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IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), a leading global source of critical information and insight, today announced the appointment of Vicki Raeburn as vice president of data accumulation. An industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience in global operations, product development and marketing, Raeburn is responsible for developing and executing the global strategy for transforming the company-wide end-to-end acquisition, consolidation and delivery of IHS data worldwide. She and her team will leverage technology and best practices to ensure continuous improvement of the quality of the critical information IHS delivers to its customers, which is a primary driver of customer delight. �I am extremely pleased to have Vicki on our team. Her demonstrated success in delivering exceptional results will help IHS improve our processes and deliver world-class data to our customers,� said John Oechsle, IHS senior vice president and chief information officer, to whom Raeburn will report. Raeburn comes to IHS from Scofield Ridge Associates, a strategic consulting firm in the areas of data governance and data quality programs, master data management/customer data integration and change management. Prior to that, she served as chief quality officer & senior vice president at Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), where she identified re-engineering opportunities globally and, in just two years, increased customers� perception of overall data quality and delivered employee satisfaction scores 10 points above the D&B average. Before D&B, she served as president of Mergent, Inc., a $35 million global financial information company, and in executive roles with Primark Data Company and Instinet. Raeburn holds a doctorate in Cognitive Psychology from Yale University. About IHS (www.ihs.com) IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a leading global source of critical information and insight for customers in a broad range of industries. Our customer product and service solutions span four major areas of information: energy, product lifecycle management, environment and security. By focusing on our customers first, we deliver data and expertise that enable innovative and successful decision-making. Customers range from governments and multinational companies to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 180 countries. IHS has been in business since 1959 and employs more than 3,500 people in 35 locations around the world. IHS is a registered trademark of IHS Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright � 2008 IHS Inc. All rights reserved.