I'm excited to announce a couple of our team members have received promotions this week!

Ryan Nagle, who joined us last May as our first news apps developer, will now be our Director of Technology. The change, effective immediately, reflects Ryan's increased responsibility in making technical decisions for the team, managing the roadmap for a number of our products, working more closely with our members and clients to help guide their decision-making, and all the work he's been doing to mentor our more junior team members and apprentices.

Ben Keith, who joined our team as a summer apprentice about a year ago, is now coming on as a full-time news apps developer. Ben has grown a lot over the last year and we're excited to continue investing in his growth and development while he takes on more responsibility for contributing to our products and to projects for our members and clients. Ben starts full-time with us next Monday.

Please join me in congratulating Ryan and Ben on their new roles!