Don Hawk — Co-Founder and Executive Director of Product Innovation at TechTarget

Mr. Don Hawk Co-Founded TechTarget, Inc. in September 1999 and has been an Executive Director of product Innovation since January 10, 2012. Mr. Hawk served as the President of TechTarget, Inc. from September 1999 to January 10, 2012. He leads TechTarget's product innovation efforts. Mr. Hawk was responsible for 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 Techtarget.com advertisers and member base of enterprise IT professionals. He has extensive experience in product development in business-to-business environments. Under Mr. Hawk's 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, Mr. Hawk 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, Mr. Hawk launched Search400.com, the flagship site for TechTarget.Prior to joining UCG, Mr. Hawk served as Director of Electronic Business Development for Tele-communications Reports International, where he created TRI's first Web site and a line of business derived from licensing electronic TRI content to large organizations. In June 2004, Media Business magazine named Mr. Hawk a 'Top Innovator in Business Publishing' in new media. Mr. Hawk received his BA and MA degrees from George Washington University.