| | | | | | | | | | | Relevante has scheduled a full day onsite symposia on Realigning Priorities of Internal Audit to Add Value, Using BI to thrive in challenging economic times and Implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) worth 8 CPE Credits on October 22nd 2009, and November 19th 2009 at Malvern, PA. | |  |  | | Using Business Intelligence To Thrive In Challenging Economic Times | | Realigning Priorities of Internal Audit to Add Value | | Thursday, October 22, 2009 | | Thursday, October 22, 2009 | | Time | 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM | Time | 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM | | CPE Credits | 8 Credits | CPE Credits | 8 Auditing Credits | | Cost | $199 | Cost | $199 | | Venue | The Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley, Malvern, PA | Venue | The Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley, Malvern, PA | | Directions | Directions/transportation information | Directions | Directions/transportation information | For More Information Click Here |
For More Information Click Here | | | | | | | | BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE WEBINARS |  | | | TIME (EST) | • Beyond Budgeting – Using BI to drive results | 08:10 – 09:00 AM | • Business Intelligence – Imbedded BI Drives Superior Decision Making | 09:00 – 09:50 AM | • How companies grow by using Business Intelligence | 10:05 – 11:45 AM | • The Next Generation of BI – The obsolescence of the costly data warehouse and large implementation teams | 12:25 – 02:05 PM
| | | | | | | BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SYMPOSIUM - FEATURED SPEAKERS |  | Kevin Hull
Managing Consultant
Relevante Inc.
| Kevin J. Hull has a background in financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, and database designing. He has been successfully deployed in the banking and manufacturing industries providing reconciliations, 10-Q reporting, and database development. He has successfully implemented streamlined processes for companies saving both time and money. As well as being a successful consultant, Kevin is also a Managing Consultant and is responsible for assisting in the growth and development of the other bench consultants. Prior to Relevante, Kevin worked in the credit card industry where he was the manager of the financial reporting department. He was responsible for producing executive financial reports, annual budgets, consolidated financials of 18 companies, and key metrics reporting for the operating departments. He also headed the implementation of a new financial package and streamlined processes using various database software. Kevin has an M.B.A. from DePaul University in Chicago.
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National Director
SAP’s Business ByDesign | Currently, Mr. Moses is a National Director for SAP’s Business ByDesign launch team in the US market. Internally, he is focused on bringing the product to the US market which consists of refining most aspects of the go to market model. Externally, in charge of the Solution Advisor group nationally, he manages a team of business process engineers that work with prospects and partners to define requirements and implementation scope. For the last 15+ years, Mr. Moses has worked in national and global roles for companies in the CRM, ERP and Business Intelligence markets. His background in a variety of roles from implementation to sales & marketing, both US based as well as in the international arena, have given him a holistic view of the enterprise software markets requirements, both the traditional on-premise market as well as the Software-as-a-Service market that Business ByDesign is focused on addressing. His experience extends from large Fortune 100 companies, to the small and medium enterprise market he currently serves.
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Senior Economist
GRA, Incorporated | David Ballard is a senior economist at GRA Incorporated, and has participated in GRA assignments addressing a variety of aviation, regulatory, and modeling issues. He specializes in applied microeconomics within these and other areas, including the application of strategic or game theoretic methods to problems in competition, regulation, and regulatory compliance. He is a member of the National Research Council’s Transportation Research Board committee on Aviation Economics and Forecasting, and served on the Domestic Air Carrier panel during both the 11th and 12th International Workshops on Future Aviation Activities, sponsored by FAA and conducted by TRB, where he made presentations to the panel on fare characteristics at hub airports and on NAS capacity management issues. In April 2009 he will begin a 3 year term as chairman of the committee on Aviation Economics and Forecasting. Before joining GRA, Mr. Ballard was an economics research analyst at the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, working in the areas of institutional risk-taking and costs of funds for savings and loan institutions. He has a B.S. in Economics and Mathematics (with highest honors), and an M.S. in Mathematics (Statistics and Probability) from the University of Texas at Arlington, and an M.S. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Michael Corcoran
CMO
Information Builders | Michael Corcoran is the chief marketing officer for Information Builders. With more than 20 years’ experience in the software industry, he is responsible for working with the executive management team to develop and communicate corporate and product strategy. During his career, Mr. Corcoran has held top management positions in sales and marketing, business development, product management, and systems management. He has played key roles in the development and acquisition of major technologies, including business intelligence (BI), integration middleware, Internet technology, data warehouse, application development, and expert systems.
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|  | Clark French
President
Computer Intelligence | Clark French, President, Computer Intelligence Clark French is the President of Computer Intelligence, provider of BI consulting services to companies such as T.Rowe Price, Capital One, and Yahoo. Mr. French has founded, built and sold two earlier BI software product companies, the first one in the mid 1980's which marketed one of the first OLAP Multi-dimensional database products in the US. This technology was sold to D&B in the 1980s. The second company was founded in the early 1990's and was sold to Sybase for $30M. This technology is now marketed as Sybase- IQ by Sybase. Mr. French has over 30-years of technology experience and 5 software patents on advanced database indexing and data compression to his name. These patents are used inside databases from Sybase, Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM today. Mr. French's technology is in use at companies such as American Express, American Airlines, and the IRS. The IRS data warehouse is one of the largest in the world topping 30 Terabytes. Computer Intelligence was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.
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|  | William G. Sorenson
CFO
QlikTech | As QlikTech CFO, Bill is responsible for financial controls and operational initiatives to support the company’s phenomenal growth. Bill brings a broad base of financial and operational experience and a proven track record of enhancing operating performance through process improvement, cost control, acquisitions and new business development. Before joining QlikTech, he served in leadership positions at world-leading enterprises and emerging startups in the technology, media, entertainment, and mobile telecom industries, including SavaJe Technologies, EMI Music Publishing, Bertelsmann and The News Corporation Ltd. Bill holds an MA in International Relations from The American University, Washington, DC, and a BA in Foreign Languages from LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York. | | | | | | | | | | | SCHEDULE FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SYMPOSIUM | Beyond Budgeting – Using BI to drive results - A review of the current budgeting process and the pitfalls that we all fall into, the inherent weaknesses, and the self perpetuating consequences.
- Learn the Beyond Budgeting concepts of performance driven management and leadership.
- How to break through the traditional concepts and focus on outperforming your competition for the long haul.
- Learn the tools that are used in place of the typical budget.
Time 08:10 – 09:00 AM (EST)
CPE Credits 1 Speaker Kevin Hull
Managing Consultant
Relevante Inc. | How companies grow by using Business Intelligence
Time 10:55– 11:45 PM (EST)
CPE Credits 1
Speaker Michael Corcoran
CMO
Infosystems | The Next Generation of BI – The obsolesce of the costly data warehouse and large implementation teams
Time 12:25 – 02:05 PM (EST)
CPE Credits 2
Speaker Clark French
President
Computer Intelligenc | Business Intelligence – Imbedded BI Drives Superior Decision Making - How On-demand and Software-as-a-Service tools give every business access to powerful and cost-effective Business Intelligence.
- Learn how business intelligence imbedded within an integrated business platform drives real-time decision making.
- Role-based metrics delivered in the context of end-to-end business processes accelerate user adoption and ensure data integrity across the business.
- Business Intelligence with a focus on the alignment of executive dashboards with business strategy and operational execution
Time 09:00 - 10:40 AM (EST)
CPE Credits 2 Speakers Jeff Moses
National Director
SAP’s Business ByDesign | Panel Discussion: “Using BI to thrive in Challenging Economic Times” Time 02:20 – 04:00 PM (EST)
CPE Credits 2 Panelists | David Ballard
Senior Economist
GRA, Inc | Bill Sorenson
CFO
Qlikview | Kevin Hull
Managing Consultant
Relevante Inc. | Michael Corcoran
CMO
Information Builders | | Clark French
President
Computer Intelligence | Jeff Moses
National Director
SAP’s Business ByDesign | | | | | | NETWORK WITH THE RELEVANTE COMMUNITY | | | | | | | | | This Symposium also gives you the opportunity to network with senior professionals from various Fortune 1000 companies. Attendees at our prior events were from companies including: | | | | | | | | | Bryn Mawr Trust Company | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | About Relevante Inc. Relevante is a leading consulting practice providing Accounting & Technology Solutions to Fortune 1000 and other industry leaders. The company services clients throughout the metro markets of Philadelphia, New York and Hyderabad, India. For more information about Relevante, please visit our website at: www.relevante.com. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | Relevante Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE Sponsors. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, Nashville TN 37219-2417. Telephone: 615-880-4200. Website: www.nasba.org | | | | | | | | | | |
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