Les Rechan has been named COO of Cognos. Rechan most recently held the position of senior VP and global general manager, CRM strategy, at Oracle. He brings with him more than 20 years of industry experience including senior positions at Seibel Systems, and IBM. At Cognos, he will be responsible for leading the company’s worldwide sales, services and marketing operations. "Les has a superb track record and reputation in the enterprise software industry, including extensive experience with a broad range of enterprise applications serving large, global clients," said Cognos president and CEO Rob Ashe in a news release welcoming Rechan.

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