John Battelle is an entrepreneur, journalist, professor, and author who has founded or co-founded scores of online, conference, magazine, and other media businesses.

In addition to his work at Federated Media, Battelle continues to serve as the Executive Producer and Program Chair of the Web 2 Summit, as well as “band manager” with BoingBoing.net. Battelle maintains Searchblog, an ongoing daily site which covers the intersection of media, technology, and culture at www.battellemedia.com.

Previously, Battelle occupied the Bloomberg chair in Business Journalism for the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He was Chairman and CEO of Standard Media International (SMI), publisher of The Industry Standard and TheStandard.com. Prior to that, he was a co-founding editor of Wired magazine and Wired Ventures.

In 2005 Battelle authored The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture (Penguin/Portfolio), an international bestseller published in more than 25 languages. He is an expert in the field of media and technology, and has appeared on many national and international news channels such as CBS, BBC, CNN, PBS, Discovery, and CNBC.

Battelle was a founding Board member of the Online Publishers Association and currently sits on the board of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, and the Board of his children's school.

Honors and awards include: "Global Leader for Tomorrow" and "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland; finalist rank in the "Entrepreneur of the Year" competition by Ernst & Young; "Innovator - One of Ten Best Marketers in the Business"by Advertising Age; and one of the "Most Important People on The Web" by PCWorld. Battelle holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.