Jit Saxena has a long and successful career of entrepreneurship and business leadership in growing new global industries. As founder, chairman, and CEO of Netezza, the leading provider of data analytics and monitoring appliances, Jit led its initial public offering and its acquisition by IBM for $1.7 billion in 2010. Saxena also founded and led Applix, a leader in analytical CRM software, which he took public in 1994.