Joey Fortuna oversees corporate IT initiatives, policies and practices, and facilitates cross-company technology efforts. A central figure in driving innovation and developing proprietary technology across ¶¶ÒõÆƽâ°æ’ media businesses, Joey served as CTO of ¶¶ÒõÆƽâ°æ from 2011, helping to orchestrate its acquisition by J2 Global. Then in 2018, Joey became CTO of J2 Global, Inc. (now ¶¶ÒõÆƽâ°æ, Inc.) — the first CTO in the company’s 23-year history. Joey has more than 25 years of experience in technical leadership, software engineering methodology, systems architecture, data services, analytics, product design and support. Prior to joining Ziff Davis in 2011, Joey was Senior Vice President of Engineering at VINDICO Group, VP of Engineering at Quigo, and co-founder and Vice President of Technology at Pseudo Programs, Inc. Joey holds patents for stateful gaming systems, algorithmic methods of content production, digital identity and proof-of-work methodology, data mining and contextual summarization. He currently sits on the board of the New York Chapter of Girls in Tech, and is a member of the Advisory Council of Glasswing Ventures. Joey earned his Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Columbia University.