Our consultants have experience in roles just like yours: leading projects, working in the field and managing and setting budgetary responsibilities. This expertise, combined with our suite of services, delivers results for targeted projects and nurtures long-term relationships that allow our clients to successfully achieve their business goals.

Peter M. Zollman|Founding Principal, Executive Editor
Peter M. Zollman is founding principal of Classified Intelligence LLC and the Advanced Interactive Media Group LLC, internationally known consulting groups that work with newspapers, broadcasters, dot-coms, yellow-page companies and technology providers to develop profitable interactive services.

Bruce Annan|Managing Director
In addition to being the former president of electronic media for Torstar Media Group, Annan has consulted extensively with Bell Globemedia, the publisher of The Globe and Mail and major broadcaster owned by Canada's largest telephone company. He has also consulted for industry associations, community newspapers and magazine publishers.

Shannon Kinney|Director Business Development / senior consultant
Shannon Kinney is Director of Business Development and Marketing for Classified Intelligence, and also serves as one of the company's consultants. Her professional career includes a broad range of experience in print and online media, as well as specific classifieds experience in merchandise and auctions, auto, real estate and recruitment at internationally recognized firms.

Jim Townsend|Principal and Editorial Director
Jim Townsend, of Houston, is a principal and editorial director of the AIM Group and veteran media executive. He is responsible for the AIM Group's many products, including Classified Intelligence Report, and manages writers and analysts from across the globe.

Joe Michaud|Senior Consultant / Senior Analyst
Joe Michaud joined the AIM Group in May 2008, following 13 years launching and developing MaineToday.com. He is well known throughout the newspaper industry, especially as a new media pioneer, and has held leadership positions in the Newspaper Association of America and New England New Media Association. Besides newspapers and the Internet, his career spans video, film and magazines.

Barbari Griesse|Business Development / Consultant
Barbari Griesse joined the AIM Group in April 2008. Her experience includes senior level roles in general management, sales and sales training at Thomson Newspapers, part of Thomson Corp., one of the world¹s largest information companies. She also served as a consultant for KPMG, specializing in customer-relationship management. Griesse lives and works near Columbus, Ohio.

Katja Riefler|Director of Europe
Katja Riefler, who heads up our European operations, is an independent specialist in the Internet and the newspaper industry and one of Europe's Internet pioneers. Her consulting company, RISolutions, is based in Munich, Germany. As an expert on digital developments, she’s a regular contributor to the several trade publications and speaker at conferences.

Ross Hoddinott|Pacific Director
Ross Hoddinott is our Pacific director and analyst for the Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia markets. He has more than 25 years experience in media, including print and electronic directory services. He was also research and marketing director for TMP Worldwide, which later became Monster Worldwide, parent of Monster.com. He currently lives in Sydney.

Brian Blum|Analyst / Web Editor
Brian Blum is aimgroup.com's Web editor and primary analyst for real estate and automotive advertising. Founder of a marketing-services company, he is a California native living in Jerusalem. He writes a poignant blog about what it’s like raising a family
in Israel, at www.ThisNormalLife.com.