Douglas Colbeth became president and chief executive officer of Kinaxis™ in March 2003.

Prior to Kinaxis, Doug was chief executive officer of Spyglass Inc., a leading provider of Internet software technologies. Spyglass technologies are utilized inside millions of products including PCs, televisions, telephones, and other hand-held devices. Most notably, Spyglass technology is the foundation of the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. In June 1995, Spyglass became the first Internet software company to conduct a successful Initial Public Offering. In March 2000, Doug negotiated its merger with OpenTV Inc., at a value of $2.4 Billion.

Doug holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Siena College in Loudonville, New York, and studied Quantitative Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (R.P.I.) in Troy, New York. While attending R.P.I., Doug was awarded a research grant from Texas Instruments Inc. to develop modeling software for various Texas Instruments products.

• Why Kinaxis?

dcolbeth@kinaxis.com

Blog posts by Doug

• AMR Supply Chain Top 25 Dinner – We got to be a part of the evening! June 3rd, 2010
• Is the death blow to traditional enterprise software coming? March 4th, 2010
• On demand versus on the shelf February 4th, 2010
• Is it time to do a gut check? Five questions for IT and supply chain executives… January 25th, 2010
• A final thought for 2009 December 23rd, 2009
• Will legacy ERP systems die soon? December 21st, 2009
• Are there enough voices saying “that’s not right”? November 25th, 2009
• i2 prospects and customers: is it time to consider something different? November 23rd, 2009
• What does “Do More with Less” really mean for SAP? November 13th, 2009
• Supply chain suites are fraud? October 28th, 2009