Doug Harr is the chief information officer for Ingres and an avid music fan. During his career, Doug has focused on building Information Technology and Professional Service organizations that design, deliver, and support business solutions. These solutions have involved multiple technologies, applications, and industries. In off hours, Doug works diligently to keep up with new musical groups and attend as many concerts as possible. Doug implemented an innovative approach to IT by staying clear of the closed source perpetual license models and focusing solely on SaaS and Open Source solutions to keep everything in tune.

Prior to joining Ingres, Doug was VP of IT at Portal Software. He was also the senior vice president of professional services at Core Technology Group, Inc., a provider of services to deploy packaged and custom business applications to a wide variety of clients.

Doug holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Computer Science (MIS) minor from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is a member of the Consortium for Information System Executives (CISE), and is guest lecturer for the MBA program at San Francisco State University. The last concert he attended was Eddie Vedder.