Nils H. Rasmussen’s passion is to create software that significantly improves an organization’s bottom line by enabling them to run better and more efficiently through superior Business Intelligence software and pervasive, collaborative decision-making solutions that help their managers and employees make quicker, smarter and more informed decisions. Nils is the CEO of Solver, Inc., a fast growing, international technology company that he founded in California in 1996. He has led the company and its subsidiaries to complete more than 1,000 Business Intelligence implementations in more than 20 countries. Solver has received several national and global awards, including Business Intelligence Partner of the Year from Microsoft, Red Herring Global 100 and the Stevie award. Nils is an international expert in Business Intelligence software and Corporate Futuring. He is a public speaker and an author of multiple books on the subject. Using his background from Business Intelligence and forecasting technologies as well as his passion for future studies, Nils has co-founded the Rasmussen & Schoyen Think Tank that develops methodologies and solutions to anticipate, create and manage the future. The Think Tank delivers projects such as "Las Vegas 2020", which became an official selection at the World Future Society's annual international conference in Vancouver, Canada.Before launching Solver in 1996, Nils worked with planning and forecasting for Helly Hansen, a leading, global manufacturing company, and Telenor, an international telecom company. Prior to entering the field of software technology he co-founded a newspaper with emphasis on forecasting future trends in the various growth sectors of the economy. He is also the co-author of "Secrets of the Executive Search Experts" - the U.S. bestselling book for companies on how to assess and recruit people -and in recent years several leading edge technology and performance management books published by Wiley & Sons; "Budgeting", "Process Improvement", "Business Intelligence” and “Business Dashboards”.Nils graduated with a business degree from University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon and an International MBA from Thunderbird, American Graduate School of International Management in Arizona. He is a member of the World Future Society. Personal Web-site: www.nilshrasmussen.com