Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive

Eric Schvimmer was named Vice President of Technology at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive in December of 1999. As Vice President of Technology, Schvimmer is responsible for overseeing the evaluation, implementation, and maintenance of all technology resources at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interacive. During his tenure Schvimmer and his team have provided the technology infrastructure and solutions that have facilitated the launch of numerous products and allowed the site to scale to become one of the top five news sites on the internet while maintaining superior availability. Additionally, Schvimmer is responsible for overseeing Administrative functions of the company as well as product planning for Technews.com site.

Prior to joining WPNI in 1997, Schvimmer served as the Deputy Director of the Newsroom Systems at The Washington Post newspaper where he was responsible for overseeing all day to day management of all newsroom technology. Amongst his accomplishments during this time was helping to lead the newsroom transition to PC based systems, overseeing all technical preparations for The Post's coverage of the ‘96 Olympics, conventions and elections and networking all Post newsroom bureaus.

Schvimmer joined the Washingtonpost in 1990 as a programmer and went to become a network and telecommunication engineer in the corporate information group where acted as internal consultant to other Washingtonpost properties. Prior to joining the Post, Schvimmer worked as a member of the technical staff for Viar & Company in Alexandria, Virginia and as a programmer analyst with MCI in Arlington, Virginia.

Schvimmer is a 1986 Graduate of Old Dominion University. He has worked in the Information Technology field for 17 years.