Leonard P. Forman joined TechTarget's board of directors in 2007 after retiring as executive vice president and chief financial officer of The New York Times Company.

Previously he had been president and chief executive officer of The New York Times Company Magazine Group, and senior vice president of corporate development, new ventures and electronic businesses.

Prior to joining The New York Times Company, Forman worked in television, online services, print media and advertising, including president and chief executive officer of a Nynex/Newsday joint venture. He also held CEO and CFO positions with several media associations and bureaus, and as senior vice president of operations at Telemundo, Inc., a Spanish language television company, where he was responsible for broadcast and network operations and affiliate relations.

Previously, he was director of corporate planning and a chief economist at The New York Times Company, and a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Forman also served as an adjunct professor of economics at Yale University Graduate School of Management and an assistant professor of economics at Fordham University Graduate School of Business. He holds a B.A. degree in economics from Queens College, City University of New York and completed his Ph.D. dissertation in economics at New York University.

In addition to TechTarget, Forman serves as a director of Wolters Kluwer, a leading multinational publisher and information services company serving the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal and regulatory, and education sectors.

Bruce Levenson is the Founder of United Communications Group (UCG), one of the largest privately held business information companies in the United States. UCG has more than 700 employees nationwide and offices in Maryland, Boston, New Jersey and Maine. Mr. Levenson directs the firm's acquisition efforts, having acquired more than 50 companies including a division of McGraw Hill, a division of Bell Canada and one public company.

Mr. Levenson is a principal of Atlanta Spirit LLC, which is the majority owner of the NBA Atlanta Hawks franchise and the NHL Atlanta Thrashers franchise. Atlanta Spirit LLC also owns the operating rights to the Philips Arena, the major sports and entertainment venue in Atlanta. These assets were purchased from Turner Broadcasting System in September 2003 as part of Time Warner's divestiture of non-strategic business assets.

Mr. Levenson is a member of the Newsletter and Electronic Publishers Association (NEPA) Hall of Fame and has served on the Boards of Newsletter Association of America, I Have a Dream Foundation and Hoop Dreams Foundation. Mr. Levenson holds a B.A. in political science from Washington University and a law degree from American University.

Alan G. Spoon is a managing general partner of Polaris Venture Partners in its Boston office. He joined Polaris in May 2000 and has been part the firm since 1996 as an early advisor and initial investor. He focuses on investments in information technology, with emphasis on revenue-stage companies, digital media, and e-commerce. Spoon served as President of The Washington Post Company from 1993 to 2000. He was the company's Chief Operating Officer and was named a Director in 1991.

Spoon has more than 20 years of operating executive and investment experience. During his 18-year tenure with The Washington Post Company, he served as president, chief operating officer, board member, chief financial officer, president of Newsweek, head of newspaper marketing and head of corporate business development. The Washington Post Company has significant activities in newspapers, magazines, television, cable and educational markets (Kaplan), and Spoon was responsible for early stage technology investments in cellular, distance learning and educational software and information services (including Washingtonpost.com, BrassRing, Classified Ventures, WebTV and Exchange.com). Prior to The Washington Post, Spoon was a partner at The Boston Consulting Group, an international management consulting firm specializing in corporate strategy. In addition to TechTarget, Spoon represents Polaris as a director of ARPU, Art.com, LegalZoom, LRN, Phreesia, Silicon Optix, Inc., The HealthCentral Network, and AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. (Weatherbug). Alan led Polaris' investment in Matrics, Inc. (RFID) which was sold to Symbol Technologies. Alan recently served as director at Cushcraft Corporation (wireless antennae), which was recently sold to Laird Technologies. Outside Board seats include Danaher Corporation, Getty Images, and InterActiveCorp (formerly USA Interactive, Inc). Spoon's not-for-profit activities include being a member of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Corporation.

Spoon's prior business board service included American Management Systems, Inc., Human Genome Sciences, Inc., International Data Group (IDG) and Riggs National Bank. Prior not-for-profit board service included WETA (Washington, DC public television and radio) and the Norwood School (Bethesda, MD), where he served as chairman.

Spoon is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition to his bachelor's degree, he earned an M.S. at M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management and received a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.