Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Mike Scheuerman is partner and senior consultant with Phoenix-based CCG Catalyst, a provider of strategic guidance for financial institutions.

Fred Powers is co-founder and CEO of Dimensional Insight, Inc. a leading provider of business intelligence and performance management solutions that empower enterprise users with data-driven decision-making abilities. With more than 20 years of experience, he is a thought leader on the topic of BI and the application of dashboards, reporting and analytics technology in business. He may be reached at fred.powers@dimins.com.

Richard Scott, as Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, is responsible for the technology strategy of Guardian, as well as overseeing all aspects of the technology architecture and engineering. As CTO, Richard is tasked with identifying, developing and promoting strategic technologies that will help advance Guardian as a premier provider of Risk and Financial based products. Richard joined Guardian in 2006 to help develop customer facing technology strategies in the Group Insurance business. He was named Chief Technology Officer in July of 2007, and has served in that capacity ever since. Richard's role as CTO includes driving the company's technological innovations and strategy, advising on all aspects of technology driven changes, and working closely with Guardian's Senior Executive Team to align technology efforts with Guardian's corporate goals. Richard Scott brings more than 20 years of technical and management experience in Fortune 100 financial services companies such as Merrill Lynch, Prudential, Smith Barney, as well as spending time in smaller, emerging businesses.

Jasmine Basrai is Senior Product Manager for IBM, focused on business process management and the BlueWorks Live solution. In this role, she drives product leadership in the areas of business modeling, process design and dynamic business interfaces. She has more than a decade experience in BPM consulting and working with development teams to build innovative products. Prior to IBM, she was the Director of Consulting Services at Holosofx. Jasmine holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

Dwight deVera is Senior Vice President responsible for Solutions Delivery at arcplan Inc., a business intelligence solutions provider. An acknowledged expert in the business intelligence and data warehousing community, Dwight is an accomplished speaker and presenter at events nationwide. Contact him at dwight.devera@arcplan.com.

Marc has been with SAS for over 10 years and currently leads the Information Management practice for Canada.  Based in Toronto, Marc’s area of specialty is in building Enterprise Architecture and Information Management strategies for large businesses.  Marc has been in the information management and business analytics space for 20 years and he has experience developing and applying his knowledge in several industries in several provinces across Canada – including banking, insurance, communication, retail, federal and provincial government, healthcare, pharmaceutical, utilities, oil and gas, and mining. 

Randy Cuff has more than 20 years of broad marketing experience across a wide range of industries with an emphasis on direct marketing, loyalty and CRM. As a Senior Marketer, Mr. Cuff has worked client and agency-side with a number of high profile market leaders. Before joining Intrawest in 2002, Mr. Cuff held various customer marketing positions with TELUS. Prior to that, he spent his time agency side with Carlson Marketing, where his clients included British Airways and LMG (Air Miles). He has also worked with Leo Burnett, Vickers & Benson and began his career with McLaren McCann. He is a current member of the CMA’s Privacy & Ethics Committee. When not marketing ski vacations, he tries to enjoy them with his family.

Lorraine Fernandes is an international thought leader, accomplished author and respected public speaker on topics related to health information technology. She has published numerous articles on the impact of using information technology for the improvement of individual and population health. She has in depth knowledge about data exchange and data quality. Additionally, she has expertise in patient, provider and citizen identification related to patient safety, electronic health records and customer satisfaction. Lorraine is a principal liaison with international and US professional and industry agencies and IBM clients.� Lorraine has received state and national awards recognizing her contributions to data standards and interoperability.� Hear directly from Lorraine at her blog: http://www.ibmbigdatahub.com/blog/author/lorraine-fernandes

Saad Chafki has more than 15 years as a specialist and leader in the field of Data management and Business Intelligence; he has worked for different industries such as Finance, Telecommunications, Manufacturing and Advertising. Recently he is working on large MDM and Datawarehouse initiatives within National Bank of Canada. He also teaches BI and Data Management graduate courses at Sherbrook University and at “École de Technologie Supérieure” part of The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Mr Chafki has a Bachelor and Master in Computer Science and Master in Business Administration.