Rich Clayton is Vice President of Marketing for Oracle’s Business Intelligence and Performance Management products. In this role, he works in Oracle’s new Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Global Business Unit and is responsible for driving the global go-to-market strategy for products, channels and sales enablement for the BI and EPM markets. For the last 17 years, Clayton has been marketing enterprise software applications and technology for large, multi-national companies. At Hyperion, he was vice president of product marketing responsible for go-to-market planning, product positioning, market strategy, sales enablement and pricing and licensing. Prior to joining Hyperion, Clayton was vice president of marketing for a venture backed startup focused on building online e-marketing services for Fortune 1000 companies. Before marketing enterprise software, he worked in corporate finance for several years and was a public auditor with McGladery & Pullen. Clayton earned his bachelor's degree in accounting from Loras College.