Business Editors/High Tech Writers

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2001

Celebrating her innovative vision and outstanding contributions to the field of software development, Jing Y. Shyr, SPSS Inc.'s vice president and chief statistician, has been named to i-Street magazine's third annual Women in Black listing. Each year the magazine recognizes 25 outstanding women leaders in the Chicago-area high technology industry: women who have excelled to the top of their field in traditionally male industries.

"Jing is an excellent representative of the thought-leadership and innovative spirit at SPSS Inc.," said Jack Noonan, president and CEO of SPSS Inc. "She is more than deserving of this level of recognition. Her contributions in the research and development of SPSS Inc. analytics have been instrumental in our evolution from a developer of desktop statistical products to a provider of analytical solutions, and our company's sustained growth in Chicago and around the globe."

Shyr leads a team of researchers and software developers responsible for the creation of data mining technology and analytical solutions, an emerging area within SPSS Inc. and the technology industry. Today she is applying her technological vision and business savvy to create technology that enables both expert and novice users to apply the predictive power of data mining to improve business operations.

She also leads two key development initiatives at SPSS Inc., including the transformation of the company's technology into components and the development of its CRM solution framework. The components initiative has resulted in the conversion of SPSS Inc.'s technology for data mining, statistical modeling and results deployment into moveable pieces that allow developers, at SPSS Inc. and third-party vendors, to quickly build seamless analytical applications and solutions that analyze data to measure, predict and optimize business performance. Ms. Shyr also led the development of a solution framework for analytical CRM applications, which provides an open environment for SPSS Inc.'s technology to more easily integrate with that of third-party vendors. This framework enables end-user organizations to build more personal and profitable customer relationships by applying predictive analytics to customer data and deploying the results throughout an organization.

Since joining SPSS Inc. in 1986, Ms. Shyr has held a variety of positions including statistician, master statistician and then principal statistician and manager of statistical development. She holds a master's in applied statistics from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan and a Ph.D. in statistics from Purdue University. She is an active member of the American Statistical Association, the PMML group (part of W3C) and the Advisory Council of the Science School of Purdue University. She is also a recipient of the Distinguished Alumna Award from Purdue University.

About SPSS Inc.

SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS) headquartered in Chicago, IL, USA, is a multinational computer software company providing technology that transforms data into insight through the use of predictive analytics and other data mining techniques. The company's solutions and products enable organizations to manage the future by learning from the past, understanding the present, as well as predicting potential problems and opportunities. For more information, visit www.spss.com.