Our Experts
Reilly Brennan (General Manager)
Reilly Brennan is responsible for the financial results of NextAutos.com and Winding Road. He was named General Manager for NextScreen’s automotive business in September, 2007 after 18 months as editor of Winding Road. Prior to joining NextScreen in 2006, Brennan managed motorsports communications programs at General Motors through agency-of-record G-2 Communications. In his role as an award-winning journalist, he has written for publications such as Motor Trend, Automobile Magazine, and Monocle. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Christopher Paukert (Editor-In-Chief)
As the Editor-In-Chief of NextAutos.com and Winding Road, Chris Paukert has realized his lifelong dream of celebrating in words the joy in driving the world’s greatest cars over the globe’s greatest roads. He cut his literary teeth as a freelance automotive journalist and as co-editor of the AOL/Time Warner website Autoblog, and in previous lives enjoyed stints as a television news producer at a Michigan NBC affiliate and as tour publicist for the audiophile record label Telarc. The Cleveland, Ohio native now calls Ann Arbor, Michigan home.
Nate Luzod (Art Director)
In his time at NextAutos.com and Winding Road, Nate Luzod has created the company’s reputation for stunning photography and visual representation. Through a practical, analytic approach to design, he has made Winding Road one of the first digital magazines that is both legible and visually engaging. Nate's career began at Station 1 in Los Angeles, where he led designers and programmers on projects for Royal Olympic Cruises, The City of Los Angeles and Reebok. Upon returning to Detroit he became sole proprietor of Luzod Design, where he worked on print, web and animation for a range of customers from California to Europe. Through working as both a designer and a programmer he has a built solid understanding of the many facets of media development.