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SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions, SAS helps customers at more than 70,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW®. Specialties: SAS, BI, Data Mining, OLAP, DW, Analytics, Business Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Statistics, Customer Intelligence, Enterprise Risk Management

I am a technology executive with broad experiences in Sales, Product Management, Product Marketing and Finance. I am a consummate usher of continual change. Over 19 years with SAS, I’ve led numerous teams through restructuring, changes in strategy, and periods of dramatic growth. I have built go-to-market plans and established new business processes and models to support both growth and required change. I have integrated teams and leading-edge technologies, forcing us to 'reinvent' operations. I enjoy driving change.I understand how decisions impact teams cross-departmentally. Through my own experiences in a range of functions—marketing, product management, presales, HR, finance, and business development—I’ve learned the importance of a unified corporate vision and the importance of communications.I am a very creative thinker that assesses a situation with an open mind and solid numerical facts and then makes a decision before the opportunity passes. I take my job very seriously, but I don’t take myself seriously. The most fun part of what I do is working directly with customers. I work very closely with Product Management and Research & Development, bringing some of our newest Analytic technologies to market. Working closely with customers as they adopt new technologies has helped me keep an eye on the latest technology trends and hype. Most importantly, it has helped me always remain customer focused and empathetic to their challenges, no matter where they are within the customer lifecycle.My core competencies: global business development | strategic planning | restructuring | marketing | sales support | partner and channel development | sales enablement | financial and operational planning | technology trends | team development | public speaking | technical training