Showing posts with label Conference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conference. Show all posts

Thursday, March 24, 2011

About the Panelists – Practical Stories from the Trenches

At the event on March 30th, we will make financial services analytics more accessible, actionable, practical and doable.


Our goal is to share more based on my experience and on the experience of analysts in the trenches…with the help of the other panelists:

Preview of Analytics in Financial Services (March 30th Event w/ TDWI and NY Tech Council)

On March 30th, at TDWI’s Tri-State Area Chapter  seminar, I’ll be giving the keynote address to discuss how analytics can be practically used to make better business decisions.   This theme in my speech, practical uses of analytics, I feel, captures the essence of this event – a different type of analytics event – it’s focused on giving the audience practical takeaways they can use to improve results at their job and build their career further.

Analytics in Financial Services: A Competitive Imperative

Preview of Analytics in Financial Services

On March 30th, at TDWI’s Tri-State Area Chapter  seminar, I’ll be giving the keynote address to discuss how analytics can be practically used to make better business decisions.   This theme in my speech, practical uses of analytics, I feel, captures the essence of this event – a different type of analytics event – it’s focused on giving the audience practical takeaways they can use to improve results at their job and build their career further.

About the Panelists – Practical Stories from the Trenches

Our goal is to share more based on my experience and on the experience of analysts in the trenches…. goal is to share practical insights…I will do this with the help of the other panelists:
  • John Ruda of TDAI has been able to better predict and sense if a customer is less satisfied and may leave…being able to sense this early has allowed TDA to save millions of dollars
  • Denis Mrkva, of Hartford Insurance Company, he’ll be talking about how they built a tool to substantially improve impact of marketing investments targeting consumers across a variety of channels
Overall, we will try to make financial services analytics more accessible, actionable, practical and doable.

So much Information, So Little Practical Analytics that “Works”

The bottom line when discussing analytics is that when it works, it can add huge value; however in the world of analytics there is a deluge of information, technology and analytic options – so much so that I’ve noticed a pervasive frustration in the business community that analytics solutions do not work smoothly or often enough.   Together with the TDWI, New York Technology Council, and event sponsors, we’re going to take a step toward fixing this problem.  In my keynote, and in this event, we’ll try and bridge the gap between the awesome potential of analytics and the complexity of figuring out how to realize that potential.  

We will discuss the key drivers of results in a number of key business models in financial services, and we will be clear about the decisions we need to make to improve results in these business models, without overcomplicating the analysis.  We will share with you a simpler way to translate a business decision that needs to be made into an analytics method that is fit with purpose…in the trenches practitioners have figured this out but there’s not a lot of sharing of how to best do this…our goal is to share more…based on real experiences of myself and others.

Benefits to Attendees Interested in Analytics

While this event is a financial services event, it can be useful for those not in financial services.  We’ll be using a set of universal frameworks to distill business models, find points of opportunity and choose the best way to address this opportunity via analytics; these frameworks can be applied in any industry where high-stakes business decisions are made.  So if you’re interested in analytics, this is an ideal event for you.

Benefits to Students or Job Seekers

This is the perfect event for anyone who’s entering or aspires to enter the field of financial services (investment bankers, or financial services professional in retail, insurance, consumer banking, credit cards).   I guarantee you’ll walk away with practical takeaways you can use back in the office or to turbo-charge your career.

So much Information, So Little Practical Analytics that “Works”

The bottom line when discussing analytics is that when it works, it can add huge value; however in the world of analytics there is a deluge of information, technology and analytic options – so much so that I’ve noticed a pervasive frustration in the business community that analytics solutions do not work smoothly or often enough.   Together with the TDWI, New York Technology Council, and event sponsors, we’re going to take a step toward fixing this problem.  In my keynote, and in this event, we’ll try and bridge the gap between the awesome potential of analytics and the complexity of figuring out how to realize that potential.  

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We will discuss the key drivers of results in a number of key business models in financial services, and we will be clear about the decisions we need to make to improve results in these business models, without overcomplicating the analysis.  We will share with you a simpler way to translate a business decision that needs to be made into an analytics method that is fit with purpose…in the trenches practitioners have figured this out but there’s not a lot of sharing of how to best do this…our goal is to share more…based on real experiences of myself and others.

Interested in Analytics? Our March 30th Event is for You

While this event is a financial services event, it can be useful for those not in financial services.
We’ll be using a set of universal frameworks to distill business models, find points of opportunity and choose the best way to address this opportunity via analytics; these frameworks can be applied in any industry where high-stakes business decisions are made.  So if you’re interested in analytics, this is an ideal event for you.

March 30 TDWI Event in NYC: Benefits to Students + Job Seekers

This is the perfect event for anyone who’s entering or aspires to enter the field of financial services (investment bankers, or financial services professional in retail, insurance, consumer banking, credit cards).


You’ll walk away with practical takeaways you can use back in the office or to turbo-charge your career.

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Reflections on the Master Data Management Conference

As a firm whose "strike zone" involves the translation of raw data into high-impact decisions, the Fitzgerald Analytics Team has long been passionate about the "analytic process." And if you define it broadly enough, the so-called "Analytics Value Chain" does indeed stretch...
  1. From the origins of raw data...
  2. ...to it's management within established standards, governance, and processes...
  3. ...to it's inclusion in core data assets...
  4. ...which are used as inputs to analytic platforms...
  5. ...upon which analytic tools are built and deployed...
  6. ...which are used within business processes...
  7. ...to systematically make better, more profitable, decisions :-)
And while step #7 is "where the money is," the chain of causality stretches all the way back to step #1.


With this perspective in mind, our team took time out from client work to attend the CDI-MDM Summit last week, here in New York City. This is the premier conference focused exlusively on Master Data Management and Customer Data Integration, and was worth every penny, minute, and calorie we spent attending.


We will be posting a more extensive summary of takeaways, but at a high level, the event did a great job of showcasing the fact that good data management remains, as it has been for several decade now, the "great precondition." What I mean by that is that since modern business processes are build on information, the management of corporate data as a precious asset is required to enable C-level strategic objectives including:
  1. Compliance and Risk Management
  2. Agility and responsiveness to change (for example, to pursue new markets, segments, or partnerships)
  3. Merger integration
  4. Marketing ROI
  5. Sales Force Effectiveness
...and many other objectives.

For more on analytics and data management, check out our Fitzgerald Analytics book recommendations at Amazon.

Jaime Fitzgerald
President
Fitzgerald Analytics, Inc.
Visit us at http://www.fitzgeraldanalytics.com