Michael Friedenberg is CEO and president of IDG Enterprise, an IDG company that develops IDG’s award-winning brands, websites, products and services for CIO, CIO Executive Council, ComputerWorld, CSO, Industry Standard, InfoWorld, ITWorld, Network World and DEMO.
With approximately 20 years in the information technology (IT) media industry, Friedenberg is widely regarded as a dynamic marketer who keenly understands the IT and security industry’s evolving needs. Friedenberg was named to BtoB magazine’s “Who’s Who” in business media for four consecutive years. Previously, Friedenberg advanced from CMP Media sales management positions to vice president and publisher of InformationWeek, and later vice president and group publisher of the InformationWeek Media Network and co-founder of Optimize magazine. As VP/group publisher, Friedenberg set the vision, strategy, and positioning of multiple brands across print, online, events, and research services. Friedenberg’s career also includes work with Cardinal Business Media and vertical publications at HP Professional, Midrange Systems, and DEC Professional.
Outside the walls of IDG, Friedenberg is a source for other media outlets on issues of media, marketing, and the CIO and CSO roles. He is widely regarded as an expert and regularly quoted about the technology and media industry by publications including The New York Times, BtoB magazine, The Write News, and Folio magazine. He is also a frequent guest speaker at many industry conferences as well as user events for companies such as IBM, HP, Oracle and Sun.
Friedenberg graduated with a B.S. in business administration from the University of Delaware. He lives in Blue Bell, PA with his wife and two beautiful daughters.
Gregg Pinsky has worked for IDG for 19 years in various roles, many of which concentrated in the online area. He took leadership of the revenue side of Computerworld online in 1998 and since then has led the site to seven consecutive years of tremendous growth. In his current role he oversees the national online sales and operations teams for both InfoWorld and Computerworld with responsibility for all revenue-driving, advertising reporting, and product development efforts.
Connors is responsible for leading the online operations and editorial for Computerworld, CxO and Infoworld the leading brands in enterprise IT. In this role, she is the primary driver of online strategy and direction and is charged with overseeing the dramatic growth these organizations are seeing in all areas of online media. Prior to coming to Computerworld, Connors worked for ten years at Technology Review, an MIT enterprise, where she was instrumental in transforming the once small magazine, into a leading independent media company. Starting out as circulation director at Technology Review, she worked her way up to Executive Vice President/COO, responsible for the online business, circulation, and operations. During her time there, she put Technology Review online in 1994, making it one of the first 10 publications on the web at the time. She joined Computerworld in 2005 as VP/General Manager online and in 2006 was given the added responsibility of overseeing the online properties of CxO media including CIO.com, CSO.com.
Connors currently serves on the board of directors for MITX (Massachusetts Interactive Technology Exchange), and has served on the technology sub-committee for the Massachusetts Board of Education and on the board for her alumni magazine. Connors received her BA in English and Journalism from the University of Massachusetts.
Eric has been the executive editor at InfoWorld for the past 4 years and is uniquely suited to take Infoworld.com and events editorial forward. He brings 20 years of technology journalism experience serving the needs of enterprise IT managers and before joining InfoWorld was the former editor of PC World magazine, the creator of the best-selling The PC Bible, a founding editor of CNET, and a veteran of several dot-com endeavors. Eric is also an award winning editor, receiving the Neal and Computer Press Awards for journalistic excellence.
Matthew Smith has been with International Data Group (IDG) for more than 20 years, holding senior management positions with Computerworld since 1987. Smith joined Computerworld as senior vice president of finance and operations, and is currently its executive vice president in charge of overseeing the finance and accounting divisions. In this role, he directs budgeting, forecasting and monthly accounting closings. Additionally, Smith manages all operational functions at Computerworld, including administration, facilities, production, distribution and human resources.
Prior to joining Computerworld, Smith was director of operations at IDG Peterborough (IDG/P), Inc., a division of IDG and a New Hampshire-based publisher of eight monthly computer magazines, including 80 Micro, inCider/A+, Microcomputing, AmigaWorld and Desktop Computing. There, he handled the preparation of the annual budgets and monthly forecasts, as well as the coordination of all legal matters involving trademarks, copyrights, litigation and contracts. Smith also played a principal role in negotiating the sale of the company to IDG Communications in 1983.
Smith holds a bachelor's degree in specialized business finance and a master's in education from Cambridge College. He has also served as a member of the board of directors for the Peterborough, N.H. and Metro-West Chamber of Commerce.
