AZ Medien: Managers appointed for online platform

 
The management of the new online platform of the Aargau publishing house AZ Medien has been determined: Roger Knabenhans has been appointed head of A-z.ch with retroactive effect from July 1, 2008. Other members of the new management team are Reinhard Kronenberg as Editorial Director and Knabenhans' deputy, Ralf Ressmann as Head of Product Management and Peter Meyer as Technical Director, according to a press release issued on Tuesday. The A-z.ch division reports to Christoph Marty, Head of Crossmedia/Key Account. 44-year-old Roger Knabenhans has been Project Manager Classifieds Market at AZ Crossmedia since April 2005. Over the past two years, he has established the cross-media classifieds marketplaces A-zimmo.ch, A-zjobs.ch, A-zauto.ch and A-zpartnersuche.ch. He previously worked at NZZ as Head of Classifieds, at Facts as Head of Advertising and at Publicitas.
Reinhard Kronenberg has been Head of Online at Migros Media since January 2005. The 43-year-old previously worked as Product Manager at Tages-Anzeiger, as Managing Director at Car4you Switzerland, as CEO of Carwinner and as Content Producer at Winner Market in the online classifieds market.
The 40-year-old Ralf Ressmann has been working for AZ Crossmedia as Project Manager Search&Find since June 1, 2008. Previously, he was Head of Internet Press at Coop.
Peter Meyer has been Project Manager Web/IT at AZ Crossmedia since the beginning of May 2008. Prior to this, the 41-year-old worked for Migros Genossenschaftsbund as Online Project Manager. He also worked for Yahoo Germany and in project management for the ARD program directorate in the area of online development.