazine and Certification Magazine, along with targeted supplements, special reports and electronic newsletters for each publication. Chief Learning Officer was named "Best New Publication" by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). Norm also received the 2005 Innovation Award from BtoB Magazine, which honored him as Top Publisher of the Year. Norm also oversees the CLO Symposium live conference series, the CLO Breakfast Club programs and MediaTec’s e-seminar series, as well as all research initiatives and special projects for all publications.

Norm has more than 25 years of magazine and direct marketing publishing experience. Since beginning his career with Seventeen Magazine, Norm has worked either directly or as a consultant/representative to many consumer and business-to-business magazines. With a specialty in new magazine development, he has played a key role in the launch of OMNI Magazine, SPIN Magazine, Game Players Magazine, CD-ROM Today, Internet World and Web Week. He contributed to the redesign of such magazines as Financial World and CD-ROM World. As President/CEO of Decks Incorporated, he worked with several major publishing companies to develop revenue resources from alternative media. This client base included Business Week, Fortune, Money Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Esquire, The Journal of the American Dental Association and Dun & Bradstreet Reports. Norm is a recipient of the Tempo Award from the Direct Marketing Association and is a biographee of Marquis Who's Who in the Midwest and Who's Who in Advertising and the Media.