TechTarget

Greg Strakosch, Co-Founder and CEO, has led the company from start-up to public company (NASDAQ: TTGT). Since its launch in 1999, Strakosch has grown TechTarget into the leading online media company in the technology market, with more than 50 web sites. The company has approximately 600 employees in Needham, MA, San Francisco, New York, Atlanta, Cincinnati, London, India and China. A host of organizations has recognized TechTarget?s success and the innovation and leadership that Strakosch has brought to bear. * Strakosch received the Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur of the Year? Award * Media Business named Strakosch a Top Innovator in Business Publishing * Strakosch was named to the Folio: 40, a list of "industry innovators with impact" * BtoB named TechTarget as the 8th most powerful business-to-business advertising venue. TechTarget has been named to the list for 8 consecutive years. * The Boston Globe named TechTarget as one of the Top 100 Places to Work in Massachusetts. TechTarget was #7 on the list of most flexible companies to work for. * The Boston Business Journal selected TechTarget as one of the fifty "Best Places to Work" in Massachusetts * TechTarget was named to the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing companies * TechTarget has won over 100 awards for its editorial excellence. * For a complete list of awards, click here. Prior to founding TechTarget, Strakosch was President of the Technology Division of United Communications Group (UCG), a leading business-to-business information provider, where he grew the business more than 15-fold in six years through internal growth, new product development and acquisitions. Strakosch joined UCG in 1992 when the company acquired Reliability Ratings, a successful IT publishing company he founded in 1989. Before Reliability Ratings, Strakosch spent six years in senior sales and marketing positions at EMC Corporation, which he joined as the company's 29th employee. Strakosch has a BA from Boston College.

Don Hawk, Co-Founder and President, leads TechTarget’s product innovation efforts. Don’s responsibilities include leveraging TechTarget's unparalleled targeting capabilities with its unique editorial model and highly qualified audience of enterprise IT professionals to develop innovative solutions for the company's advertisers and member base of enterprise IT professionals. In June 2004, Media Business magazine named Don a "Top Innovator in Business Publishing" in new media. He has extensive experience in product development in business-to-business environments. Under his leadership, TechTarget has diversified its media offerings to include print magazines, more than a dozen invitation-only conferences, Webcasts, list rentals, SolutionCenters, 100+ e-Newsletters and a network of market-specific IT Web sites. Prior to co-founding TechTarget, Don was Director of New Media Products for the Technology Division of United Communications Group (UCG), a leader in business-to-business information services. While at UCG, he launched Search400.com, the flagship site for TechTarget. Prior to joining UCG, Don was the Director of Electronic Business Development for Telecommunications Reports International (TRI), where he created TRI's first Web site and a line of business derived from licensing electronic TRI content to large organizations. Don received his BA and MA from George Washington University.

Joe Levy is responsible for all of TechTarget’s CIO Decisions media, including CIO Decisions, a monthly magazine that is delivered to 60,000 CIOs, senior IT managers and their business colleagues; The CIO Decisions Conference, an event that attracts top IT executives; and SearchCIO.com, the leading Web site for senior IT decision-makers. In addition, Levy leads TechTarget’s efforts in addressing the information needs of IT professionals in the Small/Medium Business sector, specifically, SearchSMB.com. Levy joined TechTarget in 2004 to capitalize on the company's momentum in the SMB and CIO markets. The first issue of CIO Decisions was published in April 2005. Levy spent 30 years at International Data Group (IDG), holding leadership roles in sales and management. Levy joined IDG as an executive with its research subsidiary, International Data Corp (IDC), and quickly rose to become IDC’s first vice president of marketing. In 1987 he founded CIO Publishing (later CXO Media) and launched CIO magazine. In 1999, Levy added the titles of president and CEO of IDG Communications to his duties. Under his leadership, CIO and CIO.com won nearly 200 awards for excellence, among them “Magazine of the Year” and 32 other awards for Editorial Excellence from the American Society of Business Publication Editors, eight Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, and 24 Folio: Ozzie Awards for Design Excellence. Levy retired from IDG in 2002 to start The Quadragon Group, a global consultancy providing strategic consulting services to CIOs and other C-level executives. Levy was previously a member of the Board of Directors of Bitpipe, Inc. and Sky Publishing, Inc. Levy holds a bachelor’s degree from Pace University in New York.

With more than 25 years of marketing experience Marilou Barsam has built TechTarget’s Client Consulting team to monitor and maximize advertisers’ experience with TechTarget media. Barsam and her team of advertising agency veterans and consultants act as a seamless extension of TechTarget’s clients’ marketing departments by providing expertise on campaign strategy, media selection and results analysis. At TechTarget, Barsam develops programs that emphasize integration and return on investment. In 2001, Barsam rolled out TargetROI™, a guaranteed lead generation program for IT marketers. Barsam is an ongoing contributor to BtoB’s “Ask the Expert” column and has been quoted in many online marketing publications. She also hosts an ongoing series of Webcasts about best practices for effective online marketing programs. Barsam is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and received her M.B.A. focused on Technology Marketing from Bentley College.

Kevin Beam is responsible for the strategic direction and performance of TechTarget's media groups, which include all TechTarget Web sites, events and magazines. He has over 20 years of experience in IT publishing and technology sales and marketing. Kevin joined TechTarget in 2000 as vice president, responsible for developing the market strategy for the company’s portfolio of targeted IT Web sites. In later years, he assumed responsibility for the largest and most successful media units in the company as executive vice president and publisher of TechTarget's Storage, Security and Windows Media groups. In that role, Kevin has managed TechTarget's most highly-trafficked Web sites and overseen the development of TechTarget's conference model, the launch of its conference division, two successful magazine launches, the acquisition of Information Security magazine, and the launch of nearly a dozen highly targeted Web sites. Prior to joining TechTarget, Kevin was vice president of the Technology division of business-to-business information publisher United Communications Group (UCG), where he was responsible for the launch or acquisition of more than a dozen publications and the implementation of hundreds of successful conferences and seminars. With TechTarget CEO Greg Strakosch, Kevin co-founded Reliability Ratings, an IT publisher acquired by UCG in 1992. He began his career at EMC, a world leader in storage technology, where he spent five years in sales and sales management positions. Kevin holds a B.A. from Boston College.

Mark Schlack, Vice President of Editorial, TechTarget Channel Media, TechTarget Data Center Media, TechTarget Storage Media, and TechTarget Windows Media. * 20 years' experience in technology media. * Recipient of Jesse Neal Award and Cahners Medal of Excellence.

David has been happily married to his wife Linda for 30 years. Linda is accountable for the ordering and decoding David's indecipherable scrawl. They have two daughters, Heather is in the masters program at Vanderbilt University and Meredith is an editor for TechTarget in Needham. David says he over works and doesn't have much free time. But he does enjoy relaxing in Plymouth with his wife and a nice cold beer.

Bruce Levenson has served as a director since 1999. Mr. Levenson is the co-founder of UCG, where he has worked since 1977. Mr. Levenson is currently a Partner at UCG, where he is involved in company strategy and directs the firm's acquisition efforts. Mr. Levenson also is a member of the advisory board of BIA Digital Partners, a private equity firm. In addition. Mr. Levenson is a partner in Atlanta Spirit, LLC, which is the majority owner of the NBA Atlanta Hawks franchise and the NHL Atlanta Thrashers franchise. Atlanta Spirit LLC also owns the operating rights to the Philips Arena, the major sports and entertainment venue in Atlanta. Mr. Levenson holds a B.A. from Washington University and a J.D. from American University.