Brightspot contributors

Amelia Bragg is a graduate of George Mason University with a degree in Marketing and Management. Amelia is a key member of the Brightspot product team, diving deeper into digital asset management, while helping build hundreds of Brightspot websites for clients.

Miles brings expert front end development and management expertise gained from his 20+ years of leading web dev teams, including design and development, monetization, and tactical operations. Prior to Brightspot, Miles was a development lead at AOL, a contributing member of the W3C who helped the HTML Working Group define what would become the HTML5 recommendations, and led AOL News’ effort to implement and help define the rNews microformat which would later become today’s standard for NewsArticle schema.

As Brightspot’s CIO, David is responsible for our Security and IT functions as well as playing advisory roles in both Managed Services and Customer Success. David has been the CIO since October of 2018.

Mark is Director, Digital Content at Brightspot. When he’s not gleaning insights from various developers from the company, he spends his time cooking new dishes at home with his wife and two hyperactive cats.

Leslie Hughes is a freelance writer with over 10 years of experience in crafting content about the latest trends in technology, marketing, health/wellness, travel and more. When she’s not at her laptop writing, she is traveling around the world exploring other countries and cultures. Leslie calls Venice Beach, California, her home.

Anne is a writer for Brightspot. She specializes in translating business-to-business technology insights into digestible, actionable takeaways for readers. She has expertise across a variety of vertical markets and content types, having spent 10+ years in the PR and communications agency world. She’s based in Minneapolis, Minnesota—and yes, she loves to talk about the weather.

Rose Pleskow has been working at Brightspot since 2011 as a content and quality assurance specialist. In addition to writing employee profiles, Rose has played a critical role on a variety of client projects with her keen eye for detail and Brightspot publishing expertise. She has contributed to the launch of various projects ranging from SpecialOlympics.org to Amazon Science and Healthgrades.

Parker serves as Brightspot’s Senior Vice President of People, Mission & Culture, leading the company’s people operations and fostering an inclusive, growth-oriented workplace. Since joining Brightspot in 2013, he has played a key role in shaping its culture and community partnerships, supporting initiatives for people with intellectual disabilities, youth and wounded veterans. Before Brightspot, Parker held roles in politics, education and nonprofit work, including positions on Capitol Hill, President Obama’s re-election campaign and Special Olympics. A former Teach For America corps member, he holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas and a master’s from Arizona State University.

Alistair Wearmouth is a content director with Brightspot, where he writes about our customers and the technology behind our award-winning CMS. He also supports various customer accounts with their content strategy and publishing needs. With over two decades of experience in digital content and product management, Alistair has helped lead implementation and development for homegrown as well as off-the-shelf CMS solutions at companies including USA Today, Orbitz and National Geographic.