Don Klaiss

Who is Don Klaiss?

Don Klaiss, president and chief executive officer of Compiere, is

responsible for company strategy, organization and operations. Don

brings to Compiere over two decades of global executive leadership

experience in the enterprise software industry.

Prior to joining Compiere, Don spent fifteen years at Oracle

Corporation where he was most recently Senior Vice President,

Applications. At Oracle Klaiss was instrumental in growing the

company's enterprise applications software into a multi-billion dollar

business. He also developed Oracle's entire industry-leading suite of

manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, logistics, asset management

and CRM service applications, building and running a 2,500 person

applications development organization. Prior to his time at Oracle,

Klaiss held senior management positions at technology firms including

Ask Computer Systems, Inc., NCA Corporation, Covalent Systems

Corporation and Hewlett-Packard.

Don holds a Bachelors degree from Rutgers University and a Masters degree from Stanford University.