Louis Columbus serves as a principal at IQMS, now Delmiaworks, part of the Dassault Systèmes portfolio.
Previous positions include product management at Ingram Cloud, product marketing at iBASEt, Plex Systems, senior analyst at AMR Research (now Gartner), marketing and business development at Cincom Systems, Ingram Micro, a SaaS start-up, and at hardware companies. Columbus is also a member of the Enterprise Irregulars.
Professional experience includes marketing, product management, sales, and industry analyst roles in the enterprise software and IT industries. His academic background includes an MBA from Pepperdine University and completion of the Strategic Marketing Management and Digital Marketing programs at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Columbus teaches MBA courses in international business, global competitive strategies, international market research, and capstone courses in strategic planning and market research. He has taught at California State University, Fullerton; University of California, Irvine; Marymount University, and Webster University.