Christoph Kaderli (42) has 18 years' IT and management experience to his name. Having gained a thorough grounding in computer sciences at Siemens and Industrade, Kaderli joined Data General Corporation as a sales executive, where he later headed up the Major Accounts and Government units. He subsequently acquired additional business management qualifications at the University of St.Gallen before becoming Chief Executive Officer of IBV Group, which operated in the areas of systems management and CRM solutions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Kaderli also co-founded Inter-Networking AG, a IT-communications company.

In 1995 Kaderli launched Information Tools AG, a business intelligence firm which he successfully developed to a leading position in Switzerland. Mid 1990 Cognos Inc. acquired Information Tools AG. His initial assignment at Cognos was Country Manager at Cognos ( Switzerland) AG. In May 2003, he was promoted to Managing Director Switzerland, Marketing and Business Development Central and Eastern Europe, one of the highest-volume BI markets. Early 2004 Kaderli became Director European Marketing operations for Cognos, leading all marketing and business development activities within the EMEA region. In June 2006 Kaderli was promoted to Vice President of European Field Marketing. In this role Kaderli is responsible for Marketing and Business Development in EMEA.

About Cognos
Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management, delivers software that helps companies drive, monitor and understand corporate performance. Cognos delivers the next level of competitive advantage - Corporate Performance Management (CPM) - achieved through the strategic application of BI on an enterprise scale. Our integrated CPM solution helps customers drive performance through planning; monitor performance through scorecarding; and understand performance through business intelligence. Cognos serves more than 22,000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos enterprise business intelligence solutions and services are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers.