Keith Collins
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
SAS
Keith Collins, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at SAS, is responsible for driving corporate technology strategy through a focus on customer- and partner-facing activities. Collins fosters close working relationships with marketing and sales to ensure that SAS technologies are aligned with customer needs and market demand. He has been instrumental in leading SAS' evolution as a provider of industry-specific solutions that deliver the benefits of powerful analytic technologies into the hands of users.
Collins led the effort to develop SAS®9, the company's breakthrough platform that is literally redefining business intelligence as it is known today. Additionally, he is responsible for the daily operations of Research & Development and he oversees a number of operational units including Information Services, Technical Support and the Office of the CTO.
Collins formed the Office of the CTO in 2004 to serve as a technical resource and adviser in peer-to-peer discussions with executives in IT organizations. The team helps customers create effective business intelligence strategies through thought leadership, IT domain expertise, anticipating key technology trends that shape clients' needs and by providing IT executives with an architectural view of SAS. In 2006, Collins established SAS' CIO Customer Advisory Board (CAB). The CAB was created to bring together CIOs and CTOs or similarly ranked executives from some of the world's top companies to provide feedback to SAS about the business value of the company’s offerings and the business impact of current and future IT technologies.
A graduate of North Carolina State University with a bachelor's degree in computer science, Collins is a devoted supporter of the university. He is the founding member of the strategic advisory board of the department of computer science. In 2003, the university named him a Distinguished Engineering Alumnus. Collins also serves as a technical advisor for Southern Capitol Ventures and holds seats on North Carolina Technology Association's Board of Directors, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and the Institute for Advanced Analytics' Executive Advisory Board at North Carolina State University.
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