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BI SaaS/DMBOK
When:
Wednesday November 19th, 2008
Time:
8:45 - 9:00 Check-In
Matt Redlon and Scott Spencer
Decision Intelligence
We're living in a time of tremendous technological change when three converging trends are enabling the creation of a new generation of revolutionary enterprise applications. First, the ubiquitous "Web 2.0". With rich, desktop-like user interfaces now possible via the web browser, a major hurdle to deploying applications requiring complex user interactions and visualizations has been overcome. Additionally, the collaborative capabilities of a web-deployed application offers proven organizational productivity enhancements. Second, software as a service (SaaS). The tremendous growth of SaaS over the last two years is a testament to the real value the model offers to both providers and users, but integration and customization hurdles are real and must be addressed. Third, cloud computing. The fantastic implications of the transition to utility enterprise computing are particularly well suited to applications which require significant computational resources for relatively short periods of time (or "bursts"), such as data mining. Join Matt Redlon for an interactive review and discussion of these powerful, converging trends and a view on the applications they will enable.
Background: Matt Redlon
As a co-founder of Decision Intelligence, Matt has a wealth of technical knowledge in data mining tools and techniques. Currently serving as the chief technology officer, he was the lead designer in the development of the company's latest product suite.
Prior to co-founding Decision Intelligence, Matt worked on the business intelligence
team at Fingerhut Companies. Later, Matt crossed his clinical healthcare, analytical
and technical expertise at UnitedHealth Group. He held leadership positions
in product management and development within UnitedHealth Group's Uniprise and
Definity Health business segments. Matt also has recently led strategic analysis,
market research and product development teams for United Healthcare. Matt graduated
summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science from Northern Michigan University.
He also received a Master of Business Administration from the University of
Minnesota's Carlson School of Management.
Background: Scott Spencer
Scott is a managing principal and vice president for Decision Intelligence. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Scott has an extensive background in database marketing and analytics and serves as an expert consultant to a wide range of clients. In addition, Scott plays a key role in the development and implementation of Decision Intelligence’s newest line of software products and on-demand services.
Prior to joining Decision Intelligence, Scott served as the director of business intelligence for Land’s End, a top apparel company. During this time, he led multiple analytical teams in statistical testing, predictive model development and implementation, Web analytics and customer/business reporting. In addition to holding several management positions at Land’s End, Scott also worked at Fingerhut serving as a group and project manager overseeing business analysis and market research projects
Scott received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
10:30 - Noon DMBOK and DAMA-International Updates
Jim Goetsch
President, WI DAMA Chapter
VP-Chapter Services, DAMA-I
Slides: click here. 
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