Executive Management

Jerre Stead

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Jerre Stead became Executive Chairman of IHS Inc. December 1, 2000, after retiring from Ingram Micro in May of 2000, where he served as Chairman and CEO. Jerre assumed the additional role of CEO for IHS Inc. on September 20, 2006.

He joined Ingram Micro in 1996 with a proven track record and is characterized as having great vision and global expertise. Mr. Stead took Ingram Micro public on November 1, 1996. Under his leadership Ingram Micro grew from an eight billion dollar company to a 30 billion dollar company doing business in over 120 countries. The company was number 41 in the Fortune 500 for the year 2000.

Mr. Stead began his career in 1965 at Honeywell, Inc., where he spent 21 years and held a number of executive management positions in the United States and Europe.

In 1987, he was named President and COO of Square D Company, a leading manufacturer of electrical distribution and factory automation products, based in Palatine, Illinois. He was promoted to Chairman, President and CEO in 1988 and served in that capacity through 1991.

In 1992, Mr. Stead was named Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Global Business Communications Systems. He was promoted to Executive Vice President of AT&T and Chairman and CEO of AT&T Global Information Solutions (NCR Corporation) in 1993. He was a member of AT&T Management Executive Committee. During this time Mr. Stead was also the chairman of NCR Japan, a publicly traded company.

He became chairman and CEO of the Legent Corporation January 2, 1995--leading its sale for over $2.2 billion in May of 1995 and resigned upon the successful merger in September of 1995.

Scott Key

Président et directeur de l'exploitation

Scott Key est président et directeur de l'exploitation. Il a auparavant été vice-président directeur pour les Produits et services mondiaux de janvier 2010 à décembre 2010. Avant d'occuper ce poste, Scott Key a également été président et directeur de l'exploitation de IHS Global Insight d'octobre 2008 à janvier 2010. Il a également occupé le poste de président et directeur de l'exploitation du Groupe d'informations Jane's de juin 2007 à octobre 2008, et de président de Lloyds Register Fairplay, avant d'être recruté par IHS.

Avant juin 2007, Scott Key a occupé plusieurs postes de cadre pour IHS, notamment dans le Marketing d'entreprise et la planification stratégique, les Ventes de la zone Europe, Moyen-Orient, Afrique-Asie Pacifique (EMEA-APAC), ainsi que des responsabilités dans les domaines du marketing et de la planification stratégique, des communications marketing, de la gestion de production et le développement logiciel pour le groupe IHS Energy.

Il justifie d'une expérience de plus de 20 ans au sein des États-Unis et à l'international, ayant occupé des postes de cadre supérieur et d'ingénieur de production, ainsi que des responsabilités dans les domaines de la gestion de production, du développement logiciel et technologique, du calcul à grande échelle, des ventes et du marketing.

Avant de rejoindre IHS en 2003, Scott Key a occupé le poste de cadre supérieur chez GX Technology axé sur le développement commercial, les initiatives stratégiques et de marketing, et le poste de vice-président directeur/directeur de l'exploitation du service Développement des opérations, des affaires et de la technologie chez NuTec Energy Services Inc., deux sociétés de Houston. Il a également été responsable du développement en eau profonde chez Vastar Resources de 1998 à 2000 et fut à l'origine d'initiatives d'évaluation et de développement de réservoirs en eau profonde entreprises par Vastar. De 1987 à 1998, Scott Key a travaillé pour Phillips Petroleum, entreprise au sein de laquelle il a occupé divers postes qui lui ont permis de développer ses compétences et son niveau de responsabilité.

Scott Key est également conférencier et auteur, et a écrit sur de nombreux sujets ayant trait aux domaines de la gestion, de la technologie et du développement. Il a également suivi et validé des formations techniques et professionnelles certifiées. Il parle couramment l'anglais et le norvégien et maîtrise le danois et le suédois.

Diplômé de l'Université de Washington de Seattle, Scott Key possède une double licence en physique et mathématiques, obtenue en juin 1985, avec une spécialité en méthodes et calcul numériques. Il a obtenu son master de géophysique à l'Université du Wyoming de Laramie en 1987, recevant les honneurs de la société Phi Kappa Phi.

Stephanie Buscemi

Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer

Stephanie Buscemi is Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President at IHS. She is responsible for marketing strategy, operations and execution across the full spectrum of IHS products and services globally. Functionally, this includes corporate marketing, product marketing, field marketing and ecommerce marketing and transactions.

She has served in senior marketing leadership roles within applications, analytics, cloud, database and technology and mobile over the past 18 years and serves as a member of the Palladium Execution Premium Community (XPC) Advisory Board, led by scorecard creators Dr. Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton. She is co-author of Driven to Perform, a resource book for all business professionals, providing them the tools to improve their business performance by showing them how to connect strategy, initiatives, execution, measurement and improvement.

Stephanie joined IHS in 2012, coming from SAP, where she spent five years, most recently as Senior Vice President of Solution Marketing responsible for all aspects of the go-to-market strategy and execution. She led in driving SAP's vision enabling revenue acceleration and continued market leadership across all industries and lines of business for its application and technology portfolios.

Prior to SAP, Stephanie was at Hyperion, acquired by Oracle, where she spent nearly a decade, in various marketing leadership positions building the performance management category and Hyperion's presence within. Earlier in her career, Stephanie was at Business Objects where she helped to establish their presence in the US market.

Stephanie holds a Bachelor's degree from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Jonathan Gear

Senior Vice President-Industrials

Jonathan Gear joined IHS in March 2005 and has a broad range of international experience working with major energy companies and providing strategic consulting services. Prior to assuming his current responsibilities, he led global marketing and pricing & portfolio management across IHS, was SVP of the IHS Insight products and prior to that served as President and COO of IHS CERA, along with responsibilities in the areas of strategy, product management, marketing, and mergers and acquisitions. 

In addition to his work with IHS, Mr. Gear has held several management positions in the consulting, software, content and internet companies, with a large range of industry experience including energy, auto and multinational companies. While a consultant at Booz-Allen & Hamilton he worked on assignments in the oil, gas and energy industries, developing strategic plans at both the corporate and product level, and leading detailed implementation assignments focused on operational improvements for Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Gear also served as Vice President of Marketing & Business Development for Activant Solutions, a leading technology provider of vertical business management solutions primarily serving the automotive, hardware/lumber, and wholesale distribution businesses, and directly managed Activant’s full European operations. In addition, he was Vice President of Quality & Customer Experience for Smarterwork.com, a multi-country business-to-business Internet-enabled business services company based in London, for which he also cross-managed local teams in five other countries. 

Mr. Gear will oversee our electronics and media, automotive, financial services, and aerospace, defense and maritime business lines. He will also continue to directly lead the electronics and media business line. 

Mr. Gear holds a BA magna cum laude from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Stephen Green

Vice-président directeur, conseiller général et secrétaire

Steve Green a rejoint le service juridique de la société mère IHS en 1981 et en est devenu le responsable juridique en 1996. Steve Green est responsable de l'orientation et des conseils juridiques de IHS, notamment en ce qui concerne les fusions et acquisitions ainsi que la conformité légale et réglementaire. Il fournit également un conseil juridique à IHS concernant la protection des droits de propriété intellectuelle de IHS et des relations contractuelles liées aux activités mondiales de la société.

Avant de rejoindre IHS, Steve Green a occupé diverses fonctions au sein de la communauté juridique de New York, dont un poste de greffier du juge de la Cour suprême de l'État de New York. Avant cela, Steve Green travaillait comme associé au sein du service des entreprises de Kelley Drye & Warren, un grand cabinet juridique new-yorkais intervenant dans le cadre d'acquisitions et de cessions, de partenariats, de financements et autres questions légales des entreprises.

Steve Green est licencié de l'Université de Yale et titulaire d'un diplôme de droit de la Columbia Law School.

Anurag Gupta

Executive Vice President-Strategy, Products and Operations

Anurag Gupta has more than 20 years of experience focusing on business growth while guiding high-performing teams. He has served as President of EMEA for BrightPoint and, after they were acquired by Ingram Micro, continued to serve as executive vice president of Ingram and president of EMEA for the larger organization. He has also held leadership roles for Motorola and his leadership experience has covered Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America. He rose quickly at Motorola in engineering, commercial and operating leadership roles. 

An accomplished commercial and operations leader, Mr. Gupta has a strong track record of success in a variety of key global growth roles. Mr. Gupta leads the IHS core workflow business lines and support operations as well as corporate strategy. Connecting strategy, workflow platforms, information and worldwide technology development into one role under Anurag’s leadership will allow us to better drive consistent market delivery of platforms and achieve the milestones we are driving toward for our customers. 

He has a Bachelors and Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from The University of Toledo and a Masters of Business Administration from the IIT Stuart School of Business in Chicago. Anurag is based in Englewood.

Todd Hyatt

Sr. Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Todd Hyatt was named Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in October 2011 to lead the company’s worldwide IT operations as it continues to build global scale, infrastructure, critical internal business applications, products and services, information delivery systems and tools to support IHS customers. He served as Senior Vice President-Vanguard since 2010, leading the company's business transformation efforts, including its SAP implementation. Mr. Hyatt previously served as Senior Vice President-Financial Planning & Analysis from 2007-2010. He joined IHS in 2005 as Vice President leading the Finance organization for the company’s Engineering segment. 

Prior to joining IHS, Mr. Hyatt served as Vice President for Lone Tree Capital Management, a private equity firm. During his career, he also has worked for U S WEST / MediaOne where he was an Executive Director in the Multimedia Ventures organization and for AT&T. He started his career in public accounting, working at Arthur Young and Arthur Andersen.

Mr. Hyatt has a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Wyoming and a master’s degree in Management from Purdue University.

Sean Menke

Executive Vice President-Resources

Sean Menke joined IHS after holding roles as President and CEO of Pinnacle Airlines and leadership roles with Frontier Airlines where he became President and CEO and distinguished himself as a hands-on operational leader. He is a talented executive with significant depth in commercial and operating leadership roles. He has a depth of experience in operations, financial performance, marketing, strategic alliances, capital markets and with investors. He is an accomplished senior executive and innovative change agent with a proven track record of transforming complex issues into strategic initiatives that improve operational efficiency. Distinguished as a hands-on operational leader, he has significant depth in commercial and operating leadership roles. 

Mr. Menke will oversee our energy insight, energy technical and chemicals business lines. Combining these business lines under his leadership will allow us to better grow those functions as we continue to evolve our customer-centric model and continue to position IHS as the leader for information and analytics across all of our business lines and deliver increased value to customers. 

Mr. Menke earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Denver, Daniels College of Business, and his Bachelor of Science in both economics and aviation management from Ohio State University. Sean is based in Englewood.

Jane Okun Bomba

Vice-présidente directrice et directrice du processus client.

Jane Okun Bomba a été nommée au poste récemment créé de Vice-présidente directrice et directrice du processus client en juillet 2007. Dans ce cadre, elle sera responsable de la mise en oeuvre d'un système ERP global qui remplacera tous les systèmes de facturation et systèmes financiers actuels. Elle continuera à diriger les relations avec les investisseurs de l'entreprise et les activités de communication d'entreprise dans le monde. Professionnelle chevronnée de la finance d'entreprise, elle a 19 ans d'expérience et d'expertise dans les relations avec les investisseurs, la communication intégrée, la planification financière, l'analyse financière, la planification et la comptabilité d'entreprise. Jane a occupé le poste de responsable des relations avec les investisseurs les plus importants dans plusieurs entreprises dont certaines des 500 premières entreprises américaines figurant dans le classement Fortune 500.

Avant de rejoindre IHS en 2004, Jane était partenaire de Genesis Inc., société de conseil spécialisée dans le positionnement stratégique, les relations avec les investisseurs et la communication stratégique intégrée. Avant son expérience chez Genesis, Jane a dirigé les relations avec les investisseurs chez Velocom, Inc., MediaOne Group et Northwest Airlines. Elle a aussi occupé plusieurs postes de direction dans la finance d'entreprise chez Northwest Airlines et American Airlines. Elle a commencé sa carrière professionnelle en tant que comptable agréée chez Price Waterhouse à Detroit.

Originaire de New York, Jane est titulaire d'un GBS et d'un MBA de l'Université du Michigan à Ann Arbor. Elle a effectué une partie de ses études universitaires à la Stockholm School of Economics. Jane siège aux conseils d'administration de la Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce et du National Investor Relations Institute – Rocky Mountain Chapter. Elle est l'ancienne présidente du Denver Business Series et fondatrice du University Of Michigan Business School Alumni Club Of Denver.

Jeffery Sisson

Vice-président directeur et directeur des Ressources humaines

Jeff Sisson est chargé de la gestion des ressources humaines internationales pour l'entreprise, dont le développement organisationnel, la rétention du personnel et le développement stratégique des ressources humaines.

20 ans dans les ressources humaines ont apporté à Jeff une vaste expérience dans différents secteurs internationaux de pointe, dont les services énergétiques, la fabrication et les technologies avancées, où il a développé des meilleures pratiques pour les équipes RH internationales qui se sont traduites par une optimisation de l'engagement des employés, de la productivité et de l'image de l'entreprise. Avant de rejoindre IHS Inc., il a occupé des postes à la direction des ressources humaines chez Eagle-Picher Industries, Snap-on Incorporated et Whirlpool. Jeff a obtenu son MLIR et son BA à la Michigan State University.

Brian Sweeney

Senior Vice President Global Sales

Brian Sweeney was named Senior Vice President of Global Sales in October 2011, with full responsibility for IHS global sales strategy, operations and execution for all products and services, managing field sales, inside sales and channel sales across the full breadth of IHS customer relationships.

Prior to joining IHS, Mr. Sweeney served as Vice President of America Software & Solutions for Hewlett-Packard starting in 2009. From 2005 to 2009 he served as Senior Vice President of US Commercial Federal & Legal Markets for LexisNexis, and from 2003 to 2005 he served as Group Vice President, North American Strategic Accounts for Oracle. Mr. Sweeney has also held sales leadership positions with Siebel Systems and IBM.

Mr. Sweeney holds a Bachelor’s degree in marketing from Eastern Illinois University.

Richard Walker

Vice-président directeur du marketing stratégique international et de l'expansion

Richard G. Walker a rejoint IHS en tant que Vice-président directeur général de l'expansion en 2006. Il a ensuite été nommé Vice-président directeur de l'expansion et de la stratégie mondiales en janvier 2008, puis Vice-président directeur du Marketing stratégique mondiale et de l'expansion en août 2008. Avant de rejoindre IHS, Richard était directeur d'exploitation chez Autobytel Inc., où il avait également occupé le poste de vice-président directeur de la fonction Développement et stratégie d'entreprise depuis janvier 2003.

Auparavant, il avait été Vice-président de LoneTree Capital Management de août 2000 à décembre 2002. Avant cela, il avait été Vice-président de l'expansion chez MediaOne de avril 1997 à juillet 2000. Avant de rejoindre MediaOne, Richard était Directeur exécutif de l'expansion chez U S WEST depuis 1990. Il a également occupé différents postes de directeur dans les relations avec les investisseurs, l'expansion et le marketing stratégique. Il a commencé sa carrière en tant que comptable certifié chez Arthur Andersen & Co. à Atlanta, en Géorgie.

M. Walker a obtenu une licence de sciences avec mention très bien à l'Université du Colorado et possède une maîtrise en administration des affaires de l'Executive Program de l'Université de Denver.

Daniel Yergin

IHS Vice Chairman

Daniel Yergin, IHS Vice Chairman, is a Pulitzer-Prize winning author and leading authority on energy, international politics and economics and is a recipient of the United States Energy Award for “lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding.”

His latest book The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, has been hailed as “a fascinating saga” about the “quest for sustainable resources of energy” and “the book you must read to understand the future of our economy and our way of life.”

The Quest is the follow-up to Dr. Yergin’s previous book, The Prize: the Epic Quest for Oil Money and Power, which received the Pulitzer Prize and became a number one New York Times best seller that has been translated into 17 languages.

Other significant works by Dr. Yergin include Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy; Russia 2010; Energy Future; and Shattered Peace. Dr. Yergin has also written for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, International Herald Tribune, and many other publications. He is also CNBC’s Global Energy Expert.

Both The Prize and Commanding Heights were made into award winning documentaries. The eight-hour miniseries The Prize was aired on PBS, BBC, and NHK and viewed by 20 million viewers in the United States alone. The 6-hour documentary of, Commanding Heights that Dr. Yergin produced received three Emmy nominations, the CINE Golden Eagle award, and the New York Festivals Gold World Medal for best documentary.

Dr. Yergin serves on the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board and chaired the U.S. Department of Energy’s Task Force on Strategic Energy Research and Development. He is a Trustee of the Brookings Institution, on the Board of the New America Foundation, and on the advisory boards of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Energy Initiative and the Institute for 21st Century Energy. 

Dr. Yergin holds a BA from Yale University, where he founded The New Journal, and a PhD from Cambridge University, where he was a Marshall Scholar. He has taught at the Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

For additional information, visit the Daniel Yergin press page.