Wain Beard

Global Sales Advisor

Wain served as Senior Vice President for Asia, at IHS Inc. until 2012, bringing +25 years of sales and sales executive experience. He was responsible for strategic direction of sales, channels, marketing and technical support within Asia and Australia/New Zealand. Prior to joining IHS, Wain held the position of Senior Vice President of World Wide Sales for Commerce One. Wain began his career at International Business Machines (IBM) and over an eight-year span held a number of Sales and Marketing positions. He has been a District Manager for Oracle Corporation, and then went on to become the Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific Operations, as well as, Senior Vice President of the Americas at Sybase Inc.

Wain earned a BS Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from the University of San Francisco (USF).