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Emerald Promotes
Veteran Tech
Journalist
Schweiger to CE Pro
Editor-in-Chief
In his new role as successor to longtime
Editor Jason Knott, former CE Pro
Executive Editor Arlen Schweiger ready to
propel the leading residential electronics
trade publication into the future.
By CE Pro Editors
EMERALD, owner of CE
Pro, the industry-leading
trade publication covering
the residential electronics
market, is pleased to
announce the promotion of
Arlen Schweiger to CE Pro
Editor-in-Chief. Schweiger
will take over for longtime
Editor and Emerald tech
brands Chief Content Officer
Jason Knott, effective
June 9, 2023.
A native of Western
Massachusetts who now
lives in Cary, North Carolina,
Schweiger has served in numerous
editorial capacities
for Emerald and EH Media
prior to that, most recently
as Executive Editor of CE
Pro, where he started as
Associate Editor in 2006.
In between, he has reported,
written and edited
for nearly a dozen sister
publications owned by EH
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Media (formerly EH Publishing)
and Emerald, which
acquired CE Pro and select
other brands and assets
from EH in August 2018.
Soon after the acquisition,
Schweiger moved into his
Executive Editor position
after almost five years as
Managing Editor of CE Pro,
Commercial Integrator,
Security Sales & Integration
(SSI) and Campus Safety.
" I am overjoyed to be
taking on this major new
responsibility at Emerald,
and I'm excited to lead CE
Pro to even greater heights
as the leading authority
in the custom electronics
channel, " says Schweiger, a
graduate of the University
of Richmond and Columbia
University Graduate School
of Journalism.
" When Jason Knott and
then-managing editor Tom
Since being hired by Jason Knott as an associate editor in
March 2006, Arlen Schweiger has attended 15 CEDIA Expos
including 2008 in Denver when this photo was taken with
CE Pro founding editor Julie Jacobson.
LeBlanc hired me 17 years
ago, I had no idea I'd love
the industry as much as I do
or expected the incredible
places it's taken me. There's
a good reason people in
this industry tend to stay
for life. I'm looking forward
to my next chapter and
working with all of the great
integrators, manufacturers,
distributors, reps and colleagues
even more closely. "
Schweiger, who came to
the custom electronics sector
after almost a decade in
newspaper sports departments,
has been on the
editorial staff or contributed
to: CE Pro, Commercial
Integrator, Security Sales &
Integration, Campus Safety,
Kitchen & Bath Business
Magazine, Electronic
House, Home Electronic
Ideas, ChannelPro SMB,
TecHome Builder, CE Pro
Showroom, EHX Daily and
CEDIA Scoop.
He's attended dozens of
industry tradeshows and
events over the years, including
CEDIA Expo in 15 of
his 17 years in the industry,
CES, InfoComm, ISC West,
Integrated Systems Europe,
IBS/KBIS, Total Tech Summit
and many other conferences
and vendor visits.
" I am so excited for Arlen
as the new Editor-in-Chief
for CE Pro. The publication
and website are going to be
taken to new heights under
his stewardship, " says Knott,
who in April announced he
was departing CE Pro to join
industry-leading software
company D-Tools as its Data
Solutions Architect & Evangelist
(see opposite page).
" Arlen has been a guiding
force behind our success for
the past 17 years, connectcepro.com
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