CMP Media Strengthens Enterprise Business: Fritz Nelson Promoted to Senior VP of Enterprise Group; Experienced Leadership for Key BrandsPRNewswire-FirstCall CMP Media (http://www.cmp.com/) announced that it is uniting all of its products for business users of information technology in a single Enterprise Group under Senior Vice President/Group Publisher Fritz Nelson. In this new role, Fritz will oversee the InformationWeek Media Network, the Network Computing Enterprise Architecture Group, and all other products and services focused on the enterprise IT audience. Previously, Fritz was publisher of Network Computing and group publisher of the Enterprise Architecture Group. He joined CMP in 1992 as Senior Editor of Network Computing. "CMP has a big lineup of products serving the Enterprise IT audience including broad industry publications and websites as well as highly targeted magazines, events and microsites that serve vertical industry segments and specific technology user groups," said Gary Marshall, CMP Media president and chief executive officer. "This mix of broad and deep offerings provides the technology marketer endless opportunities to target and deliver a message. Fritz's brief is to make these products and services easily accessible to both our customers and audiences." "Fritz is a well-known player in the IT industry and one of a very few people in publishing management who started as an IT professional. He has a strong ability to understand and serve the needs of both the IT buying audience and the IT vendor community," said Steve Weitzner, executive VP and chief operating officer. In addition, CMP Media announced four other promotions on their key brands: * Scott Vaughan, publisher of Optimize magazine, has been promoted to
publisher of InformationWeek. Starting with CommunicationsWeek, Scott
has distinguished himself with his brand-building expertise.
* Matt Avery will become publisher of Optimize and remains associate
publisher/sales of InformationWeek. For more than six years, Matt has
been active in growing sales of the InformationWeek brand.
* John Siefert replaces Nelson as publisher of Network Magazine and
Network Computing. An industry veteran, John has moved through the CMP
Media ranks consistently generating sales.
* Chris Keating becomes publisher of Intelligent Enterprise in addition
to his current responsibilities as director of Computer Security
Institute (CSI) and publisher of Secure Enterprise. With his extensive
industry experience, Chris has been responsible for the growth of CSI
and is well-positioned to build these related brands.
* Peter McManus, Felicia Aronov and John Ecke, the publishers of Bank
Systems & Technology, Insurance & Technology and Wall Street &
Technology, respectively, will also report to Fritz Nelson.
"We are excited about this new lineup of publishers. They are an exceptional and talented group of well-respected industry leaders who are focused on our customers' unique requirements and who will continue to build out these significant CMP properties," Weitzner said. About CMP Media CMP Media (http://www.cmp.com/) is the leading integrated media solutions company providing "broad and deep" access to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and buyers of technology worldwide. The company's comprehensive database of technology decision makers enables marketers to reach targeted audiences throughout the purchase process with publications, web offerings, face-to-face events, consulting and other marketing services that deliver actionable results. Contact: Alix Raine
SVP Communications
CMP Media LLC
516-562-7827
araine@cmp.com
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