Las Vegas|October 28 - 30, 2008

Wednesday | Thursday | Presenting Organizations

Select a session below session for a detailed description:

Sessions: Thursday, Oct. 30
1:15 - 2:00	The Other 21 People on the Team: Where Are Your Advanced Modeling Techniques Most Likely to Fail?	Looking Beyond Slots and Cards for Data	Destination: Customer Insight
	Accelerating Merchandising with the Consumer in Mind Through Global Merchandising Processes		Credit Risk Management
2:15 - 3:00	Knowledge Storm: Getting Business Executives on Board with Analytics and Data Strategies		Survive and Thrive in an Uncertain Economy
	Fraud as part of an Enterprise Risk Management Strategy		Competitive Advantage: Exploring Price Optimization
3:15 - 4:00	The On-Demand Generation	Analytics at American Express – Driving Merchant Value	Triangulating Customer Retention Efforts
	Transforming Retail into a Customer-Centric Enterprise		The Big Bang in Business Intelligence

Credit Risk Management
Join us for a panel discussion on credit risk management with premier banks and financial institutions. The discussion will be lead by Michael Stefanick, Director of SAS Risk Management and the former Group Vice President for Risk at SunTrust Banks. The panel discussion will cover key issues such as:

Leading practices for creating a stronger internal credit risk process – from loan origination to asset management to the ability to distribute risk.
"Point in Time" versus "Through the Cycle" credit risk modeling and managing the entire instrument credit life cycle.
Key risk factors for measuring credit risk management – going beyond traditional methods such as FICO and rating agencies.
Setting up a new risk management culture in your organization and the role technology plays to support culture change.

Panelists:

Mike Stevens, SVP, Manager Corporate Credit Risk, BB&T
Keith Shields, VP, Portfolio Management, Credit Acceptance
Chris Schnucker, Vice President, Risk Management, Wells Fargo
Michael Stefanick, Director of SAS Risk Management (moderator)

About The Speaker
Mike Stefanick is Senior Manager of US Risk Practice for SAS. Prior to joining SAS, Stefanick served as Vice President of Risk Architecture and Finance Transformation with SunTrust Group, and as Chief Architect and VP of Business Risk Systems for Fifth Third Bank. He also has extensive consulting experience with many financial institutions.

Keith Shields is the Vice President of Portfolio Management with Credit Acceptance Corporation. Shields and his team develop and implement models that automate account-level collections decisions. Prior to joining CAC, Shields served as Director of Global Analytics for the Ford Motor Credit Company.

Chris Schnucker has been engaged in designing, building and maintaining data structures sourced from decision platforms for more than 15 years. The solutions he has been involved with focus on managing data for analytical and statistical decision tools to control credit risk. His responsibilities include the delivery of a credit risk management analytical platform, oversight of statistically based model development, as well as underwriting platform design.

Mike Stefanick is Senior Manager of US Risk Practice for SAS. Prior to joining SAS, Stefanick served as Vice President of Risk Architecture and Finance Transformation with SunTrust Group, and as Chief Architect and VP of Business Risk Systems for Fifth Third Bank. He also has extensive consulting experience with many financial institutions.