Top Tech Trends and Business Developments the Media Is Covering in 2022

Scott Campbell is the editor at large at CompTIA, where he covers tech trends, issues and news.  He has spent more than 20 years telling stories in the technology channel, developing a passion for helping solution providers and MSPs find ways to improve their business. His editorial goal is to help CompTIA members be more productive, efficient and profitable through the content the CompTIA team creates. Scott and the CompTIA team focuses on developing content and new ideas that evangelize emerging technologies including AI, blockchain, cybersecurity, drones, IoT and more for business solutions. He previously worked at CommCentric Solutions and The Channel Company (CRN).

Jennifer Strong is the editorial director of audio & live at the MIT Technology Review. A 2021 Webby winner, she's also the executive producer of "The Extortion Economy" and host of "In Machines We Trust," a podcast about AI. She previously led long-form audio for The Wall Street Journal, where she created and hosted "The Future of Everything" podcast—winner of the 2019 Webby for “Best Tech Podcast,” the New York Press Club Award for “Best Podcast,” and an iHeartRadio Podcast Awards finalist. Her "Next Battlefield" miniseries exploring artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and the changing nature of warfare won “Best Online News Reporting” from the Military Reporters & Editors Association, and she’s also won awards for reporting for Public Radio International and the public radio program Marketplace. She's a 2019 Goldschmidt Fellow for data journalism and co-chair of the United Nation’s AI for Good Global Summit strategy lab exploring how newsrooms can prepare to report on the use and impacts of AI.

Kelly Stone is the Senior Director of Digital Strategy at CompTIA, a tech trade association representing the global voice of IT. In this role, she oversees social and video strategy to enhance the membership experience and fuel B2B sales. Kelly has an MSJ from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism and a BS from Bradley University. She’s won awards for Best LinkedIn Campaign, Best Use of Social Media, Social Media Professional of the Year and Nonprofit Communicator of the Year.

Barbara Thau is the senior features editor of NYC-based business publication CO—by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. A longtime business reporter/editor specializing in the retail industry and the consumer economy, she was formerly a contributing retail writer for Forbes.com, for which she wrote the Minding The Stores column. She previously served as the retail and consumer reporter for AOL Huffington Post Media Group's DailyFinance business site and was the longtime senior retail editor for Home Furnishings News magazine. Her work has also appeared in CNBC, Fortune and The New York Daily News, among other media outlets.

Brian Pittman is an event producer for Ragan Training and a regular contributor to PR Daily, where he interviews industry leaders to help readers improve their careers as communicators. A seasoned journalist and publisher, he's the former editorial director for Bulldog Reporter, CommPRO.biz and Utah Business Magazine, among others. He's also a digital marketer and content strategist with LA-area agencies, as well as an executive producer on multiple films and documentaries.