Tim Peterson is a seasoned executive in the publishing, advertising, and events industry, with extensive experience in business development, sales management, and international event management. He specializes in internet-related solutions, content delivery, interactive advertising, online marketing, and business and professional media. Peterson's expertise lies in conferences, seminars, trade shows, training, online services, and research in various fields.

He pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and English at Ohio Wesleyan University. Peterson has worked with numerous organizations in various capacities such as executive director at Executive Council, a show operations manager at CommerceNext, and commercially directed the Advisen Conferences, Research & Editorial Division at Advisen LTD. He was also formerly the Vice President of Sales at Jupitermedia and the Vice President of Events at IAB.

Peterson was the VP & General Manager of Events at Mediabistro, a division of Web Media Brands Inc., formerly known as Jupitermedia. He was also the Commercial Director and Vice President at Incisivemedia's Interactive Marketing Division, which provides information for the Interactive and Search Marketing sectors. Some of the prominent brands he has been associated with include Search Engine Strategies, ClickZ, and Search Engine Watch.