Al Perlman
Co-founder and CEO, Microcast Communications
Al Perlman was co-founder of Interactive Enterprises, and was responsible for launching Interactive Week, the first print newspaper about the Internet. He and his partner sold Interactive Enterprises to Ziff-Davis in 1998. In 2000 he was named President of Business Media at Ziff-Davis, responsible for all of the company's business publications, including PC Magazine, eWeek, Interactive Week and others. Before leaving Ziff-Davis in 2001, he conceived the magazine CIO Insight, and spearheaded the launches of both CIO Insight and Baseline. Prior to starting Interactive Enterprises, Al was at CMP Media for 15 years, where he was responsible for launching many leading high-tech publications, including Network Computing, Computer Reseller News (CRN), VARBusiness, CommunicationsWeek, CommunicationsWeek International and Computer Systems News. He also led a highly successful turnaround of Information Week in the late 1980s. Through the years, Al's publications have won numerous awards and honors, such as receiving a Jesse H. Neal award for the first issue of VARBusiness.