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Janet Lowe is ILOG's vice president of strategic projects. Lowe has more than 20 years of experience in technical management of software operations. Prior to her current position, she led special projects at ILOG.
Prior to her positions at ILOG, Lowe was cofounder and vice president of CPLEX Inc., the leading supplier of math programming optimization engines. She also served on CPLEX's board of directors from 1989 until 1997, when ILOG acquired CPLEX. Under Lowe's direction, some 500 former CPLEX customers transferred to ILOG, continuing nearly all existing relationships. Additionally, two important CPLEX sales models transferred to ILOG: the independent software vendor (ISV) partner model and the direct telesales model. Both remain significant profit producers for ILOG.
Before cofounding CPLEX, Lowe held positions as manufacturing operations manager at Shell Oil Company, a product marketing manager at Compaq Computer Corporation and director of mergers and acquisitions at Vyvx Inc., a subsidiary of Wiltel.
Lowe earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering at the University of Texas in 1980, and an MBA at Rice University in 1988. | 