Management Team

John French was named Chief Executive Officer of Penton Media, Inc. in December 2006. He had served as the CEO of Prism Business Media Inc. since that company's formation in 2005. He previously served as President of PRIMEDIA Business Magazines and Media, Prism's predecessor company.

French joined PRIMEDIA in 2002 from the Penton Electronics Group, where he was Vice President/Group Director with responsibility for five magazines and four related trade shows. Over the course of his 13-year tenure with Penton, he also served as Group Publisher for the company's Electronic Design Magazine Group and its Microwaves & RF Magazine Group. Prior to his work for Penton, he held senior sales management positions with other business-to-business media companies, including CMP, PennWell and VNU.

French received his B.A. degree in Economics from Boston College and is a graduate of the publishing executive education programs at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Columbia University. In 2006, he was named by Media Business magazine as one of the business publishing industry's 60 most influential leaders.

Senior Executive Team:

Darrell Denny
Chief Revenue Officer

Warren Bimblick
Senior Vice President, Financial Services, Marketing, and Custom Media Groups

Shawn Etheridge
Senior Vice President, Transportation, Aviation, and Information Data Products Groups

Eric Jacobson
Senior Vice President, Administration

Bob MacArthur
Senior Vice President, Industrial Media, New Equipment Digest, and Design Engineering Groups

Dan Bagan
Senior Vice President, Agricultural & Food Group

Kim Paulsen
Senior Vice President, Technology Media Group

Fred Linder
Senior Vice President, Events, Tradeshows, and Exhibitions Group

Blair Johnson
Vice President, Business Development

Kurt Nelson
Vice President, Human Resources

Jerry Okabe
Vice President, Audience Marketing/Circulation

Lisa Parks
Vice President, Production

Cindi Reding
Chief Technology Officer

Prescott Shibles
Vice President, Penton New Media Group

Steve Martin
Vice President and Corporate Controller