Las Vegas|October 28 - 30, 2008
Wednesday | Thursday | Presenting Organizations
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Survive and Thrive in an Uncertain Economy
Your costs and shareholder interest have probably increased. Perhaps you fell victim to fuel prices, the stock market or access to capital. All eyes are on two things – reducing cost and preservation. Many will explore which division to divest, assets to sell or staff to let go. Others “tighten belts” with strict controls that make it almost impossible to seize opportunity.
It doesn’t have to be that way. Come hear how many companies destroy 400 percent of the figure sitting in their P&L as profit without realizing. Question whether your organization could be doing the same. Understand how this can lead to your organization a spiraling out of control in a down economy. Learn how to reverse the process and evolve into an agile, fact-driven organization that thrives in both the good and bad times.
Speakers:
- Peter Turney, President and CEO, Cost Technology
- Loraine V. Dexter, Senior Vice President of Management Reporting, Mutual of Omaha Bank
- Jonathan Hornby, Director, Worldwide Product Marketing – Performance Management, SAS
Dr. Turney has been an entrepreneur and innovator in the field of business analytics for more than 20 years. His accomplishments span foundational work in activity-based costing to designing today’s integrative business analytic solutions.
Formerly a faculty member at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and Portland State University, Dr. Turney has held positions at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, KPMG and General Motors. He is a frequent presenter to management groups and has published numerous industry works on management including the best-selling book Common Cents. Published originally in 1991 and republished in 2005 as a second edition, this seminal book is a classic in the performance management field. He has also written for the Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review and many other leading publications.
Loraine Dexter brings 27 years of experience in the banking industry to Mutual of Omaha Bank. Since joining the organization in 2005, Dexter has been responsible for business line profitability reporting, forecasting and planning, as well as cost accounting. In 2007, she implemented integrated profitability reporting using SAS for customers, products and organizations.
Prior to joining Mutual of Omaha Bank, Dexter implemented organizational, product and customer profitability systems for Bank One prior to the merger with JPMorganChase.
Jonathan Hornby is a visionary and thought leader in the field of performance management. His experience comes from active hands-on experience within the UK banking sector, followed by extensive travel, dialogue and collaboration with customers, management consultants and respected thought leaders in academia.
He currently leads global marketing direction and has been involved with both strategy and product management of SAS solutions in this area. Hornby led the design and introduction of SAS Strategic Performance Management – a solution that supports the Balanced Scorecard and was responsible for the acquisition of ABC Technologies in 2002 for improved profitability analysis.