Leadership

  • Jeremy Philips

    Jeremy Phillips / Founding Partner / CEO

    Jeremy is a founding partner of Flywheel Publishing focused on digital marketing and data insights. He’s proud to be building a platform that brings joy to over 2 million daily readers, consistent & reliable income to content creators, and brand safe content for advertisers.

    In his free time, Jeremy manages hundreds of acres of conserved land, improving the natural habitat of dozens of species, helping to prevent wildfires and ensuring the enjoyment for the next generation.

  • Eric Bleeker

    Eric Bleeker / Founding Partner

    Eric Bleeker is a founding partner of Flywheel Publishing who has more than 15 years of experience in the online publishing space. In these roles Eric has served as an managing editor of sites with small teams to the largest digital publishers. Eric's specialties are digital marketing, growth strategies, and working with content creators.

    An avid writer himself, Eric's work has been read by tens of millions in categories like technology and investing. He enjoys long walks on the beach and spending time with his 17 children in rural Kansas.

  • Michael Gurtzweiler

    Michael Gurtzweiler / Founding Partner / CTO

    Michael is a founding partner of Flywheel Publishing leading the company's technology strategy and infrastructure. With over 20 years of software engineering and leadership experience, including serving as VP of Engineering at The Motley Fool, Michael brings deep expertise in scaling digital platforms and building high-performing technology teams.

    At Flywheel, he oversees the technical operations powering a portfolio of websites that reach millions of readers daily, focusing on site performance, infrastructure reliability, and creating tools that empower content creators. When he's not optimizing server response times, Michael can be found bowling or out biking and attempting to convince his family that his home definitely needs more Pinball machines.

  • Austin Smith

    Austin Smith / Founding Partner

    Austin is a founding partner of Flywheel Publishing focused on growing new web properties, business development, and content creation. He has experience in online publishing, finance, marketing, and real estate.

  • Christopher Bledsoe

    Christopher Bledsoe / Founding Partner

Our Team

  • Ashley Haugen

    Managing Editor

    Ashley Haugen began her editorial career more than 25 years ago. With experience in both print and digital formats, it’s the speed at which the internet operates and the opportunity to learn about absolutely anything online that most intrigues her. With a communications degree from Boston University, Ashley has experience in a variety of verticals, including parenting, health/wellness, and women’s lifestyle.

  • Joel South

    Joel South

    Content Creator / 247 Wall St

    Joel works on operations and content creation for 24/7 Wall St. With more than a decade of publishing and marketing experience, Joel brings a background in optimizing content distribution channels. Through sharing data and ideas with the Flywheel team of editors and writers, Joel is helping create the best content for our readers.

  • Drew Cumens

    MSN Strategist

    Drew Cumens oversees content development, publishing strategy, and performance optimization for Flywheel Brands on MSN. In his role, he works closely with writers and editors to ensure content meets brand standards, aligns with audience interests, and supports broader growth objectives. His responsibilities include managing editorial workflows, analyzing performance data, and identifying opportunities to improve visibility and engagement.

  • Brad Faye

    Multimedia Editor

    Brad Faye is Flywheel’s Multimedia Editor and assists with social, video and podcast growth. He works with authors to make content suggestions for videos and takes video production, quality, and branding to the next level. Brad also works to design the overall video strategy for Flywheel Publishing websites and is passionate about video production and helping our authors reach wider audiences.

Moms Who Think

Writers

247 Wall St

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  • Drew Cumens

247 Tempo

  • August Croft

  • Drew Cumens