The LoungePress Team

Michael Conner (CEO) Michael started simple.IT services in 2002 to meet the demands of small businesses in need of technical consultation. simple.IT designed, deployed, and maintained technical business practices, software installations, wireless networks, web-based access, Web identity, support and collaboration software and other services to implement successful business tactics. Conner deployed and secured information technology software customized specifically for businesses that ranged from real estate firms to software startups. Through careful planning and a dedication to customer satisfaction, simple.IT provided comprehensive technological solutions to over 100 clients, helping businesses to increase functionality and productivity, leading to higher revenues through strategic cost saving initiatives. Prior to developing simple.IT, Conner worked with Fairfield, CT based company, SageMaker, Inc., managing project application design and usability with a team of developers, to ensure each service line was optimized and deployed to meet each customer's specific requirements. Conner worked with the professional services group to implement and roll out product installations with various Fortune 500 clients. His client base included GE Equity, UBS Warburg, and McGraw Hill.

Julie Wohlberg (Co-Founder) Julie Wohlberg has served as the Director of Communications for numerous Web 2.0 companies based internationally from Paris, Berlin, Rome and Madrid in Europe to Buenos Aires, Argentina in South America. Her previous PR experience includes work at both Connors Communications and Bender/Helper Impact, firms specializing in emerging technology and consumer entertainment / technology. Prior to her public relations career, Wohlberg worked as an entertainment writer and producer/host of the show Cinema Confidential Television, the TV partner to the UGO.com site, www.Cinecon.com. She held syndicated film review and celebrity profile columns in 14 alternative news weeklies from Connecticut to Fort Lauderdale, and from Phoenix to Sydney, Australia. At the end of her journalistic career, she worked as a film and music writer and critic for Tribune Media, with placements in outlets like New York Newsday, AM New York, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sun-Sentinel, and LA Times.