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Don Campbell
Chief Technology Officer, Cognos, an IBM Company

As CTO of Cognos, an IBM Company, Don Campbell oversees the company’s technology adoption strategy and its application within the Cognos platform today and tomorrow. He leads the charge on leading-edge technologies such as grid computing, search, and wireless information delivery in a performance management context.

Don Campbell has 25 years of high tech experience, 20 of which have been with Cognos. He has held various roles from research to software development to management, and has led the creation of several award-winning products. He sits on various industry technology boards and advisory committees.

His message of technology, performance management, and entrepreneurism has taken him around the globe, speaking to over 40,000 people in 16 countries. In 2005, he was awarded with the International Business Award for Best Product Development or Engineering Executive. In addition, he has authored several published articles and a weekly technology column. Mr. Campbell holds a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada.

Cognos, an IBM company, is the world leader in business intelligence (BI) and performance management solutions. Cognos provides world-class enterprise BI, planning and consolidation software and services to help companies plan, understand and manage financial and operational performance.

Cognos brings together technology, analytical applications, best practices, and a broad network of partners to give our customers a complete performance solution. We provide an open and adaptive solution that leverages an organization's ERP, packaged applications, and database investments. We give customers the ability to answer the questions: How are we doing? Why are we on or off track? What should we do about it? By doing so, we enable our clients to understand and monitor current performance while planning future business strategies.

Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in more than 135 countries. Our solutions and services are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers.