Data Mining: Failure to Launch
How to Get Data Mining Off the Ground and Into Orbit
A Free One-Hour Live, Interactive Web Event
Produced by The Modeling Agency
“Guidance & Results for the Data-Rich, Yet Information-Poor”
Presented by TMA Senior Consulting Staff
http://www.the-modeling-agency.com/data-mining-webinar
WHAT'S COVERED
The vast majority of BI professionals are excited about the prospects of data mining and predictive analytics, but are fully mystified about where to begin or even how to prepare. Of those who did initiate a modeling initiative, an industry survey of predictive analytics practitioners reports that 51% of data mining projects either never left the ground, did not realize value, or the ultimate results were not measurable.
In most cases, those who attempted an implementation ended up building valid models that were noninterpretable or answered the wrong questions. They essentially placed a perfectly good rocket upside down on the launch pad.
So, how does one approach an intangible, cryptic and seemingly immeasurable technology? Beyond the inherent up-front risks of engaging in what is essentially a discovery process, just identifying a starting point can be intimidating and mystifying.
Despite its elusive nature, data mining and predictive analytics has surpassed the flash-in-the pan “miracle tool” stigma with widespread and sustained success stories highlighted frequently in mainstream publications and recurring case studies of improved operational efficiencies, enhanced business intelligence and residual payback.
For any organization with annual revenues more than $50 million, employing data mining technology is not a matter of whether, but when. Attend this free webinar to learn how to get started with predictive analytics and overcome both strategic and tactical limitations that cause data mining projects to fall short of their potential.
Speaker and Presenter Information
THOMAS A. �TONY� RATHBURN, is a primary instructor for The Modeling Agency�s �Predictive Analytics & Data Mining: Strategic Implementation�course and a Senior Consultant. Tony has worked with commercial and government clients to develop predictive modeling solutions to challenging data mining applications since the mid 1980�s. Tony holds extensive domain experience in the banking, insurance and financial industries, , including seven years teaching graduate-level MIS and Statistics while an instructor in the College of Business at Kent State University. Tony served as Vice President of Applied Technologies for NeuralWare, Inc., a neural network software company. He was also the Research Coordinator for LakeShore Trading, a successful futures and options trading firm on the Chicago Board of Trade. SCOTT TERRY is a multi-talented industry veteran with 30 years of experience on both the client and services side of data mining, predictive analytics and database marketing. Scott�s senior leadership experience includes serving as Vice President of Marketing for Home Shopping Network where he led its teams of data miners and researchers. He also served as Leader of Corporate Marketing for Acxiom, Inc, and Senior Director of Business Intelligence for Hyphos360 (now part of AccuData). Scott was an early pioneer of the database marketing industry while serving as the Senior Corporate Statistician with Holiday Inns, Inc. Having also received an honors degree and scholarships in the Arts, Scott has earned the reputation as a gifted quantitative strategist with intuitively creative and prescriptive problem-solving abilities. ERIC A. KING, President and Founder of The Modeling Agency, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor�s degree in computer science in 1990, then joined NeuralWare, a neural network tools company, as an account executive. In 1994, he moved to American Heuristics Corporation (AHC): an advanced software technology consulting company specializing in artificial intelligence applications. At AHC, he performed as the director of business development for the commercial services division and the training division. Eric�s role in TMA involves business development and project management.Relevant Government Agencies
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Event Type
Webcast
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When
Wed, Dec 18, 2013, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Cost
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Organizer
The Modeling Agency