Joseph Kasputys
CED Co-Chair
Joseph Kasputys formed IHS Global Insight, Inc. to join together the world's premier economic information and consulting firms, consisting of Data Resources (DRI) and WEFA. With noted economist Dr. Allen Sinai, he also founded Decision Economics. Kasputys is founder and chairman of IHS Global Insight, Inc., and chairman of Decision Economics.
Kasputys served as chairman, president, and CEO of Primark Corporation from 1987 to 2000. In 2000, Kasputys completed the merger of Primark with Thomson Financial. He was chairman of Thomson Financial until his founding of Global Insight.
Before joining Primark, Kasputys served as executive vice president of McGraw-Hill. From 1977 to 1984, Kasputys held positions at Data Resources, culminating in his election as president and CEO.
From 1972 to 1977, Kasputys served in the U.S. Department of Commerce, rising to the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Policy and Administration. He was also Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Maritime Administration and worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam conflict. He began working on national energy policy following the oil embargo in 1973, and participated in the founding of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Kasputys holds both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University, and serves as a director on a number of public and private boards. He was elected as CED's Co-Chair in 2008.
Donald K. Peterson
CED Co-Chair
Donald Peterson was chairman and CEO of Avaya Inc. from January 2002 to September 2006, and was its president and CEO from October 2000 to December 2001. He was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Lucent Technologies from 1996 to 2000 and chief financial officer of AT&T's Communication Services Group from 1995 to 1996. He is chairman of the Board of Trustees of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a director of Opti-scrip Inc. Peterson also serves on the Board of Overseers of Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business Administration. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business Administration. Peterson was elected CED Co-Chair in 2008.
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