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Northup Information Services (nisi) is a full-service new media company that specializes in publishing books, digital content, and communications products for consumers and businesses around the world. By using all forms of communication available to today's media consumers - blogs, print, web, email, Podcasts, Internet video, digital photography and more - our products entertain, educate, and inform. Now in our thirteenth year, our clients and customers include avid readers, researchers, Fortune 500™ companies, and small businesses alike.

Zac Northup is the President and founder of Northup Information Services, Inc. (NiSi). In 1995, Zac began publishing periodicals, producing online content, and Internet-based applications for defense related clients and information consumers. Since then, he has developed a broad base of contacts and expertise in the media and communications sectors and is currently working on a book and several studies related the impact of the Internet on politics, public relations, and national security.

After graduating from Marshall University with a B.A. in Political Science in 1992, Zac went on the serve as an officer in the 1st Cavalry Division, United States Army. In 1994, Zac left the active component to pursue a graduate degree, and in 1996 completed his M.A. in European History at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. As part of his commitment to the Army though, he continued to serve as a traditional guardsman in the North Carolina Army National Guard’s 30th Infantry Brigade (Enhanced) until 1998, when he transferred to the West Virginia Army National Guard’s 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. In 2000 he left the service as a Captain.

Since its inception, as mentioned above, NiSi has expanded its defense publishing business and has also moved into business consulting, executive news briefings, government relations, and predictive intelligence services. Through the "Executive Assessments" service, NiSi provides several exclusive clients with the information they need to succeed in today’s dispersed media environment.

In addition to National Guard Defense Review, Zac’s work has been published in the Houston Post, National Guard Magazine, Air Force Times, and various course materials at the United States Army War College.