John Barnes joined Incisive Media in February 2007 following its acquisition of VNU Business Publications where John was Managing Director. He started his career in 1985 in editorial and has edited numerous weeklies and monthlies. John was director of VNUs European Media Strategy from 2000 - 2003.

In his current role John is responsible for the direction and delivery of Incisive Media's digital strategy in print, in person and online. He manages over 600 web sites, within Incisive Media's core market places in UK, US and Asia.

He is responsible for mobile and tablet product development, and is also the managing director of the Technology Division, which includes market leading titles such as Waters, IMD, IRD, Computing, CRN, V3.co.uk, Theinquirer.net, BusinessGreen.com, Clickz.com an searchenginewatch.com and IThound.com, as well as a to face and virtual events for technology and digital marketing professionals in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia including Search Engine Strategies (SES).

John is also the Chairman of the Association on Online Publishers (AOP), and is a member of the BPA European advisory board and the Princes Trust Technology leadership group. He has a degree in English from London University.