SGI Appoints Desh R. Urs Vice President of Business Intelligence
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- SGI (NYSE: SGI - news) today announced that Desh R. Urs has been appointed vice president of Business Intelligence, SGI. He will report to Kenneth L. Coleman, executive vice president of Global Sales, Service and Marketing, SGI.
Urs, 43, is responsible for leading SGI's efforts to provide business intelligence solutions to the marketplace. He will also manage the MineSet(TM) data mining product organization and the FISC center. MineSet is an integrated suite of software tools for data mining and data visualization. The Financial Industry Solutions Center is a joint venture between SGI and Cornell University in New York, established for collaborative research in computational finance focused on business and risk management analysis for the financial services industry.
``With our industry-leading NUMAflex server platform, MineSet data mining product and strong partnerships, SGI is uniquely positioned to provide real value to customers in this arena,'' said Coleman. ``Desh has a solid background in creating solutions, building partnerships and helping business leaders gain insight through the real-time analysis of big data.''
Urs comes to SGI with many years of experience in building revenue organizations focused on deploying solutions in business intelligence, health care, telecommunications and direct marketing. Most recently he was vice president of Global Alliances at Brio Technology in Santa Clara, Calif. There he led a team of professionals in sales, marketing, business development and strategic planning worldwide. Earlier, Urs was a business development executive at Acxiom Corporation, the global leader in real-time, multichannel customer data integration (CDI).
``I am looking forward to helping SGI build an industry-leading organization in business intelligence,'' Urs said. ``This is an exciting time to help SGI take the lead in this highly strategic area.''
Urs has an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from the University of Miami and an M.B.A. in consumer behavior and market research from Xavier Institute of Social Service.
About SGI
SGI provides a broad range of high-performance computing and advanced graphics solutions that enable customers to understand and conquer their toughest computing problems. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., with offices worldwide, the company is located on the Web at www.sgi.com.
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