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Leif Pedersen is vice president of product marketing for the Product
Division at Vignette Corporation, the leading provider of content management
solutions and is responsible for driving the strategic direction and
marketing of Vignette's products.
Previously, Pedersen served as senior director of product management for
Vignette's Collaboration and Integration products. He joined Vignette from
Novell, where he served as director of product management for Novell
Directory Services and Portal Collaborative Services Product families.
During his tenure, Pedersen created the NDS eDirectory, which launched
Novell into its new market position. Prior to this, Pedersen spent eight
years at Oracle in a variety of global marketing positions and played a key
part in building Oracle's application strategy for Industry specific
Applications and launching Oracle Applications in Europe.
An established speaker with more than 19 years of experience in the IT
industry, Pedersen has delivered many keynotes on industry trends, including
Managing Knowledge and Content for Effective Government in Washington, DC,
and Broadband 2002. In 2001, he delivered speeches at the AIIM conference
and The BusinessWeek Digital Economy Forum and the Gartner IT Expo.
Pedersen keynoted at the Documation 2000 show in Paris, France and has
delivered numerous presentations at events in Europe, Asia and America.
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