Jeff Coombs

JEFF COOMBS is President and Chief Executive Officer of Insightful
Corporation. He is responsible for the strategic vision and direction
for the company. He joined Insightful in May 2003 as Senior Vice
President of Sales and Marketing and was promoted to interim President
and CEO in October 2003. On April 29, 2004, he became permanent
President and CEO of Insightful. He was also elected as a member of
Insightful’s Board. Mr. Coombs is a seasoned executive with deep
marketing, sales (both partner and direct), and strategic planning
experience in the business intelligence, data integration and relational
database spaces. Mr. Coombs most recently served as Vice President of
Marketing and Market Development for Acta Technology, a leading data
integration company, building that company from startup to a $30 million
run rate. Acta was recently purchased by Business Objects. Prior to
Acta, Mr. Coombs served as Group Director of Worldwide Partner Alliances
and Strategic Marketing for Business Objects from 1994-1997, and held
assorted Director level positions in Marketing, Channels and
Partnerships for Informix from 1989-1994. Previously, he worked for
Apollo Computer and Apple. He holds an MBA from Harvard and a BA from
Williams College.