Boe Horton is Senior Vice President of Research Solutions at ProQuest, responsible for building the Serials Solutions, COS and Dissertations businesses. An active information and software industry veteran, Mr. Horton served as SVP of Strategic Initiatives during the integration of ProQuest and CSA and successfully led the strategic integration of the two companies, as well as the strategic planning process.

He served as Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of CSA prior to its merger with ProQuest Information and Learning. During his tenure, he was responsible for global sales, marketing, product development and the editorial operations.  Mr. Horton joined CSA from sister company R.R. Bowker where he was SVP for Global Sales prior to becoming Chief Operating Officer and General Manager for the library division.

Mr. Horton's prior experience includes senior international sales management and General Manager roles over an 11 year period in the UK and Europe.  He established and built international operations for software publishing companies and built global sales and distribution operations. He started his career in the software publishing industry in 1989 at Persoft Inc with a focus on international business development.

Mr. Horton is an active speaker and presenter at major conferences around the world including IFLA, The Charleston Conference, ALA, Inforum and many others, speaking about trends and the application of information services. He holds an MBA from Kingston University in England and studied physics and mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during his undergraduate education.