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Our management team is unique. Most of us met and shared formative experiences at a company that played a central role in
creating the analytics industry, HNC Software, Inc. But we also all moved on to lead important analytics efforts at other firms.
We have rejoined at Global Analytics with both a wide range of different experiences and a level of trust that comes from
having known each other for almost 20 years. |
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"I came out of retirement to join Global Analytics because of the all-star management team—they’re all super smart, high achievers, and really fun to work with."
Michael has served as CEO since 2009. At the helm of Global Analytics, Michael seeks to lead the organization to build disruptive, scalable businesses that leverage our core analytics advantage. Michael brings deep leadership experience, having held the CEO role at Aptex Software, HNC Financial Solutions, eHNC, and Investment Science. Companies Michael led have been recognized by Time, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times as one of the Top 10 IPOs of the year, and by Forbes as one of the 200 Best Small Companies in America. Michael holds AB Studio Art and MS Electrical Engineering degrees from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an accomplished water and snow skier and has served on the boards of nearly two dozen non-profit and for-profit organizations. During his retirement years he coached the SDSU water ski team to the national championship and built his family's ski lodge. |
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"My father spurred me to found Global Analytics when, after I had some financial success, he asked when I was going to do something to benefit the world. I wanted to build an organization that respectfully put its employees and customers in an upwardly mobile situation."
Krishna founded Global Analytics in 2003 and served as CEO until 2009. With deep expertise in predictive analytics and natural language processing, and extensive experience in financial services, Krishna pushes the organization to excel in areas that heavily leverage analytics. Prior to Global Analytics, Krishna was the founder and CEO of Burning Glass Technologies and Vice President of Payment Systems at HNC Software Inc., where he led the Fraud Products Division, HNC's most successful business and the driving force of its IPO. Krishna began his career as the inventor and technical leader of Falcon Fraud Manager ®, now owned, sold, maintained and improved by Fair Isaac Corporation and became General Manager of the Fraud and Risk Management business. Krishna earned a master's degree in computer science from the University of Waterloo and is an accomplished Indian keyboardist, drummer, and vocalist.
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"After spending years in science and R&D, I was looking for an opportunity in entrepreneurship and a way to leverage my cultural roots. Global Analytics gave me a chance to fulfill both of these."
Purna has been with the company since its inception. As a founder, Purna established Global Analytics' overseas operations and continues to oversee its development, and manages cross-border legal, contractual, security and HR issues. Over his 30 year career, he has led numerous projects involving large datasets and analytical systems. He is an expert in mathematical modeling and fluid mechanics, and has published over 80 articles in technical journals and proceedings. Purna has a B.Tech degree from IIT, Kharagpur (India) and M.S and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley where he was awarded a Chancellor's Fellowship for his graduate studies. He was a member of the design team for the successful Stars & Stripes America's Cup effort that brought the Cup back to the U.S. and serves on several non-profit boards.
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"I wanted to be part of a company that has successfully incorporated social responsibility into its corporate mission, particularly one that is focused on providing consumers with greater access to credit products specifically tailored to meet their needs."
Brian joined Global Analytics in December 2010 as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. Prior to GAH, Brian was a Director in the Financial Services Investment Banking Group at San Francisco-based JMP Securities. He was the primary execution banker on approximately 100 lead-managed and co-managed securities offerings completed by JMP over a 10 year span since its inception. In addition to securities offerings, Brian specialized in M&A and board-level dynamics involving related party transactions. Prior to JMP, Brian was an associate at Citadel Investment Group and Banc of America Securities. He has a BS in Commerce, with a concentration in Finance, from the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce. He is a founding board member of Leah's Pantry, a California-based non-profit that provides community-based workshops that empower participants to make improvements in their diet and nutrition through healthy, informed choices and simple changes.
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"I joined Global Analytics because I liked both the boldness of the vision and the team I'd be working with to make it happen. I knew I would be having a lot of fun and I knew I'd never be bored. So far, that's exactly how things have panned out."
Steve is an analytics expert working hard to create innovative products for Global Analytics' customers. Steve was most recently VP of Fair Issac Corporation's Healthcare Analytics group. During his 14-year tenure at HNC Software and its successor, Fair Isaac Corporation, Steve was a co-inventor on the Falcon Fraud Manager ® (credit-card fraud) patent and several technology patents in the area of healthcare analytics. As a senior scientist at General Dynamics, Steve designed and developed numerous analytic models for defense applications. Steve holds a BS in Mathematics from Ohio State University and a MS in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego. Steve is the author of a children's book and enjoys photography.
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"I joined Global Analytics because of the extraordinary quality of the team, the size of the global market, the commitment to excellence and the opportunity to make a difference in changing the industry."
Chris leads our business development and partnerships and has over 20 years of experience in sales, client partnerships and key account management. His experience has focused on technology solution sales comprising software, services, and analytics across a number of industries, including financial services, telecommunications, retail, pharmaceuticals and consumer products. Prior to Global Chris managed a team of industry professionals tasked with maintaining and growing relationships with Fair Isaac Corporation's five largest customers. There, he developed a team-based, relationship-driven sales model with a focus on gaining deeper relationships across the client base. Chris holds a MSEE and BSEE from the University of California at Santa Barbara and plays tennis competitively.
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"I was inspired by the team's dedication to building something that truly and respectfully serves their customers."
Sandi focuses on our marketing and branding, and brings a breadth of experience that spans marketing, management consultancy, entrepreneurship and software development. Most recently, she served as Director of Strategy and Marketing at Provide Commerce, a subsidiary of Liberty Media. There, she drove consistent growth in major areas of the business, managing both P&L and functional areas of strategy, branding, public relations and customer insights. She also served as CEO of Maven Cosmetics, where she was recognized as one of Crain's Chicago Business 40 under 40 rising stars in business. Sandi's work history includes positions with America Online, Andersen Consulting, Morgan Stanley and McKinsey & Company. Sandi received a B.S. in Fiber Science (Polymers and Composite Materials) from Cornell University with honors, and an MBA from Duke University, where she was awarded a merit-based Fuqua Fellowship, and has been a makeup artist for a number of film and television actresses.
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"I joined because of the opportunity to work with the best and the brightest, and build the world's greatest company."
Ramu manages a team of over 300 professionals in the India office who are responsible for analytics, software development, marketing, customer care, HR, operations, finance, accounting and legal services. Ramu has extensive experience leading large cross-functional teams and bringing world-class products to market. He led product marketing at Cardinal Health's Pyxis healthcare automation division, and product management and marketing at Hewlett Packard's Imaging and Printing Group where he launched several highly successful consumer products including inkjet color copiers, printers, multi-function products and specialty printing media. Ramu graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India with a degree in electrical and electronics engineering and later completed the MBA program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Ramu enjoys exploring the skies with his friends at the San Diego Astronomy Association and playing tennis.
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"I was drawn to the exciting prospect of working for a global startup with talented people that offered unique leadership opportunities."
Shibani oversees our business operations in the United Kingdom . She joined GAH in 2005 and took on the project and customer management roles on Hewitt Associates' Human Capital Foresight, the largest project within the company at the time. She led the Hewitt project until 2008, when she became the launch manager for Lending Stream. After the successful launch of Lending Stream, Shibani became the General Manager of Lending Stream. Prior to joining us, she was a software developer at ID Analytics. Shibani holds a degree in Computer Science from Stanford University. In her spare time, she enjoys Indian Classical Dance and has had numerous performances throughout the US and abroad. |
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"I am very excited about joining a global company with a unique vision to serve customers responsibly, leveraging synergies between analytics and software. "
Chandra leads software, data, IT infrastructure and QA initiatives at Global Analytics. With over 20 years of software industry experience, Chandra brings deep expertise in online software technologies and high transaction enterprise systems. Most recently, Chandra held a senior software architecture role at Bridgepoint Education. His past positions include Chief Technologist at Epitome Solutions , Director of Professional Services at Vertel Corp., as well as leadership positions at Expersoft Corp and AT&T (Lucent) Bell Laboratories. Chandra holds an M.S. degree in Computer Science from Ohio State University and a B. Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras (Chennai, India). He enjoys traveling and playing tennis. |
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"I joined Global Analytics because the organization has a clear understanding of its market segments and a distinct ability to address them in a profitable and scalable way. "
Marc joined in August 2011 as Vice President of Operations and General Manager of Zebit. Previously, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Zulily, a private sales e-commerce site, where he built and scaled customer service, logistics and fulfillment, studio operations, and I/T to support the company's accelerated growth. Prior to Zulily, Marc was VP of Mergers & Acquisition Integration and Customer Service at Provide Commerce. Marc has past experience as the VP of Operations for Richard C Breeden & Co., General Manager of Private Equity for Milestone Merchant Partners in Mexico City, and with CSC Index as a management consultant working across a variety of industries and issues. He received his BS in Economics and Accounting from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA in Marketing and Statistics from the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business. Marc is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys biking, kayaking and exploring unchartered terrain. |
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