John Ecke Named Vice President, Digital Products for Penton's Agriculture Group

NEW YORK, Feb. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Penton's Agriculture Group today announced that industry veteran John Ecke will join as Vice President, Digital Products, where he will be responsible for driving all digital sales and product development initiatives. Ecke will be involved with all of the Penton Agriculture Group brands some of which include The Farm Progress Show, Husker Harvest Days, The Farm Press properties, Farm Futures and BEEF Magazine. Ecke will be based in Penton's New York office and will report to Dan Bagan, Group President, Food & Agriculture.

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"We are very excited that John has joined our team.  His digital experience will be valuable to us as we develop even more digitally focused solutions in the agriculture sector. I am confident that his expertise will help us create unique offerings for our customers," said Bagan.

Most recently Ecke was UBM Tech's Vice President, Brand and Product Director, overseeing all tech media including the flagship brand, InformationWeek.  He has deep experience managing people, process and P&Ls while creating and guiding brands through market change, driven by technology advancement and evolving customer needs.

Earlier, Ecke was sales director, National Sales Manager and Publisher Wall Street & Technology, Group Publisher of Financial Services and Group Publisher of Vertical Markets. Ecke also founded Advanced Trading.

Ecke earned a degree in International Business and Marketing from Hofstra University. 

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Penton drives performance for more than sixteen million professionals each and every day. They rely on us to deliver: Insights, information & workflow tools to inform critical business decisions; networking & community to engage them with industry peers & partners; and data & marketing services to advance their business performance & deliver ROI.

Penton is a growth company with a track-record of strong performance and success and is backed by its co-owners: MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP.

For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com

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Kate Spellman 
Penton 
212 204 4351
[email protected]

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