Leadership

Gary Nugent

Chief Executive Officer

Gary Nugent is the CEO of the newly created B2B Growth Accelerator, Informa TechTarget, a combination of Informa Tech, a division of Informa plc, and TechTarget. Prior, Gary was the CEO of Informa Tech, a position he held since its inception in 2019.

He has over 25 years of general management, sales and marketing experience in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector and has lived and worked in Dubai, Geneva, London, Paris and now Boston. He joined Informa in 2014 as Commercial Director for the Business Intelligence division. Previously, at Alcatel-Lucent, he was Head of the Managed Services Business and, before that, Head of Marketing. Before joining Alcatel-Lucent, he worked for leading global Information Technology brands such as Oracle, Sun Microsystems and IBM. Gary holds a B.Eng/B.Sc in Information Engineering from the University of Strathclyde.

Rebecca Kitchens

President – Informa TechTarget & General Manager – Brand to Demand

As President – Informa TechTarget and General Manager – Brand to Demand at Informa TechTarget, Rebecca Kitchens serves as a cross-functional leader to align our solution portfolio, operational delivery and corporate strategy efforts to best support customer needs, today, and in the future. In addition, Rebecca has general management oversight for the commercial success of our Brand & Content and Intent & Demand business units, which includes the customer experience of these products and services, as well as the editorial engagement strategy that powers Informa TechTarget’s first-party, permissioned audiences and data capabilities across the company.    

Previously, Rebecca served as President of TechTarget from January 2023 to December 2024, where she led TechTarget’s combination with the digital assets of Informa Tech while also continuing to oversee day-to-day editorial, audience marketing, customer enablement, partner development, and operations functions.  Prior to that, Rebecca served as TechTarget EVP & Publisher from 2021, SVP, Market Development from 2017, and between 2002–2017, in various sales and sales management positions during the company’s early stages of growth.  Rebecca holds a B.S. from Fairfield University.

Jane Qin Medeiros

General Manager – Brand & Content

Jane Qin Medeiros is General Manager of the Brand & Content business unit within Informa TechTarget. With a media portfolio of 221 publications serving an audience of over 50 million across multiple technology and industry markets, the Brand & Content solutions unit serves audiences with the knowledge they need to drive business growth. The Brand & Content group also houses Informa TechTarget’s Content Studio for marketers, helping clients build brand, earn trust, and drive demand.

Previously, Jane was the GM of Industry Dive, the leading B2B digital media company serving industry audiences across 38 publications. Jane’s a commercial leader and content marketing specialist, spending over a decade building studioID, Industry Dive’s global content marketing group, from the ground up. Before Industry Dive, Jane served as the SVP of Customer Success at NewsCred. Jane was born in Beijing, grew up in Southern California, and lives in New Jersey with her husband and two kids. She holds a J.D. from Boston College Law School.

Bill Morelli

President & General Manager – Intelligence & Advisory

Bill Morelli is President & General Manager of the Intelligence & Advisory business unit within Informa TechTarget. Through a market-focused portfolio of syndicate research, strategic consulting and VIP networking events, the Intelligence & Advisory BU offers intelligence, insight, and solutions for the technology industry around four key segments: Enterprise, Consumer, Telecoms & Integrated Tech.

Some of the Industry-leading brands that make up the portfolio are Omdia Research, Enterprise Strategy Group™, Canalys and Wards Intelligence. Bill previously served as the Chief Research Officer for Omdia, where his responsibilities included research strategy and planning. Bill also previously served as Research Vice President for the Enterprise teams, including Cloud & Data Center, Cybersecurity, AI and Enterprise Tech. Bill came to Informa through the IHS Markit acquisition, bringing more than 20 years of technology industry and industry analyst experience to his role at Informa TechTarget. He studied Business & Computer Science at Northeastern and University of Phoenix and is based in the Dallas Fort-Worth Metroplex.

Steve Niemiec

Chief Revenue Officer

Steve Niemiec is the Chief Revenue Officer at Informa TechTarget. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Revenue Officer at TechTarget since January 2023, overseeing the company’s Sales, Customer Success, and Sales Operations groups. Steve began his career with the company as an Account Manager and worked his way up to progressively more senior positions including serving as SVP, Global Sales from June 2013 to January 2021 and VP & General Manager from January 2011 to June 2013. Steve holds a B.S. from Providence College.

Dan Noreck

Chief Finance Officer

Dan Noreck is Chief Finance Officer at Informa TechTarget, having previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at TechTarget from December 2016 to December 2024. Since April 2021, he has also served as a director and chair of the audit committee of Capital Properties, Inc., a publicly traded property leasing company in Providence, Rhode Island. From September 2010 to December 2016, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Providence and Worcester Railroad Company, a publicly traded regional short line railroad with operations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island. Prior to that, Dan was a Senior Audit Manager at Lefkowitz, Garfinkel, Champi & DeRienzo P.C. in Providence, Rhode Island from July 2003 to September 2010. Dan holds a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and is a CPA and a chartered global management accountant.

Doug Olender

EVP of Revenue Strategy & Enablement

Doug Olender is EVP of Revenue Strategy & Enablement at Informa TechTarget. Previously he served as TechTarget’s EVP of Sales Development, Enablement and Marketing from January 2023 to December 2024. Prior to that, he launched and led the company’s first Sales Development and Sales Enablement functions in 2017. He began his career with the company as an Account Manager and worked his way up managing the company’s first college-graduate Sales Hire and Training program, to progressively more senior positions including serving as the Company’s Group Publisher for Security, Networking, Business Applications, and Application Development from January 2013, overseeing the Sales, Marketing, and Editorial of those media entities. Doug holds a B.S. from Stonehill College.

Ruth Ovens

Chief People Officer

Ruth Ovens is Chief People Officer at Informa TechTarget. Previously she joined Informa Tech in March 2021 with over 15 years senior global people leadership experience in a range of industries including media, B2B, logistics and tech.

Ruth is passionate about the difference great people, leadership, being inclusive and deliberate development can make not only to business performance but to our colleagues, audience, customers, communities and the tech industry as a whole. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has an M.Sc. in Strategic Personnel and Development, where the dissertation was all about the impact of company values on business performance.

Ruth lives on a farm on the outskirts of Bath, UK, with her husband and three children, who all love the outdoors, keeping fit and fitness challenges.

Mark Picone

General Manager – Intent & Demand

Mark Picone is General Manager of the Intent & Demand business unit, which houses the company’s lead generation product portfolio and its intent data offerings, all delivered natively through a suite of industry integrations or accessed through its flagship, Priority Engine. Mark also oversees the BrightTALK^® platform, which offers content syndication, content creation and audience promotion capabilities via either managed or self-service subscriptions.

Mark comes to Informa TechTarget from Acquia, a leader in Digital Experience Platforms, where he was General Manager for their Marketing Cloud business which includes their customer data platform, marketing automation, experimentation, testing and personalization products. Prior to that, at Adobe, he was Vice President of Information & Data Services. There he was responsible for everything related to data including data product management, data engineering, data platforms and governance across all lines of business and corporate functions. At Experian Marketing Services, Mark was responsible for global data development for all data and analytics products across 27 countries. Prior to Experian, Mark served in Group Managing Director, General Manager, and CTO roles for Harte-Hanks Direct Marketing, overseeing their customer database and data quality / processing businesses. Mark has a B.A. in Computer Information Science with a minor in Mathematics from Temple University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Drexel University.

Sean Tierney

Chief Technology Officer

Sean Tierney is the Chief Technology Officer at Informa TechTarget, having previously served in that role at TechTarget from January 2016 to December 2024. Prior to that, he served as VP and SVP of Product Development and Technology dating back to January 2000. Prior to joining TechTarget, he spent 5 years at an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software startup, Chrysalis Symbolic Design, building software solutions to help solve complex ASIC design problems, and 6 years at Raytheon building and supporting CAD/CAE tools. Sean holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Merrimack College.

Mike Cotoia

Advisor

Mike Cotoia is Advisor at Informa TechTarget. Previously he served as TechTarget’s Chief Executive Officer and a Director since May 2016. He was employed by TechTarget from 2002 to 2024, serving as Chief Operating Officer from January 2012 to May 2016 and, prior to that, as EVP from 2010 to 2012 and in various other positions, including as SVP and VP and Publisher, from 2002 to 2010. Prior to joining TechTarget, he was Director of Sales at SANZ, a national storage integrator, and he also held positions at EMC Corporation, a provider of enterprise information storage systems, and Deloitte, a provider of audit, consulting, financial, risk management, tax, and related services.

Mike holds a B.S. from Babson College and is a CPA. His history with the company and experience in the IT advertising business provides Informa TechTarget with specific knowledge of the company’s operations and a greater understanding of the Company’s strategic opportunities.

Karen Winter

EVP of Operations & Transformation

Karen Winter is EVP of Operations & Transformation at Informa TechTarget. Previously, Karen held the role of Chief Operating Officer at Informa Tech, joining in January 2021 from Taylor & Francis, where she was Director of Continuous Improvement. Karen is passionate about continuous improvement and operational excellence and is a keen advocate of transparency, collaboration, effective use of data and evidence-based decision making.

Karen is an Exec Sponsor of the All Informa Career Ambitions Network (iCAN). For most of her career, Karen has worked in academic and professional publishing both developing and project managing content products for social sciences, criminology and medicine. Karen has also worked in roles within editorial, production, marketing and operations. Karen is an experienced leader of operational projects and systems implementations, particularly those using Lean Six Sigma and Agile.

Karen has a B.Sc. (Hons) in Criminology and a Diploma in Leadership and Management from the University of Bristol, UK. She qualified as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt in 2018.

Luke Thornton

VP of Strategy

Luke Thornton is VP of Strategy at Informa TechTarget. A seasoned finance and strategy executive, he has extensive experience in strategic finance, strategy and M&A. Most recently, he was Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at Informa Tech.

Luke has held leadership roles in both established corporations and high-growth startups globally, operating across diverse industries including technology, healthcare, and energy.

Luke is a Chartered Accountant and has recently received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School.

Charlie Rennick

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Charlie Rennick is General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at Informa TechTarget, having previously served as the Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of TechTarget from January 2017 to December 2024. From April 2012 to December 2016, he served in various roles, including as Secretary and General Counsel, with the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company, a publicly traded regional short line railroad with operations in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island. Prior to that, he worked as legal counsel at various state agencies within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including the Massachusetts Department of Transportation from October 2007 to April 2012. Charlie holds a BA from the University of Arizona and a JD from New England Law | Boston.