Don Pazour
Chief Executive Officer,
Access Intelligence, LLC

Don is a 30-year veteran of the business publishing industry, having begun his career as an Assistant Editor on Miller Freeman’s World Mining magazine in 1977. Having been born and raised in Mexico, Don combined his Metallurgical Engineering degree and industry experience with his Spanish language capability to cover the booming mining industry throughout Latin America.

At Miller Freeman for 23 years, Don became CEO of the company in 1997. His ascendance through the company included management of conferences, trade shows, magazines, and high value information businesses. Don launched and grew Miller Freeman’s presence in the High Tech publishing sector, culminating with the acquisition of CMP Media in 1999. With the acquisition and integration of Blenheim USA’s trade shows, Miller Freeman also became the largest trade show producer in the United States, under his leadership.

In 2000, when Miller Freeman’s parent company, United Business Media, divested a large part of what was then Miller Freeman, Don joined forces with Veronis Suhler Stevenson, the leading U. S. media industry Private Equity firm, to serve as CEO of PBI Media. He steered PBI through the turbulent years following the Internet bubble burst, 9/11, and the deep business media recession. In 2004, PBI Media merged with another Vernis Suhler Stevenson portfolio company, Chemical Week Associates, to form Access Intelligence LLC, for which Don currently serves as CEO.

Under Don’s leadership, Access Intelligence has undergone rapid growth since 2004, through organic development of the business as well as the acquisitions of SRI Consulting, The Energy Daily Newsletter, and Harriman Chemsult. The company is a leading information provider in the aviation, defense, satellite, communications, chemical, and energy businesses, with offices throughout the United States, as well as in London, Zurich, Tokyo, and Beijing. The company has transformed itself into a fully integrated media and consulting business with a robust Internet component with more than half of its revenue deriving from information sales.

Don is a frequent speaker at events sponsored by American Business Media, Folio, and the Society of Independent Show Organizers’ events.

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