Executive Team Biography

Don Hawk, Co-Founder and President

Don Hawk, Co-Founder and President, leads TechTarget’s product innovation efforts. Don’s responsibilities include leveraging TechTarget's unparalleled targeting capabilities with its unique editorial model and highly qualified audience of enterprise IT professionals to develop innovative solutions for the company's advertisers and member base of enterprise IT professionals.

In June 2004, Media Business magazine named Don a "Top Innovator in Business Publishing" in new media. He has extensive experience in product development in business-to-business environments. Under his leadership, TechTarget has diversified its media offerings to include print magazines, more than a dozen invitation-only conferences, Webcasts, list rentals, SolutionCenters, 100+ e-Newsletters and a network of market-specific IT Web sites.

Prior to co-founding TechTarget, Don was Director of New Media Products for the Technology Division of United Communications Group (UCG), a leader in business-to-business information services. While at UCG, he launched Search400.com, the flagship site for TechTarget.

Prior to joining UCG, Don was the Director of Electronic Business Development for Telecommunications Reports International (TRI), where he created TRI's first Web site and a line of business derived from licensing electronic TRI content to large organizations.

Don received his BA and MA from George Washington University.