Shane Schick

Current

• Editor-in-Chief at IT World Canada

Past

• Columnist, ROB (freelance) at The Globe and Mail
• Editor, ITBusiness.ca at Transcontinental Media
• Editor at Computing Canada

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Education

• Ryerson University
• St. Paul's Secondary School

Recommended

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Connections

178 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog

Shane Schick’s Summary

Award-winning Canadian journalist specializing in how information technology (IT) is used by large companies to improve business, manage complexity or reduce costs. Founding editor of ITBusiness.ca and former editor of ComputerWorld Canada, the country's largest publication for technology professionals.

Shane Schick’s Specialties:

Hardware, software, Internet, technology management

Shane Schick’s Experience

• Editor-in-Chief

  IT World Canada

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  March 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  Senior manager of a group of publications and online properties that help technology professionals succeed in the Canadian market. These include ComputerWorld Canada, NetworkWorld Canada, CIO Canada, CDN, ITBusiness.ca and Direction Informatique.

• Columnist, ROB (freelance)

  The Globe and Mail

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  August 2005 — February 2008 (2 years 7 months)

  Wrote a column on how businesses could make better use of technology for the Report On Business section of Canada's national newspaper.

• Editor, ITBusiness.ca

  Transcontinental Media

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Online Media industry)

  November 1999 — February 2007 (7 years 4 months)

  Founded ITBusiness.ca, a poral providing daily news and information services for technology professionals across Canada.

• Editor

  Computing Canada

  (Online Media industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

Shane Schick’s Education

• Ryerson University

  BAA, Journalism, 1992 — 1996

• St. Paul's Secondary School

Additional Information

Shane Schick’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog

Shane Schick’s Interests:

Canadian technology, IT, management, business

Shane Schick’s Groups:

Digital Security Coalition, CATA, Fair Copyright, Cloud Computing

•    ITSM (ITIL) Professionals
•    LinkEds & writers
•    Cloud Computing
•    eBusiness Cluster
•    CIO Canada

Shane Schick’s Honors:

Excellence in Science and Technology Reporting, Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA), 2006

Shane Schick’s Contact Settings

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