Tuesday | 2:05 PM - 3:05 PM | EDM Track

SESSION TITLE

Addressing the Challenges of Developing a Universal Decision Management Platform in an Emerging Company

SPEAKER(s):

Stephanie Alsbrooks Director ThinkCash Financial

Kartheek Veeravalli Business Rules Analyst ThinkCash Financial

MAIN FOCUS OF PRESENTATION: Business & IT

FAMILIARITY WITH SUBJECT: Some

ABOUT THIS SESSION:

This case study presents the approach and solutions for the numerous challenges faced during designing and developing a Decision Management System in an emerging company requiring new rules and strategies. A right combination of internal business logic control and outsourcing of non core business systems enabled the team to build a flexible and scalable system for the business in addition to controlling CAPEX and OPEX. Learn how predictive analytics, decision simulation and optimization can help make connected decisions and implement improved business strategies. What You Will Learn:

• Challenges and approach
• Internal development vs. outsourcing
• How to improve business strategies



ABOUT THE SPEAKER(s):

Stephanie Alsbrooks has over 10 years of experience leading implementations of decision management systems. Stephanie has lead and managed different kinds of decision management projects including transformation of business strategies and rules from existing legacy system to new decision engines and envisioning and building EDM solutions for emerging companies. She has successfully built and lead multiple decision engine teams of architects, developers, business analysts and project managers.
Stephanie is currently working as Director of Verifications at ThinkCash Financial. She has previously worked as VP of Originations at AmeriCredit and VP of Strategic Management at Sixth Gear.

Kartheek Veeravalli was a Consultant with FICO and has designed and developed various decision management solutions for clients. Kartheek has worked with numerous companies in industries such as banking, auto finance, insurance, health care and retail. He was a key member of the FICO Blaze team, assisting numerous clients with all facets of business rule management. He played multiple roles (business analyst, rules architect, project management) in projects and understands the whole life cycle of a BRMS solution implementation. Kartheek Veeravalli is currently working as a Business Rules Analyst for ThinkCash Financial.