Morris Beton recently joined Intel as General Manager of Developer Programs & Strategic Alliances. Before coming to Intel, Morris spent 8 years as CEO of Noetix Corporation, a business intelligence and analytics company. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President of Channels and Business Development at BEA Systems. Morris spent 7 years at Microsoft where he was GM for the Developer Relations Group, as well as Vice President of Consulting Services for the United States. He was also Vice President of Product Development for Attachmate Corporation. Morris started his career with IBM as a Systems Engineer in New York City and later ran IBM's Northwestern Region. He is a graduate of the University of Washington, holds a Master's Degree from Columbia University, and has been an Adjunct Professor of Strategic Marketing Management for the MBA program at Seattle University.