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TechTarget Opens New Office, Local Operations In Singapore

By TechTaffy Desk

[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

Technology media company TechTarget has established an office in Singapore. TechTarget has 363,000 registered members from Southeast Asia says the company, and serves more than 8 million Southeast Asian ad impressions each quarter.

The new Singapore office adds to the established operational bases TechTarget has across APAC, including offices in China, India and Australia. TechTarget operates 12 websites in China, 4 websites in India, 3 websites in Australia and has 20 partner-run websites in Japan. Across APAC, TechTarget has nearly three million registered members.

As part of establishing this office, Katie Gordon, who has worked for TechTarget more than 7 years and is sales director of the Asia-Pacific region, will now be based in Singapore.

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