Executive Bios

Mike Porche - President & CEO

Mike has been with DSI for twenty-four years and prior to that Globe Communications for five years. During that time he has served as DSI's Executive Vice President, Divisional Vice President, Auditor and Regional Manager, and with Globe as District Manager covering the Mid-Atlantic and New England markets.

Over the years, American Media and DSI's many client publishers have relied on Mike's expertise in launching, positioning, developing and growing the most impressive roster of the top-selling magazines in the market.

As a testament to Mike's leadership at the company and in the industry, DSI enjoys long-term contracts with all of its clients. With a reputation for strong negotiating and a hands-on approach to the day-to-day problems in newsstand distribution, Mike consistently earns the respect of the top leaders on all sides of the supply chain.

Mike Porche takes a center role in industry organizations and has developed many long-term relationships with retailers and distributors throughout the retail spectrum.

Keller Whalen - Executive Vice President & COO/Administration

Keller is responsible for the internal operations including financial reporting, budgets, contracts and DSI's RDA and Rack services operations. Keller has previously held the position of Senior Vice President/General Manager of Warner Publisher Services, overseeing the billing and collections and backroom operations for the single copy sales of magazines and books. Earlier roles included VP/Treasurer at Warner Publisher Services, and Director of Customer Operations at Hachette Fillipacci USA.

Jay L. Wysong - Executive Vice President & COO/Operations

Jay is responsible for and over sees all marketing, distribution and retail merchandising field operations as well as DSI client services functions. Jay has served DSI in numerous capacities during his 26-year tenure with the company including District Manager, Regional Manager, National Marketing Director, Division and Retail Vice-President positions.

Brian Beaudry - VP/Distribution

Brian been with DSI since August 2002. He oversees a distribution team of 40 people working with the wholesalers in the field and home office. Prior to joining DSI, he spent 5 years with Wenner Media as Director of Consumer Marketing. He has also held various management positions with both TDS and CoMag (prior ICD) and has been in the industry since 1983.

Todd Garland - VP/Marketing

Todd is responsible for all of Marketing in the US and Canada for DSI Clients. Todd has served in several capacities during his 18 years with DSI including District Manager, Account Executive, National Marketing Director and Divisional Vice President.

Charlie MacDonald - VP/Client Services

Charlie is responsible for overseeing the Client Services department which is the primary contact with DSI's magazine publishing clients. The department's primary responsibility is to work closely with publishers to develop their overall newsstand marketing strategy and to interface with DSI's operational groups (Marketing, Distribution and Retail) to ensure the proper execution of the plan. He has served as VP/ Client Services at DSI for 10 years and prior to joining DSI held senior management positions in the newsstand distribution groups of both The Hearst Corporation and Time Warner.

John Rick - VP/Operations/Comptroller

John is responsible for multiple financial functions for DSI and over sees all wire rack purchasing and RDA/RDP disbursements for AMI and several of our publisher clients. John has served DSI in numerous capacities during his 16-year tenure with the company including Sales Representative, District Manager, Regional Manager and Account Executive.

Jeff Bean - VP/Retail

Jeff has been in the industry since 1982, starting his career with the Globe Merchandising Company. He has been an employee of DSI since July, 1992. Jeff has held numerous positions during this time including, District and Regional Retail Manager, Corporate Trainer, Retail Division Operations Manager and Key Client Accounts Manager. As the VP of Retail, he is currently based in Atlanta and oversees a full and part time staff performing the daily retail activities assigned to DSI.

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