Eliot Weinman
President and Founder, Trendsmedia - Yankee Group Events & Publishing Division
For over 17 years, Mr. Weinman has been an influential thought leader in high tech. He has founded and sold four highly successful integrated media companies focused on emerging technologies. Trendsmedia, his fourth start-up, was acquired by Yankee Group Research, Inc. in September 2006. In less than 3 years, Trendsmedia has become one of the leading media firms in the mobile and wireless broadband marketplace.
In 2003, Mr. Weinman co-founded Robotics Trends, Inc. the world's leading integrated marketing firm focused on the emerging personal and service robotics markets. The company was acquired in April 2006. In the process he steered the firm to develop the largest robotics conferences and tradeshows ever held in North America, RoboBusiness and RoboNexus. In 1998 he founded Intermedia Group, and in three years, built the company into a leading integrated media and tradeshow company focused on emerging IT markets. In March 2001 he sold Intermedia Group to Jupitermedia Corp. (Nasdaq: JUPM). In 1989, Mr. Weinman founded Software Productivity Group (SPG), which became the leading integrated publishing, event and analyst services firm focused on the enterprise software development market. In March 1996, Mr. Weinman sold SPG.
Mr. Weinman has created over 150 tradeshows, dozens of trade publications and has consulted to many of the world's leading technology companies. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Information Week, and other business and trade journals. He founded WiMAX World Conference & Expo, which is the world's largest wireless and mobile broadband event series focused on WiMAX technology. He created numerous online and print publishing products, and co-authored several landmark software research studies. Prior to his entrepreneurial days, he lead advanced software groups at MIT's Draper Labs and at a top insurance provider, and was a CPA at several large CPA firms. He earned his M.S. and B.S. in Computer Engineering from Boston University where he was awarded a Research Fellowship in AI. He has a B.S. in Accounting from the State University at NY Albany.
 John Sellazzo
Vice President of Sales and Business Development
Trendsmedia - Yankee Group Events & Publishing Division
John is responsible for sales, business development and strategic media/research initiatives. He is a 10-year veteran leading sales and business development initiatives in the technology tradeshow, conference and online publishing industry's. He has played a critical role in the development and launch of over 30 emerging technology conferences, has managed dozens of custom research studies and technology publications, and has developed custom integrated marketing campaigns for many of the world's top technology companies.
Prior to joining Trendsmedia, John held various management and business development roles at Reed Exhibitions and Jupitermedia, and played a key role in building and growing two of the industry's most successful recent start-ups (Software Productivity Group and Intermedia Group). John received his degree in Business Management and Marketing from Bryant University, in 1993.
 Maureen Estony
Vice President of Operations
Trendsmedia - Yankee Group Events & Publishing Division
Maureen Estony is Vice President of Operations responsible for Trendsmedia's Corporate and Conference Operations and Client Services department. Ms. Estony has worked in the high technology conference industry for over a decade.
Prior to working in the integrated media and tradeshow industry, Ms. Estony was with the international division of CBS Publishing, and later joined the publishing team at Software Productivity Group. In 1999, Ms. Estony moved from integrated publishing to directing trade show operations for Intermedia Group, where she was integral in the building and eventual sale of the company. Ms. Estony has lived and worked in over nine countries, has built and ran her own company, and holds two BAs from the University of Connecticut.
Kate Walsh
Senior Director of Marketing
Trendsmedia - Yankee Group Events & Publishing Division
Kate brings more then 14 years of business and high-tech marketing experience to Tendsmedia. With her unique combination of experience, Kate has been responsible for building and executing on global corporate marketing communication programs, public relations and event management. Most recently, Kate served as Co-Chair, World Wide Industry Events for the WiMAX Forum™ where she worked closely with the board to set and manage WiMAX's global event programs and vision and at Sequans Communications, where she led the company's MARCOM department. |
