Matthew Monahan

Director
Arc Publishing, Washington Post, USA

Biography

Matt Monahan leads the product, sales and implementation teams for Arc Publishing, The Washington Post's burgeoning software-as-a-service CMS business. Over the past two years, Monahan has overseen the growth of Arc from a small experiment with university newspapers to an enterprise-scale SaaS business with some of the world's largest publishers as its clients. He has lead the implementation of Arc for major clients such as tronc, publisher of legacy brands like the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, Canada's Globe and Mail, and South America's digital powerhouse Infobase. Monahan also oversees strategy and development for the more than 15 newsroom products that comprise Arc. Prior to his work with Arc Publishing, Monahan held a variety of product positions at The Post, including managing The Post's publishing systems internally, and serving as the product manager for video at The Post and The Post's various commercial products. Monahan began his career at Boston Scientific. He attended Boston University and lives in Washington, D.C.

About Arc Publishing, Washington Post, USA

Arc Publishing (www.arcpublishing.com) is a state-of-the-art digital platform and suite of tools that's engineered to meet the needs of modern publishers. Built by engineers and designers at The Washington Post, Arc technology solves complex publishing needs, including video, mobile web and apps, syndication to distributed platforms, automatic content testing, data mining and monetization. Arc has powered the digital transformation of clients both large and small across the globe. At its core, Arc is about speed and innovation: for readers, the newsroom, advertisers and developers.

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