Richard Dagnall Joins TechWeb's Light Reading as Managing Director of Events, Driving Growth of Focused Communications Industry EventsPRNewswire NEW YORK, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- TechWeb's Light Reading Communications Network (http://www.lightreading.com/), the leading online media, events, and research company serving the global communications marketplace, today announced that Richard Dagnall has joined as Managing Director of Events. Dagnall will be responsible for driving Light Reading's leading Ethernet Expo shows in New York and London, TelcoTV, Tower Summit, Optical Expo, and 12 focused, one-day conferences with pre-qualified attendees on subjects ranging from mobile backhaul to advanced cable video strategies. Dagnall will report to Joseph Braue, Group Director and SVP of Light Reading. "Richard is the ideal person to drive our Light Reading events throughout the world," said Braue. "His industry expertise, close relationships with telecom equipment manufacturers and professional associations, plus comprehensive knowledge of the events industry, will energize our team and drive our growth strategy. Richard's global marketing and event experience will be particularly important in light of our recent acquisition of Pyramid Research, which is the leading communications market researcher focusing on the hot developing markets in South America, Asia, and EMEA." Dagnall has a long relationship with Light Reading. A one-time Light Reading customer, Dagnall was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Iometrix and was featured on Light Reading TV (LRTV) (http://www.lightreading.com/tv/tv_popup.asp?doc_id=137549). Previously, Dagnall was employed with Richmond Events and then Penton Media, where he organized the LightSpeed conference series on Carrier Ethernet and Triple Play in Western and Eastern Europe. Dagnall served as Co-Chair for Events Marketing and Technical Marketing with the Metro Ethernet Forum and was Chairman for the Marketing Awareness and Education Committee for the Multiservice Forum. Dagnall is based in London and can be reached at Dagnall@lightreading.com. About Light Reading Founded in 2000, Light Reading (http://www.lightreading.com/) is the ultimate source for technology and financial analysis of the communications industry, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. It reaches an extensive audience of executives and technologists within the telecom and enterprise networking communities, as well as the financial/industry analysts and investors who track these sectors. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005 and operates as a member of its TechWeb division. About TechWeb TechWeb (http://techweb.com/aboutus), the global leader in business technology media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 13.3 million* business technology professionals actively engage in our communities created around our global face-to-face events, Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat, and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial Technology Network; and the market leading, award-winning InformationWeek, TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, and Wall Street & Technology magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services including next-generation performance marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services. TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion. About United Business Media Limited United Business Media Limited is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/. Contact Amy Averbook TechWeb's Light Reading 212 925-0020 ext.112 averbook@lightreading.com SOURCE: TechWeb CONTACT: Amy Averbook, TechWeb's Light Reading, +1-212-925-0020, Web Site: http://techweb.com/aboutus |