TDWI - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executives Team
- President, Converge360
Daniel LaBianca has over 20 years in media in sales and management roles. He started his IT Media career with 101communication, one of 1105 Media's initial acquisitions in November 2000. Previously, he was CRO of 1105's Enterprise Computing, Education and Government Groups. Prior to that he held sales and management positions within the Enterprise Computing Group. Dan holds a Bachelor's in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology Officer
- Member of the Executives Team
Erik Lindgren joined 1105 Media in late 2006. Most recently, he was with Emak Worldwide; he began his career with Microware Computing, then joined Aspen Marketing Group. Lindgren holds an MCSE and CCNA.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executives Team
- President
- Marketing and Media Executive
Meighan Berberich is a seasoned marketing and media executive with over 20 years experience. She has a depth of experience in enterprise technology as well as the training and certification market. She returned to 1105 Media after running her own marketing consulting practice focused on early-stage technology companies. In her previous tenure at 1105, Berberich served as the marketing director-and later, as the general manager-of the Business Technologies Group at 1105 Media which included TDWI. Meighan began her career in marketing and media at Miller Freeman. She has also held marketing management roles at Microsoft, Texas Instruments Inc., and Infineon Technologies AG in the United States and Europe.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President
- Member of the Executives Team
Mike Valenti was with one of the initial acquisitions of 1105 Media, 101communications LLC, where he was Senior Vice President, Human Resources. He joined 101 following a thirty-year career with the Los Angeles Times, where he held numerous roles including management of circulation marketing and sales, customer service, single-copy sales, human resources, employee relations, and compensation and benefits. Valenti graduated from Iona College with a BA in Psychology. He is affiliated with the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM).
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Executives Team
- Tech Executive
Rajeev is a seasoned high tech executive with broad global experience. He's worked in over 20 countries across the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. He was recognized as a CEO of the year finalist for 2011-2012 from Tech America and was a finalist for Entrepreneur of The Year from the Orange County Business Journal. He received his Global MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles and Shanghai's Jiaotong University Antai college of business and economics.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Executives Team
Prior to joining 1105 media and for the past twelve years, he had owned and operated a boutique consulting firm providing accounting, audit, advisory and management consulting services to both very large and small publicly traded and privately held companies in various industries. Sanjay started his career as an analyst for a large New York based bank in Los Angeles. From there on he has held various leadership roles at different companies as a Sr. auditor, Finance Manager, Sr. Manager, Controller and Director. Sanjay is a licensed CPA in the state of California and has earned his MBA from University of Southern California's Marshall School of business. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in finance from University of Wisconsin- Green Bay. He loves taking long road trips and hiking in national parks with his family.