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M2 Media Group was founded by industry veterans with decades of specialized expertise.

Michael Borchetta

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Michael is the CEO and co-founder of M2 Media Group and a veteran in the magazine publishing industry. Prior to M2, Michael was a Vice President at Synapse, a division of Time Inc., where he founded...

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Michael Borchetta

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Michael is the CEO and co-founder of M2 Media Group and a veteran in the magazine publishing industry. Prior to M2, Michael was a Vice President at Synapse, a division of Time Inc., where he founded and presided over Freebizmag, a leading distributor of business and trade publications. Formerly he was Vice President of Circulation at The Petersen Companies—publisher of more than 100 consumer magazines—where he was responsible for more than $100 million of circulation revenue. Michael served as part of the Executive Team responsible for buying the company from Robert Petersen, taking the company public and selling the company to Emap, LLC through a stock buyout for a return of nearly $1 billion. In 2010, Michael was named a semi-finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Metro New York area. He holds one patent and has authored two additional patents pending. Michael holds a BA from The Colorado College.

Michael Frank

Co-Founder and President

Michael is the President and co-founder of M2 Media Group and has an extensive background in partnership development. Prior to M2, Michael was an Executive Director at Synapse, a division of Time...

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Michael Frank

Co-Founder and President

Michael is the President and co-founder of M2 Media Group and has an extensive background in partnership development. Prior to M2, Michael was an Executive Director at Synapse, a division of Time Inc., where he headed sales and business development for its interactive group. He oversaw one of the company's largest partnerships, with Amazon, managing operations for 1,000+ consumer magazine titles. Previously, he was VP of Business Development at Vcommerce Corporation where he helped grow the venture-backed start-up into a leading provider of outsourced e-commerce services. He has also held business development positions at AOL and Cendant Corporation. Earlier in his career Michael was president and founder of TCL Sports, the largest network of corporate sports leagues in Boston. In 2010, he was named a semi-finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Metro New York area. Michael holds a BA from Boston College, a JD from Suffolk University, and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

Kenneth Brannigan

Vice President, Enterprise Architecture

Ken is Vice President of Enterprise Architecture for M2, and is responsible for software development management across all divisions. Prior to M2, he was a Senior Solutions Architect for...

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Kenneth Brannigan

Vice President, Enterprise Architecture

Ken is Vice President of Enterprise Architecture for M2, and is responsible for software development management across all divisions. Prior to M2, he was a Senior Solutions Architect for Rosetta, one of the largest independent digital marketing agencies (now owned by Publicis Groupe of France) where he led a team of developers for its health care business and newly acquired SimStar. Ken holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from Rutgers University.

Karen Berman

Vice President, Digital Marketing

Karen is Vice President, Digital Marketing for M2 Media Group and has 25+ years’ experience in the magazine publishing industry. She started her career at Ziff Davis where...

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Karen Berman

Vice President, Digital Marketing

Karen is Vice President, Digital Marketing for M2 Media Group and has 25+ years’ experience in the magazine publishing industry. She started her career at Ziff Davis where she won the Circulation Management Excellence award in 1998, 1999 and 2000. She was Associate Director of Audience Development at UBM overseeing their controlled circulation publications including InformationWeek and InternetWeek. Karen managed freebizmag at Synapse where she oversaw email marketing, 300+ publisher and partner clients, digital marketing, fulfillment, P&Ls and was the 2008 recipient of the Synapse innovation award. Over the last 10 years at M2, Karen has handled Lead Generation efforts, Publisher Relations, Account Management and Digital Marketing for all of the subscription platforms including Mercury Magazines, RewardSurvey and Blue Dolphin. Karen holds a BA from SUNY Oneonta.

Advisory Board

Rob Solomon

Board Director, GoFundMe.org

Rob is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GoFundMe, the world’s largest, free social fundraising platform. Most recently, he was a Venture Partner at Accel Partners, where his focus was early ...

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Rob Solomon

Board Director, GoFundMe.org

Rob is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GoFundMe, the world’s largest, free social fundraising platform. Previously, he was a venture partner at Accel Partners, where he advised their portfolio companies on a wide range of strategic and operational issues. Prior he was the President and COO at Groupon, during the company’s hyper-growth phase and helped scale Groupon into one of the fastest-growing companies ever. Rob also served as CEO of Sidestep, where he led the company's turnaround and merger with Kayak. At Yahoo, he ran the commerce business unit. He has also served in various product and investment roles at Electronic Arts, Technology Crossover Ventures, Cendant, GolfWeb, Zaplet, and Hapag-Lloyd. Rob has a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of California, Berkeley. He is an active investor in technology startups, and he serves on the board of directors of the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA.

Tolman Geffs

Executive Partner, BrightTower

Tolman is former Co-President of The Jordan, Edmiston Group, a boutique investment bank that represents online media, interactive marketing services, and technology companies, as well as broader media businesses...

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Tolman Geffs

Executive Partner, BrightTower

Tolman is former Co-President of The Jordan, Edmiston Group, a boutique investment bank that represents online media, interactive marketing services, and technology companies, as well as broader media businesses seeking to expand in high growth new media markets. Tolman brings a unique combination of experience as a CEO and business builder in both traditional and new media companies, as well as in corporate finance and M&A. Prior to joining JEGI in 2004, Tolman was CEO of Internet Broadcasting Systems, a national network of 70 local television websites operated in partnership with NBC, Hearst, The Washington Post Company and other major broadcasters. Previously, Tolman held a series of senior executive positions in magazine publishing. He began his career at Lehman Brothers and McKinsey & Company, and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School as a Baker Scholar and a BA in English and a BS in Engineering Physics with Honors from the University of California at Berkeley.

Scot W. Melland

Industry Advisor, Warburg Pincus

Scot is an Industry Advisor at Warburg Pincus working with their Technology/Media/Telecom group to identify and evaluate investment opportunities in the software, data...

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Scot W. Melland

Industry Advisor, Warburg Pincus

Scot is an Industry Advisor at Warburg Pincus working with their Technology/Media/Telecom group to identify and evaluate investment opportunities in the software, data and services space. The former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dice Holdings, Inc., he currently serves on its Board as a Director. Prior to Dice, he served as President and CEO of Vcommerce Corporation since 1999. From 1996 to 1999, he was Vice President and later Senior Vice President-Interactive Services for Cendant Corporation. Previously, Scot served as Vice President, Investments and Alliances for Ameritech (now AT&T). Scot began his career as a consultant, joining McKinsey & Company in 1985. Scot holds a BS in Economics with High Honors from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration.

Peter Longo

Chief Executive Officer, US Media, IDG

Peter is the CEO of US Media at IDG. The group consists of three distinct publishing businesses (IDG Consumer & SMB, IDG Enterprise, IDG TechNetwork), a trade show (IDG World Expo)...

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Peter Longo

Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Media, IDG

Peter is the CEO of US Media at IDG. The group consists of three distinct publishing businesses (IDG Consumer & SMB, IDG Enterprise, IDG TechNetwork), a trade show (IDG World Expo) and a video network (IDG.TV). Pete was formerly the Chief Digital Officer for IDG Communications and CEO of IDG TechNetwork. Prior to IDG, he was chief sales officer at Inform Technologies, a content provider to large media brands. Previously, Peter was President of Publishing at Zinio, the leading digital magazine provider. Earlier in his career, Peter spent 12 years at Ziff Davis, where as EVP and Publishing Director, he oversaw PC Magazine, eWEEK, Smart Business, Net Economy and ZD Internet. Peter was also SVP and Publisher of PC Magazine, held senior positions with PC Week and Computer Shopper, and held positions at CMP and Sport Magazine. Peter holds a BA in English from College of the Holy Cross.

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