Jeff Coombs
President and CEO

Jeff Coombs, president and CEO of Insightful is responsible for the strategic vision and direction for the company. He joined Insightful in May, 2003 as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing and was promoted to interim President and CEO in October, 2003. On April 29, 2004, he became permanent president and CEO of Insightful. He was also elected as a member of Insightful's board.

Mr. Coombs is a seasoned executive with deep marketing, sales (both partner and direct), and strategic planning experience in the business intelligence, data integration and relational database spaces. Jeff most recently served as VP of Marketing and Market Development for Acta Technology, a leading data integration company, building that company from startup to a $30 million runrate. Acta was recently purchased by Business Objects.
Prior to Acta, Mr. Coombs served as Group Director of Worldwide Partner Alliances & Strategic Marketing for Business Objects from 1994-1997, and held assorted Director level positions in Marketing, Channels, and Partnerships for Informix from 1989-1994. Previously, Jeff worked for Apollo Computer and Apple. Jeff holds an MBA from Harvard and a B.A. from Williams College.