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Don McLagan, Director
Donald L. McLagan is Chairman, CEO and President of Compete, Inc. McLagan is an information industry entrepreneur who has been an innovator of business information services for more than 30 years. From 1988 to 2000, he was the founder, Chairman and CEO of NewsEDGE Corporation, a public company subsequently acquired by Thomson Corporation. Previously, he was Vice President and General Manager of the Information Services Division of Lotus Development Corporation from 1985 to 1988, and a founding employee and Executive Vice President of Data Resources, Inc. from 1969 to 1984. In the late 1960s, he started the Advanced Computer Techniques Group within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Comptroller.
McLagan also serves as an advisor to Metacarta, Inc., which combines natural language processing and geographic information systems in geographic and temporal information applications; and Valuedge Inc., which leverages web-based technologies to deliver lean enterprise business methods and practices.
McLagan has both B.S. and B.S.M.E. degrees from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is Chairman of the Parents' Fund at Cushing Academy and a Co-Chair of the capital campaign at Lawrence Academy.
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