Technical.ly is a news organization that connects and challenges a community of technologists and entrepreneurs who are invested in where they live.
We believe that innovation can come from anyone anywhere to ensure all communities thrive, and we contribute to that vision with local journalism on entrepreneurship, tech careers and economic opportunity. In addition to national trends, we publish daily in Washington DC, Baltimore, Delaware, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and have produced reporting series in a dozen other US cities to an audience spanning more than 20 US states.
Our audience is made primarily of experienced technologists and entrepreneurs, aspiring peers and their supporters.
Our products and services help our clients, customers and supporters reach this audience. We do that most commonly with native advertising, newsletter marketing and events. If you need entrepreneurs and tech leaders to buy your services, technologists to hire or professionals to know about your ecosystem, Technical.ly has the biggest and most engaged audience in the mid-Atlantic. Learn more about our services at technical.ly/services.
Charitable giving to our Technical.ly Journalism Fund ensures our information remains free and accessible for residents to discover workforce programs and entrepreneurship pathways.
Our professional reporting is primarily distributed in three ways: our Technical.ly website, which attracts 150,000 monthly unique visitors, our daily newsletters, which average 35%+ open rates to 35,000 professionals and on social media, where we engage more than 50,000 followers. We additionally host our annual Technical.ly Builders Conference and a popular 5,000-person public Slack community. Subscribe to our free newsletters at technical.ly/subsribe.
Founded in 2009 by three young journalists, our team of 15 is welcoming, connective, challenging and diverse. We’re pretty fun too.
Christopher Wink | Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer
Christopher Wink is a journalist and entrepreneur. He is the Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer of Technical.ly, the news organization that serves a community of technologists and entrepreneurs. In that capacity, he is a co-organizer of Philly Tech Week, cofounder of Baltimore Innovation Week and other events that bring smart people together. He has been honored as among the country's 100 most innovative media leaders, as a community advocate and for his commitment in diversity. He writes Technical.ly's weekly Culture Builder newsletter on building better companies and curates a personal monthly newsletter of ideas and links here. He frequently speaks and writes about innovation economies, tech workforces and local journalism. Previously, Wink worked for a homeless advocacy nonprofit and was a freelance reporter for a variety of publications. The bicycle commuter loves cities, whiskey and squabbling about neighborhood boundaries.
Carrie Brooke | Chief Operating Officer
Carrie Brooke is Technical.ly's Chief Operating Officer, and brings 25 years of organizational and business expertise to her role, which also includes oversight of Technical.ly’s product and operations team. An experienced Talent Acquisition and People Ops professional, she’s led recruiting and HR programs for a variety of creative agencies in Philadelphia and NYC, and has built communities for Yelp and Google. Carrie is also a Certified Professional Coach and works with people throughout all stages of their careers. She serves on the Philadelphia Advisory Board of Per Scholas, is certified to teach yoga and meditation and loves frolicking in nature, traveling, making playlists and spending time with her best friend, the television.
Danya Henninger | Editorial Director
Danya Henninger is a Philadelphia-based journalist who believes local news is essential for thriving communities, and that its format will continue to evolve. She became Technical.ly's editorial director in December 2023. She spent six years before that overseeing both editorial content and revenue generation at Billy Penn, a startup acquired by public media organization WHYY, and is a former food and beer writer with bylines in local and national publications. With her husband, she co-owns Imagic Digital, a commercial photo-video firm operating since 1997.
Aileen Connolly McNulty | Director of Client Services
Aileen Connolly McNulty brings over a decade of experience of building impactful partner relationships and driving business development in the media space. As Director of Client Services, her focus is to create impactful and meaningful connections between Technical.ly's clients and the community that TM has built over the past fifteen years. A Delco native, Pitt Panther and current South Philly resident, she appreciates the variety of pizza and pasta options at her doorstep and considers herself a carb connoisseur.
Sameer Rao | Editor
Sameer Rao is an editor at Technical.ly, principally overseeing coverage of Baltimore and DC. He joined the team in February 2022 following a position reporting on the legal industry and access to justice issues for Law360, an online news outlet aimed at an international audience of legal professionals, and several years as an arts and culture reporter for such outlets as The Baltimore Sun and Colorlines. The former Philadelphia and Connecticut resident now resides in Baltimore, near Patterson Park.
Katie Malone | Editor
Katie Malone edits for Technical.ly's Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Delaware markets. She joined the team in April 2024 with tech journalism experience at Engadget, Business Insider, Industry Dive and other publications. Based in Philly, Katie spends her free time baking excessively.
Kaela Roeder | Lead Reporter, DC and Baltimore
Kaela Roeder is the lead DC and Baltimore reporter at Technical.ly. She’s an award-winning journalist, previously working as a freelance reporter. She was formerly the deputy editor at Street Sense Media, a local newspaper covering homelessness and housing in DC. She's written for publications including Washington City Paper, DCist/WAMU and the Washington Blade. She holds a B.A. in journalism and anthropology from American University and was a Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow.
Holly Quinn | Lead Reporter, Delaware
Holly Quinn is Technical.ly's reporter-at-large and Delaware reporter. Settled in on Wilmington's West Side, this AIHS grad attended Temple University’s Tyler School of Art, back when it was located on an old estate in Elkins Park (not to date herself or anything). She started writing for a living at Wilmington's long-defunct music paper, Big Shout magazine, and spent years as a freelancer before joining the Technical.ly team in 2017.
Sarah Huffman | Lead Reporter, Philadelphia
Sarah Huffman is a Technical.ly reporter covering Philly tech and entrepreneurship, with a focus on access and equity. She joined the newsroom through the Report for America program and is a 2022-2023 corps member. She graduated from Fordham University in 2021 with degrees in journalism and communications. She was previously an editor at the student newspaper, The Fordham Ram and a freelancer at the Norwood News in the Bronx. Sarah is a secret theater kid and a not-so-secret Swiftie. She is originally from NJ and her favorite things to do when visiting home are getting bagels and taking her dog on long walks through the woods.
McKenzie Morgan | Audience Product Manager
McKenzie Morgan is the product manager for Technically Media. A Philly native and recent graduate from Temple University, McKenzie has previously worked as a data journalist for DataDesk as well as an editor for two of Temple’s student-run magazines, REFINE Magazine and 14th Street Magazine. When she’s not writing stories or lines of code, she’s rewatching the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy or trying to perfect her chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Sam Markowitz | Production Manager
Sam Markowitz is the Production Manager for Technical.ly. Previously, he had several years of experience in video, media and storytelling. He is an alum of NYU and the NBC Page Program. When not working, you can find Sam cooking delicious vegan food, making terrible puns, and attending concerts. He owns an appropriate number of cats.
Beau Bown | Social Media Engagement Manager
Beau is Technical.ly's Social Media Engagement Manager. He brings over 7 years experience in digital content creation, launching targeted campaigns, developing brand strategies and engaging ecosystems to take action. As a 2019 Venture for America alumni, Beau built meaningful connections in the Maryland tech community while managing and directing marketing initiatives for over 100 developing tech companies at Maryland's first research park. In his free time, Beau enjoy's nature walks, climbing and skiing. An odd talent that makes Beau uniquely qualified for multitasking on social media is that he can literally ride a unicycle while juggling.
Na'Tosha Wyles | Operations Manager
Na’Tosha Wyles is the Operations Manager for Technical.ly. Previously, she had several years of experience in public relations, customer service, video production and media.She is an alum of Rider University, originally from New Jersey but resides in Philadelphia. When not working, Na’Tosha does standup and sketch comedy in different cities.
