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Location Concord, Massachusetts, United States Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Gender Male
Website www.jeffpapowsphd.com/ LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
With more than 28 years of industry experience, Papows has a proven history of success in both emerging companies and global organizations.
Most notably, Papows was president and CEO of Lotus Development Corporation, where he is widely credited for taking Lotus Notes from its initial release to sales of more than 70 million copies worldwide,
making it the leading collaboration platform. Upon the company’s acquisition, Papows helped steer the Lotus’ successful integration into IBM.
Papows was also president of Cognos Corporation, taking the business intelligence software provider from its early stages to sustained profitability, a successful public offering, and years of continued growth that met or exceeded market expectations.
Most recently, Papows was the president and CEO of Maptuit, a provider of real-time commercial navigation software. Having led Maptuit to profitability and a market leadership position, Papows continues as Chairman of the Board.
Papows has been a frequent guest of CNN and Fox News. A successful author, Papows wrote “Enterprise.com: Information Leadership in the Digital Age,” which has sold more than 80,000 copies and has been reprinted multiple times in several languages, and “Glitch The Hidden Impact of Faulty Software.”
Papows has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Norwich University, a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management from Pepperdine University, and a doctorate in Business Administration from California Coast University.
