Leadership Management Team

Reid Johnson
Chairman of the Board

Reid Johnson's media career began in the early 1970's. At WCCO-Television, the CBS affiliate in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Reid served as a writer, producer, and executive producer. In 1981, he was named News Director, a position he held until 1989. During Reid's tenure the station's news department won every major award for broadcast journalism, including twice winning the Edward R. Murrow award as top news department in the country.

In 1989, Reid purchased Alpha Video, an audio/video equipment dealership. Reid and his partner George Johnson (no relation), repositioned the company to become the leading digital dealership in the Upper Midwest. With the advent of the world wide web in the mid 1990's, Reid formed a division of Alpha Video, Internet Broadcasting (IB), that developed a CMS and suite of services that allowed television stations to "put themselves on the web."

IB was incorporated in 1997. As Founder and CEO of IB, Reid grew IB into the largest network of television station sites in the U.S. Investors and station partners included Hearst, Washington Post, McGraw Hill, CNN, Meredith, Cox, and NBC. Reid retired in 2008.

Reid invested in Godengo in 2009 and served as a Board Member until assuming Chairmanship in June 2011. Godengo's management team all worked with Reid during his tenure at Internet Broadcasting.

Peter Stilson
CEO

Peter Stilson, former CEO & President of Godengo, takes the helm at the new Godengo+Texterity entity, bringing with him an expansive career in media, communications, and business.

Peter joined Godengo in 2008, turning it into the largest provider of content management systems for magazines. During this time, Godengo experienced a 500% gain in customer titles and launched a series of robust advertising initiatives to help publishers monetize their online initiatives.

Previously Peter was Chief Operating/Revenue Officer for Internet Broadcasting (IB), a company that builds and monetizes websites for television stations. To secure IB presence in all top 50 DMAs, Peter drew from his success at Norstan, a Minneapolis-based telecommunications company, where as Executive Vice President, he oversaw the U.S. and Canadian Communication division.

Peter earned his Bachelor's of Business Administration from Eastern Michigan University. He has been a guest speaker at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management and has participated in executive programs at the University of Michigan.

Peter's vision for Godengo+Texterity is to provide an exceptional unified publishing platform that optimizes web, digital, mobile and advertising assets.

Carl Scholz is President of Godengo+Texterity, where he drives the growth and innovation of web, digital, and mobile publishing solutions for magazine brands. Carl works closely with the leadership team on corporate strategy, product definition, engineering, operations, and customer service. Previously, Carl served as Chief Operating Officer with direct responsibility for all aspects of Texterity's day-to-day operations. Carl joined Texterity in 1995 and has been instrumental in building value and direction at the company through various leadership roles in engineering and operations.

Before Texterity, Carl worked at Houghton Mifflin Company on several Corporate R&D efforts. Previously, Carl held management and software engineering positions at the Open Software Foundation, Interactive Systems Corporation and NCR Corporation, working on a variety of projects involving open source software, user interface systems, database design and web solutions. Carl has a BS from the University of Virginia School of Engineering.

Barbara Brandon oversees all aspects of Godengo+Texterity's fiscal management and financial operations, utilizing best practices to maintain and improve accounting and business systems and processes.

Prior to joining Texterity, Barbara worked in financial management controllership roles in publicly traded technology companies, including IONA Technologies and RSA Security, Inc. where she was responsible for the accounting functions and external reporting. Barbara has also held positions at various small businesses in the real estate development, manufacturing and hotel industries.

Barbara received a BS in Accounting from George Washington University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Kim Keller is the leading expert in online advertising among local media websites. Since 2001, he has worked in all of the top 75 markets in the United states, providing training and consulting to local media publishers and creating innovative marketing solutions for local advertisers.

His sales training and marketing programs have worked in markets as large as New York and as small as El Paso. In his role as EVP Sales, Kim sees tremendous opportunity for magazine publishers to reach a new audience by offering more interactive and engaging versions of their printed publications online.

Prior to working in the online media space, Kim enjoyed a rewarding career in the telecommunications and computer industries where he held executive positions ranging from VP of Corporate Services to VP Product Development.

Kim resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with his wife and motorcycles.

Adrienne Azaria is responsible for defining and executing Godengo+Texterity's long-term product roadmap as well as being a key driver in strategic direction and partner relationships. She also oversees all aspects of the company's software development, quality assurance, and systems engineering activities. Prior to her Engineering role, Adrienne spent 10 years establishing and growing the Client Services and Operations teams at Texterity.

Prior to joining Texterity in 1997, Adrienne held project and product management positions at Interleaf, Inc., where she set the strategy and direction for their line of SGML-based publishing products. At Hewlett-Packard, she held product management and software engineering positions, working on software licensing and user interface development tools. Adrienne received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and an M.S. in Computer Graphics from Purdue University.

Shannon Smith oversees six areas critical to Godengo+Texterity’s product offerings: Client Project Management on all publishing platforms, Digital Production, End-User Support, E-Mail Deployment, Customization Services, and Product Maintenance/Support. In addition to facilitating Godengo+Texterity’s expansion into mobile publishing, Shannon’s team is integral in product planning of all publisher-focused efforts. Shannon has worked as a Project Manager and an Operations Manager prior to leading the Client Services and Production team.

Shannon joined Texterity in 2007, offering a unique blend of experience in both customer service and education. Before joining Texterity, Shannon worked as a Technical Services Manager for an industrial cleaning chemical manufacturer, a Product Manager for a web-based procurement management company, as well as an early childhood teacher. Shannon received a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from Worcester State College and was awarded the Ruth Cohen Blumsack Award for Excellence in Teaching and a Woman of Distinction Award from Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, MA.

Kim Kett is responsible for driving sales to meet the needs of forward-thinking B2B, consumer, association, educational, corporate and niche publishers. Prior to VP of Sales, Kim had been a Director of Business Development for Texterity for six years where she focused on association and B2B markets, working with 80+ associations to plan and execute their digital edition and mobile publishing strategies. Kim is proud to serve as a member of the Association Media & Publishing (AM&P) conference committee, where she enjoys moderating digital publishing roundtables and speaking at their annual conference.

Prior to joining Texterity in 2005, Kim spent 13 years in high-tech sales, winning an NEC Excellence Award and the Sayers Group President's Club Award. Kim has also owned and operated her own business, a large day spa in the Boston area. Kim holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders from the University of New Hampshire. She lives in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire with her husband and three small children.

Louis Gottfried's career spans 12 years in the high-tech industry, managing and bringing to market multimedia, computer-based training systems, software applications, and web properties for companies including: Intuit, Macys, Windriver Systems, Envive, Imedica, Calypte Biomedical, and NTT Communications.

Louis most recently worked at Verio, an NTT Communications Company and one of the world's largest web hosting companies, where he was responsible for the global online distribution and support systems as the manager of ECommerce Operations. During his 5 years at Verio, Louis developed a centralized, global, e-commerce platform for the online distribution of Verio's SME hosting products and launched localized web applications in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, and Japan. The online ordering system provided Verio with an 80% lower cost-per-customer acquisition.

Prior to that, Louis founded Conceptual Media, a consulting firm whose clients included Quantum, ADIA, and Pyramid Technologies. As managing director, Louis oversaw operations and assisted clients in planning computer based training strategies and the implementation of systems to improve operations and customer support.

Louis holds a Bachelor of Science from California Polytechnic State University and completed Masters classes in Anatomy and Physiology at Georgetown University.