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Bob Carrigan Biography
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Bob Carrigan
CEO, IDG Communications worldwide
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Bob Carrigan is CEO of IDG Communications worldwide, IDG’s media and events subsidiary. He oversees IDG’s media operations, including online, print, and events, in 85 countries around the world. Prior to assuming his worldwide CEO role in 2008, Carrigan was responsible for business units in the U.S., including CXO Media (CIO and CSO), Computerworld, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, PC World, IDG Entertainment (GamePro and games.net), Industry Standard, IDG World Expo (Macworld Conference & Expo, LinuxWorld, and E For All).
Carrigan returned to IDG in April 2003 as president and chief executive officer of Computerworld, bringing 15 years of publishing, marketing and sales experience to the position. He rejoined IDG from America Online, Inc. (AOL) where Carrigan was senior vice president in the Interactive Marketing Group. Carrigan joined AOL through its acquisition of Spinner.com, an IDG Ventures portfolio company, where he served as senior vice president, e-commerce and advertising for the Internet radio company.
Prior to Spinner.com, Carrigan spent seven years at IDG’s PC World in several senior sales management positions. Carrigan began his career at IDG’s Digital News as an intern, while an undergraduate at Boston University, and went on to become the New England regional manager and Eastern sales manager.
He has been a speaker at numerous industry events and is a member of the board of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and American Business Media (ABM) where he also serves as secretary. Carrigan has been named to Media Business magazine’s “Who’s Who” and was selected for the Media Industry Newsletter (Min’s) Sales Hall of Fame.
Carrigan graduated from Boston University with a bachelor’s in business administration.
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