James J. Neiser, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer As Chief Marketing Officer at Red Hat, James Neiser is responsible for the overall marketing strategy for Red Hat. He was the former VP of WW Distribution Channel Marketing (DCM) and Customer Set marketing for the IBM Software Group. This included responsibility for the development and execution of marketing programs for all software channel partners. James has over 19 years of experience in a variety of software and packaged goods companies including Ashton-Tate and Carnation. This experience includes business strategy, brand/product management, marketing campaigns, marketing communications, market research, business partner development, and distribution and channel marketing. He has been involved in the development, launching, and management of over 100 products in software across all the major platforms from the desktop to the S/390. James has a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology specializing in memory and information processing along with 5 years of teaching experience. [ Full Management Team ]