John French 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.
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