Suite101 Goes Global: A Message from EiC Colin Smith

This week represents the most exciting period I've experienced at Suite101 since I started working for the company last December. After dedicating practically every waking hour for the past six months, two new colleagues in Europe are launching Spanish- and French-language sites for Suite101 this week and next.

Last year, I had the privilege of meeting my German counterpart, Dirk Westphal, in Berlin and our working relationship has truly blossomed. Dirk is the Editor-in-Chief for Suite101.de, our German-language site and he's a great guy. Very generous with his time and always supportive, Dirk is one of the hardest working men in the business.

Suite101's CEO Peter Berger made a great decision to hire Dirk and true to form, Peter followed-up with two more critical hires for our company in March.

Eva Fontiveros now leads Suite101.net as our new Editor-in-Chief stationed in Madrid, managing a culturally diverse team of editors located in Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Venezuela and the USA. Eva is an enormously-respected journalist and pioneering publisher who demonstrates unbridled passion for the craft. I am very happy to see Eva take charge of the Spanish operations for Suite101 and I know she will provide great leadership for Spanish-speaking writers around the globe.

Jérémy Reboul is the Editor-in-Chief for Suite101.fr, our soon-to-be-unveiled French language site launching next Tuesday. Jérémy is located in Paris and believe me when I say he is a man on a mission. Intelligent, good-humoured and relentlessly driven to succeed, Jérémy is too a professional journalist with an impeccable background. Tasked with supporting French-speaking writers everywhere, Jérémy is completely dedicated to the job at hand and I could not be more inspired by his enthusiasm.

There are now four EiCs in charge of four separate language sites at Suite101 and we are four of the luckiest people you're ever likely to meet. Suite101 is a great company with a bright future and it's exhilarating to be part of such a top notch editorial team. I send forth my best wishes to Eva and Jérémy this week. You have my deepest respect and admiration.

Same goes for the herculean effort put forth by Yosem Sweet and his stellar Product Development team. Developing two new sites and supporting four different "flavours" requires enormous dedication from everyone on Yosem's team. Congratulations to PD for all your hard work and tireless concentration.

I encourage everyone to checkout the new Suite101 sites and if you are a multi-lingual writer with Suite101, then you can soon publish your work in Spanish, French, German and English. How cool is that? It's a wonderful time to be part of something vitally important in the online publishing industry and I hope Suite101 will have a positive impact on peoples' lives for many years to come.

Colin Smith

Editor-in-Chief

Suite101.com