About Us

Ryan has been a magazine and newspaper editor for 22 years, with the last 16 covering a variety of bases for CDW’s family of tech magazines. As Editor in Chief, he works on developing editorial strategy and is always on the lookout for new writing talent and sharing great stories with the IT world. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys spending time with his family, biking and obsessively following Iowa Hawkeye sports and Cubs baseball.

Ricky has been a content creator for more than 10 years with a strong background and emphasis in digital content and interactive storytelling. For more than 8 years, Ricky has helped shape the evolving integrated content strategy for HealthTech, shepherding the program through different redesigns and the emergence of several new content types. When not immersed in all things health and IT, Ricky indulges his deep love of comic books, super heroes and video games.

Nicole is the executive editor for FedTech. With her extensive background in content strategy and content creation, she loves nothing more than seeing a good story come to life. In her spare time, Nicole enjoys dabbling in any creative hobby she can think of — from creative writing to painting to DIY projects.

Brad is the associate executive editor for FedTech magazine. For over 15 years, he has overseen the development and strategy of the magazine, covering the many areas of the federal government. He also is responsible for the strategy of all government content, overseeing our state & local coverage as well. Brad has a passion for creating unique content, especially taking a feature with multiple sources from conception to print. Prior to joining the magazine, Brad has a background in public relations. When not creating great content, Brad is a huge sports fan, following the Cubs, Hawkeyes, Colts, Bulls and Blackhawks religiously.

Akeya Dickson has worked as a content strategist, reporter and editor for more than a decade. She’s written feature and news stories spanning local, business, style and cultural topics for The Washington Post, Reuters, The Chattanooga Times Free Press and other publications. In addition to content creation, her career includes serving as a communications director for various government agencies and in the nonprofit space. Akeya vacillates between hopping on and off planes, attending festivals and all manner of outdoor activities and burrowing in her hobbit hole for the three R’s: reading, recharging and reality tv.

Mickey McCarter has been an editor and reporter for magazines and websites, largely focused on defense and military tech, for roughly 20 years. Prior to joining State Tech, Mickey handled communications and public relations for the Security Industry Association (SIA). Mickey spends his spare time at rock concerts around DC being a serious music nerd.

Allison Gauthier is a senior content specialist and editor of FedTech magazine.

Dave Nyczepir is a senior editor at Manifest. He worked previously as a technology reporter for FedScoop and as news editor for Route Fifty. He cut his teeth covering education for The Desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs, Calif., and the 2012 election cycle for Campaigns and Elections magazine. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park.