Team
A small desk of practitioners.
MagTimes is run by people who have spent years building products, running campaigns, and shipping code. We bring that depth to the newsroom, and to the work we do for clients. Remote-first, written-first, light on meetings.
LEADERSHIPSalman Zahid
CEO & Founder
Independent journalist and growth operator covering AI, software, and the search industry. Built MagTimes as a newsroom that also ships real client outcomes.
CLIENT SERVICESMichael Noah
Head of Partnerships & Outreach
Leads client services. A decade of link building, digital PR, and SEO for software, crypto, and publishers.
AR NEWSROOMAisha Rahman
Editor, AI & Software
Runs the AI and software desk. Former product manager turned editor. Allergic to launch-week copy.
GROWTHJames Whitfield
Head of SEO & Search
Technical SEO, information architecture, and the unglamorous work that makes content compound.
EV NEWSROOM × GROWTHElena Voss
Director of Digital PR
Campaigns that start with a story an editor wants. Previously at a European business title.
DO OPERATIONSDaniel Okonkwo
Engineering & Technical SEO
The team behind the team. Sites, schema, CWV, and the infrastructure the newsroom runs on.
PM GROWTHPriya Mehta
Content Strategy & SaaS
Turns product truth into a library that ranks. Briefs, series, and pages sales will actually send.
CLIENT SERVICESAhsan
Head of Partnerships & Outreach
Leads client services. A decade of link building, digital PR, and SEO for software, crypto, and publishers.
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