Compiere names Oracle veteran new CEO

Open-source business software firm hires Don Klaiss, a 15-year Oracle executive, to run the show.

Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D printing, USB, and new computing technology in general. He has a soft spot in his heart for standards groups and I/O interfaces. His first big scoop was about radioactive cat poop.

Expertise Processors, semiconductors, web browsers, quantum computing, supercomputers, AI, 3D printing, drones, computer science, physics, programming, materials science, USB, UWB, Android, digital photography, science. Credentials

Shankland covered the tech industry for more than 25 years and was a science writer for five years before that. He has deep expertise in microprocessors, digital photography, computer hardware and software, internet standards, web technology, and more.

See full bio

Stephen Shankland

March 13, 2007 12:35 p.m. PT

Compiere, a start-up commercializing open-source business and accounting software in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) category, has named Don Klaiss its new chief executive and president.

Don Klaiss

Klaiss spent 15 years at Oracle, most recently serving as senior vice president of applications. Compiere named LaVonne Reimer CEO in February 2006, but she left the company nearly a year ago, a company representative said Tuesday. Klaiss replaces co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Jorg Janke as president. SAP, the king of the ERP market, has expressed doubts open-source ERP rivals will prove a serious threat.