Ned Harding

Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

Ned Harding is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Alteryx, a leading developer and a pioneer of geographic business intelligence technology. In this role, Harding is responsible for developing technologies that optimize the speed and overall performance of large databases while maximizing data compression. His expertise spans a variety of platforms, including Win16, Win32, Solaris, AIX and HP UX, and a GUI on Win32 using MFC.

While at Alteryx, Harding has developed proprietary compression algorithms that are estimated to have reduced the number of data CDs required for the 2000 U.S. Census audit from approximately 900 discs to 70. He has also led the development teams of core technologies for desktop and web-based count and fulfillment engines for large, record-level databases, including Experian's 650-million record National Vehicle database.

Prior to joining Alteryx, Harding was a senior software engineer at Qualitative Marketing Software, Inc. (QMSoft), a developer and manufacturer of database and turnkey direct marketing solutions, where he was the lead developer of several industry-leading products, including GeoStan and InfoStan. QMS was acquired by Group 1 Software, which was later acquired by Sagent Technology. Sagent itself was acquired by Pitney Bowes in 1999.

Harding attended Simon's Rock of Bard College in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, a landmark in the early college movement, and the nation's only college of liberal arts and sciences specifically designed for students of high school age.