Profile
Publish Date
06 September 2007
Last Update
12 March 2009
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(based on 5 reviews)
Author(s)
- Chuck Ballard
- John Rollins
- Jo Ramos
- Andy Perkins
- Richard Hale
- Ansgar Doerneich
- Edward Cas Milner
- Janardhan Chodagam
Chuck Ballard is a Project Manager at the International Technical Support organization, in San Jose, California. He has over 35 years experience, holding positions in the areas of Product Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Technical Support, and Management. His expertise is in the areas of database, data management, data warehousing, business intelligence, and process re-engineering. He has written extensively on these subjects, taught classes, and presented at conferences and seminars worldwide. Chuck has both a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University.
John Rollins Ph.D., P.E., is the technical leader for data mining in the IBM Americas Software Group, where he has been involved in technical sales support, field enablement, intellectual capital development, and consulting for the past 10 years. Prior to joining IBM in 1996, he was an engineering consultant, professor, and researcher. He has authored many technical papers, a textbook, and six patent disclosures. John holds doctoral degrees in economics and engineering from Texas A&M University and is a registered professional engineer in Texas.
Jo Ramos is a Business Intelligence (BI) specialist for the BI Best Practices team in Dallas, Texas. He has eight years of experience with customer BI projects, providing support in consulting, architecture design, data modeling, and implementation of data warehouses and analytical solutions. Jo has worked with the majority of the IBM and Information Management products portfolio, specializing in analytical solutions. He holds a BS degree in Economics from the FURB University in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Andy Perkins is a Business Intelligence (BI) specialist for the IBM TechWorks team in Dallas, Texas. He has 23 years of experience with customer database and BI projects, providing support in consulting, architecture design, data modeling, and implementation of data warehouses and analytical solutions. Over the years Andy has worked with the majority of the IBM and Information Management products portfolio on platforms ranging from the mainframe to the PC.
Richard Hale is a Worldwide Business Intelligence Executive for IBM specializing in analytics. He is involved with the development and global marketing and sales of IBM data mining products. He holds BS and MS Degrees in Economics from Auburn University. He completed the Lyceum of Executive Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and is a Practitioner/Lecturer in Management Science at the University of Georgia. Richard has written a number of articles on econometric techniques and business issues addressed by advanced analytics for trade and academic journals, and has also authored a patent disclosure for IBM. Prior to coming to IBM he held sales and marketing positions for several high tech companies, and was a founding partner in one of the first data mining companies.
Ansgar Doerneich was lead developer for the data mining algorithms in IBM DB2 Data Warehouse Edition and IBM DB2 Warehouse. In July 2007, he joined Intelligement GmbH as a Senior Consultant for performance optimization and business intelligence. Dr. Dorneich has authored seven patent disclosures and many scientific and technical papers in the areas of quantum physics, high performance computing and data mining. Ansgar has 5 years experience with client data mining projects. He holds a doctoral degree in physics from UniversitŠt WŸrzburg and a Masters degree in economics from FernuniversitŠt Hagen.
Edward Cas Milner Ph.D., is a data mining and data analysis specialist in the Business Intelligence Best Practices group, which is in the IBM Americas Software Group. Prior to joining IBM, Cas worked in experimental particle physics, publishing over thirty papers. He has also worked as an investment quantitative analyst for mutual funds and hedge funds. His work at IBM has resulted in two patent filings and one patent award. Cas earned his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin.
Janardhan Chodagam is a Business Intelligence (BI) Specialist in the Americas TechWorks Organization based in San Francisco, CA. He is responsible for enablement of DB2 Business Intelligence products, such as Alphablox, Cube Views, and DWE in the Americas region. He has over six years of experience in application integration and data warehousing. Janardhan holds a Masters degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
ISBN
0738488860
IBM Form Number
SG24-7418-00