SPSS MR Names Patrick Quigley Senior Director

Seeking to continue the growth experienced during the past two years, SPSS MR has named Patrick Quigley senior director for the Americas. As senior director, Patrick will oversee all sales, account management, consulting and marketing operations for SPSS MR in North and South America. Patrick will also work closely with the implementation team for SPSS MR's Vision 2000 development strategy-empowering market researchers to execute surveys and deploy results from any medium simultaneously and seamlessly.

"Patrick's enthusiasm, hard work and dedication are legendary throughout SPSS MR and in the market research industry in general," said Ian Durrell, executive vice president, SPSS MR. "Market researchers and the companies that use their services will benefit from Patrick's knowledge of the industry and related technology. His expertise and the SPSS MR software and support services will enable market researchers to add value to their products, improve their efficiency and, ultimately, increase their profitability."

Patrick has worked with SPSS MR in software sales and account management since 1994. Prior to this promotion, he served as director of sales for the U.S. operation where he developed strategic plans to increase sales, managed the sales staff and developed new business opportunities. Before joining SPSS, Patrick worked as a research analyst for Millward Brown in Chicago. Patrick earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton and an MBA from DePaul University.

About SPSS MR

SPSS MR is a worldwide leader in technologies for market research and provides market research firms with integrated solutions throughout the entire research process, from survey design and data collection to advanced analysis and publishing. These solutions are genuinely end-to-end, accommodating the entire spectrum of industry needs.

About SPSS Inc

SPSS Inc provides solutions that discover what customers want and predict what they will do. The company delivers solutions at the intersection of customer relationship management and business intelligence that enable its customers to interact with their customers more profitably. SPSS' solutions integrate and analyze marketing, customer and operational data in key vertical markets worldwide including: telecommunications, health care, banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods, market research and the public sector.

Headquartered in Chicago, SPSS has more than 40 offices, over 900 employees and 1999 revenues of $142 million. The company also has won the following awards: No. 70 on Forbes 1999 list of the "200 best small companies" and as the 22nd most profitable company on the Nasdaq exchange by Equities magazine; 1999 World Class Solution award in business intelligence and named "best decision support system for business intelligence" in the 1999 RealWare award competition; No. 14 in DM Review's 1999 Data Warehouse Top 100; placed No. 16 on the 2000 Soft-letter 100, a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies in the United States; and No. 97 in the 1999 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine. For more information, visit www.spss.com.

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