Brendan Vaughan is the Editor in Chief of Fast Company, overseeing the brand’s recognition programs, events, and content. Vaughan most recently served as Deputy Editor at Insider, Inc., where he helped launch and run a new desk dedicated to long-form journalism and news analysis about business, tech, the workplace, and the economy. An industry veteran with nearly 30 years of experience in magazine journalism, publishing, and digital media, Vaughan has held senior positions at leading editorial brands, including Insider, Medium, Random House Publishing Group, The Atlantic, Esquire, GQ, and Condé Nast Portfolio. During Vaughan’s tenure as executive editor at GQ, the magazine was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for general excellence a half-dozen times, winning once. In addition, his individual stories have been recognized many times by the National Magazine Awards, the James Beard Awards, the Best American Writing anthology series, and other awards programs.