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I am presenting at DecisionCAMP 2017 – The Role of Decision Models in Analytic Excellence – at 11:25am, Thursday July 14 Organizations are increasingly investing in data analytics to improve decision-making. Dashboards, self-service BI, data mining, predictive analytics, machine learning and cognitive technologies are being evaluated, deployed and used as organizations push to adopt data-driven [...]

I am co-presenting with Jan Purchase at DecisionCAMP 2017 – Mind the Gap-Lessons Learned in the Application of DMN to Large Projects – at 10:15am, Thursday July 13 Since the release of DMN 1.1 by the OMG in 2015, a growing number of organisations have sought to use it to model their key business decisions. [...]

I am speaking at the Global Big Data Conference in Santa Clara, CA in March and participating in the keynote panel on Solving Business problems using Predictive Analytics This looks like being a great panel – Prateek Joshi (Founder, Pluto AI) is moderating and I will be joined by Feyzi Bagirov (Professor, Faculty of Analytics, Harrisburg [...]

I am going to be at IBM InterConnect this week. I am speaking with Kaiser Permanente at 2pm on Monday – Pioneering Decision Services with Decision Modeling at Kaiser Permanente – so come by and here me and Renee speak about our successes with decision modeling with DMN (Decision Model and Notation), business rules and IBM Operational [...]

I am speaking at the Global Big Data Conference in Santa Clara, CA in March on Don’t Apply Big Data Analytics To The Wrong Problem: Put Decisions First One of the biggest challenges for analytics Teams is effective communication with their business partners. Too many projects fail to connect problems in the business environment to [...]

I am speaking at IBM’s InterConnect with Renee Trinidad of Kaiser Permanente on “Pioneering Decision Services with Decision Modeling at Kaiser Permanente“, 2:00pm on March 20. Kaiser Permanente is developing clinical decision support (CDS) applications that automate real-time decision services using IBM ODM. Well-designed decision services can replace existing guideline documents in all areas of [...]

I am speaking with Tina Owenmark of Cisco on The Role of Decision Modeling in Creating Data Science Excellence at Predictive Analytics World in San Francisco. Cisco’s Data Science Office focuses not just on data science, but also on shaping the questions and answers for Cisco’s operational groups. They focus not on technology or algorithms but [...]

Available now! Real-World Decision Modeling with DMN is done! Jan and I have put the book to bed and we are just working through the remaining steps to getting it completely available. But if you are coming to Building Business Capability 2016 you can get the book there. First, if you sign up for my workshop Decision Modeling with [...]

I am opening the second day of IBM’s Process Transformation Summit in Napa this year. I’ll be talking on “Transforming business operations one decision at a time.” In this session I’ll discuss the role of decision management in driving process and enterprise transformation. As cognitive operations come into focus and as organizations integrate business rules, analytics and cognitive capabilities on the [...]

I am speaking at the ODM/iLOG BRMS Meetup on Tuesday May 24, 2016 at 6pm Pacific in the IBM Offices at 1001 Hillsdale Blvd, Foster City (map) on Decision Modeling, DMN and IBM ODM. Decision Modeling with the Decision Model and Notation (DMN) standard is a powerful way to maximize the ROI to be gained from [...]

The Call for Speakers is open for DecisionCAMP 2016 until April 1st. This year DecisionCAMP will be hosted by the International Web Rule Symposium (RuleML) on July 7, 2016 at Stony Brook University, New York, USA. This event will aim to summarize the current state in Decision Management with a particular focus on the use of the Decision Model and Notation (DMN) [...]

I am speaking on A New Approach to Defining BI Requirements at the Bay Area Microsoft BI User Group on July 2nd I will introduce the core concepts of DMN and show how it can be used to drive more effective requirements for BI, dashboard, and analytic projects.  You’ll also see a demo of DecisionsFirst Modeler, a decision [...]

I am speaking at PASS Business Analytics 2015, April 20-22 in Santa Clara CA,on A New Approach to Defining BI Requirements Most organizations lack an approach that lets them specify their requirements for BI or for analytics more broadly. Their ability to find opportunities for, and successfully use, more advanced analytics is limited. In this [...]

Steve Knode of the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) and I will be talking about how you can use Decision Modeling to specify requirements for predictive analytic projects at 2:40pm on March 31, 2015 Establishing a shared understanding of the business problem across business, IT and analytics teams is critical for successful predictive analytics projects. Recently [...]

I am speaking at IBM Insight on Customer-Centric Enterprises Leverage IBM ODM Advanced to React Accurately to Risks and Opportunities at 1:45pm Pacific in Mariners B. Business rules combined with predictive analytics address a proven solution to a wide array of traditional business problems where micro decisions are to be made about individual customers at well [...]

I am speaking on October 6th at this year’s GenRe summit for the US life and Health insurance industry in Charleston, SC. The program covers innovation, analytics, agility, transformation and much more. I am delighted to be one of the speakers this year and I will be speaking about decision analytics and the importance of focusing on operational [...]

I am speaking on Industrializing Analytics for Better Decisions Everywhere at the Insurance Analytics Symposium in New Orleans, October 17. Insurers of all sizes know they must adopt analytics, especially predictive analytics, to maximize the value of their customers, manage risk and compete effectively. One-off, ad-hoc approaches to analytics can demonstrate the value of analytics [...]

I am speaking at a Predixion hosted event on Predictively Enabling Your Organization, 4-7pm on July 30 in Chicago: Predictive Analytics are something every organization wants – the potential pay-off is huge – but not every organization understands how to leverage them correctly. James Taylor, an analytics expert and author, will simplify it for you by [...]

I am speaking at a Predixion hosted event on Predictively Enabling Your Organization, 4-7pm on July 23 in Boston: Predictive Analytics are something every organization wants – the potential pay-off is huge – but not every organization understands how to leverage them correctly. James Taylor, an analytics expert and author, will simplify it for you [...]