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ALM Media hires president of information services

Jon DiGiambattista

ALM Media announced Tuesday that Jon DiGiambattista has joined the company as president of information services.

DiGiambattista joins ALM after serving as head of data & analytics at Medidata Solutions, where he led the strategy and commercialization of data products and capabilities for the life sciences industry.

DiGiambattista previously led various data, analytics and information services businesses, having served as head of global markets for big data analytics company Opera Solutions, and managing director for risk and performance analytics with financial information services company Fitch Solutions.  In these roles, DiGiambattista developed product and services businesses for real estate, wealth management, and credit market subscription products. He has also led the creation and management of multiple global, industry-wide data sharing consortiums to fuel new product development.

“Jon has proven expertise in strategic planning, innovative product development, and business transformations,” said Bill Carter, president and CEO of ALM Media. “I look forward to working with Jon to accelerate our revenue growth with new product innovation.”

In his new position, DiGiambattista will focus on continuing the growth of ALM’s content and intelligence offerings, and finding new, and innovative ways to provide even more value to ALM customers.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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