Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 13, 2000

Donnie Moore – Cognos Inc (cogn)

DONNIE M. MOORE, Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer for Cognos Inc., is responsible for financial and administrative operations worldwide. He has more than a dozen years of experience at Cognos and more than 25 years of financial and administrative expertise in the computer industry. Mr. Moore joined Cognos in 1986 as Vice President, Finance and CFO responsible for all financial operations and facilities. In 1988 administration, logistics, MIS and human resources were added to his responsibilities. In 1989 he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration, and also became responsible for legal and government relations. Before joining Cognos, Mr. Moore was Corporate Director, Plans and Analysis at the world headquarters of the Burroughs Corporation in Detroit, Michigan. Prior to that, he held positions as CFO of Burroughs Canada in Toronto, Canada and Burroughs Limited in Wellington, New Zealand. Mr. Moore holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Engineering (Computer Science) from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA in Finance from the University of Houston. Profile
TWST: Could we start with a brief overview of Cognos, Inc.?

Mr. Moore: Cognos is the largest and most successful business

intelligence company in the world. We started from humble