SAS Federal Business Unit Tags Karen Knowles to Lead

Karen Knowles has been named General Manager of the US Federal Government business unit for SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services. She brings 17 years of federal government software sales experience to the role, not only with SAS but also management positions at Business Objects, Crystal Decisions and other software companies.

"During her five-year career with SAS, Karen has demonstrated a consistent, strong level of performance and results," said Carl Farrell, Executive Vice President, SAS Americas. "I am confident she will provide strong leadership and direction to the team as we continue on a path of aggressive growth."

Knowles is based in Arlington, VA, along with the majority of employees in the SAS Federal business unit. Under her leadership, the team will continue to expand SAS' focus in the national security and defense sectors.

SAS solutions are used extensively by all 15 executive agencies, all military departments and the joint commands. To achieve departmental missions and goals, the U.S. government relies on SAS to turn volumes of raw data into usable knowledge, creating true enterprise intelligence and measuring the success of how the government performs its various functions and responsibilities.

From the US Department of the Treasury to the Navy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the US Joint Forces Commands, SAS software's analytic and predictive capabilities are used for such critical initiatives as transparency, performance, budgeting and workforce management, logistics, combating fraud and threat assessment.

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