About Us

Our Company

iProduction has over 15 years of Internet publishing experience. This experience translates to a proven Internet publishing platform that is specifically designed to take full advantage of the Internet’s flexibility while centralizing all aspects of the operation. The iProduction philosophy is to embrace the proven business models from traditional print publishing—editorial management, audience development, and monetization of assets—and to support them with an effective Internet publishing platform. This flexible, integrated software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution lets you take advantage of the expanded capabilities of Internet publishing without adding to your in-house IT burden.

Over 40 publishers currently rely on iProduction which hosts 122 sites with over 200 publications and 87 million issues annually (including print).

Our Management

Stephen Laliberte

Steve Laliberte, CEO of iProduction, founded the company in 1994 by leveraging his experience as a software publisher, computer systems analyst, trainer, and author. He has been the publisher of Byte Magazine’s Byte Information Exchange (BIX) and the McGraw-Hill Information Exchange for educators. He was a partner in Newsbytes News Network and designed and developed the McGraw-Hill Interactive Authoring System.

Steve earned a bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Minnesota. He currently is a member of the American Business Media, Digital Publishing committee. He is the past President of the school board for Northside School in Blaine, Minnesota.

Jim Meinen

Jim Meinen, Chief Operating Officer of iProduction, has over 30 years in the software industry, with experience in strategic business development, marketing, and operations. Most recently he co-founded a software company providing an IT tool for SAP customers. After growing the business over three years, it was sold to a strategic buyer on a private transaction. Prior, he was CEO of International Decision Systems in which he took IDS public in 2001 on the London Stock Exchange and he later headed a management buy-out in 2003, bringing the company private again. Jim has also worked for IBM, Exchange Data (President) and other technology based companies.

Jim earned a bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Minnesota. He currently is a member of the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Neurology Enterprise, a Trustee for Groves Academy and a former Board Member for the Equipment Leasing Association.

Howard Dunlavy

Howard Dunlavy, Vice President of Technology at iProduction, has worked in the software industry for almost 30 years. He worked at International Decision Systems (IDS) for over 20 years, in a variety of roles developing enterprise software. These roles included Director of Application Development, Chief Architect, Technology Evangelist and Product Manager. He was responsible for developing several of the key products at IDS, on both Windows and Web platforms.

Howard attended the University of Minnesota and has a degree in Economics.