UBM TechWeb Announces Ed Grossman as Head of InformationWeek Business Technology Network

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM TechWeb announced Ed Grossman will join the company as Executive Vice President of the InformationWeek Business Technology Network, formally eliminating the traditional "publisher" role, and further fueling its digital, technology applications and network portfolio build out.

Grossman joins the organization from sister company UBM Medica, where he also served as Executive Vice President, leading all digital media efforts.  Grossman will now take on the responsibility of defining and leading the InformationWeek Business Technology Network portfolio of brands, productizing its user and client offerings, and spearheading the web technology, media applications and decision support tools leading the business' exponential growth.

"Ed's background and proven experience at UBM Medica, Jupiter Media and ZDNet make him ideally suited to join the InformationWeek Business Technology Network team, and help extend its market leading innovation and growth," said UBM TechWeb CEO Tony Uphoff.  "We see our business today mirroring the organizational approaches used by leading software and services companies.  Ed's addition to the group rounds out an extraordinary team of brand, product and service leaders across the network and company."

UBM TechWeb also announced a series of promotions across the senior management team:

• Martha Schwartz, Executive Vice President Sales, InformationWeek Business Technology Network
• Lenny Heymann, Executive Vice President, Group General Manager, UBM TechWeb Events Network
• Greg Kerwin, Executive Vice President, Group General Manager UBM TechWeb Events Network
• Marco Pardi, Executive Vice President Sales, UBM TechWeb Events Network
• Joe Braue, Executive Vice President, UBM TechWeb Light Reading Communications Network
• Simon Carless, Executive Vice President, UBM TechWeb Game Network

"Each of these leaders have been charged with driving critical areas of our businesses, and are also exceptionally adept at collaborating across our organization and parent company to create new growth opportunities," said Uphoff.  "These collective moves are essential to our unrelenting focus on a digital-driven strategy that is tightly linked with an unparalleled portfolio of events and decision support and marketing services."

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UBM TechWeb the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its three core businesses – media solutions, marketing services and paid content – UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands and media applications in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs and IT managers, Web & Digital professionals, Software Developers, Government decision makers, and Telecom providers) actively engage in UBM TechWeb's communities and information resources monthly. UBM TechWeb brands include: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and Enterprise Connect; award-winning online resources such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Network Computing; and market-leading magazines InformationWeek, Wall Street & Technology, and Advanced Trading. UBM TechWeb is a UBM company, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

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