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TMA's COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE
 
A TRUE 'COLLECTIVE'
Although The Modeling Agency’s name is tongue-in-cheek, it’s by no means a misnomer. The Modeling Agency (TMA) provides data mining guidance and results for those who are data-rich, yet information-poor through a structured network of independent consultants, or agents. To borrow a very fitting phrase from the popular Star Trek, NGŪ series, each consultant adds their own uniqueness to TMA's collective experience -- across numerous vertical markets. 

To view TMA simply as a contracting and assignment company would fall well short of TMA's true function. The structure shared by TMA's consultants is provided by a standardized data mining process and project management guidelines customized for data mining -- which is inherently a discovery process. TMA's business model provides a flexible framework, redundancy and continuity across its network, creating a corporate character as recognizable as any company with full-time staff. 

TMA has been privileged to provide services and solutions for hundreds of highly recognizable organizations.  Teams are assembled based on customer needs, the consultant's industry, experience, project focus and size, availability, geography and technical requirements.
 
 
SENIOR CONSULTANT QUALIFICATIONS
Each consultant possesses three main qualities: First and most obviously, they are well steeped in data mining methods, tools and techniques. Secondly, they are business consultants who will assess each business situation and recommend an appropriate strategy to avoid building excellent models that answer the wrong questions. Thirdly, they are "multi-lingual" -- able to engage and interact effectively whether with analysts, IT staff, functional managers or executive management.
 

With this platform established for each senior-level consultant, industry
strengths are listed reflecting specific domain specialization and fluency:
 

DEAN ABBOTT
Fraud Detection, Bio-informatics, CRM Analytics, Telecommunications,
Signal & Image Processing, Guidance and Control
SANTOSH ANANTHRAMAN, PhD
Real-Time Surveillance, Finance, Bio-informatics, Time-Series Applications,
Energy Alerting and Exception Detection, Manufacturing

PHILIP BENNETT
Portfolio Analytics, Risk Management, Credit Analysis, Financial Modeling,
Consumer Behavior: Mortgage Prepayments, Fund Switching & Renewals

ARTHUR BEAUDOIN, PhD
Portfolio Analytics, Credit Scoring, Risk Management, Mortgage Analytics,
Customer Profiling and Segmentation, Analytic Systems Design

RICHARD CLEMENTS
CRM Analytics, Risk Policy Decision Aids, Behavioral Profiling, FISA,
Fraud Analysis, Basel Compliance Analysis

SCOTT CLENDANIEL, MBA
Banking, Healthcare, CRM Analytics, eMarketing and On-Line Personalization,
Response Modeling, Database Design, Modeling Implementations

SCOTT DALEY
Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, CRM Analytics, Project Management,
Application Discovery Processes

WILL DWINNELL, MBA
Business Forecasting, Credit Scoring, Churn Analysis, Campaign Management,
Fraud Detection, Segmentation

PAUL DUKE
Site Selection, Price Elasticity Modeling, Geospatial & Demographic Analysis,
Upstream & Downstream Energy Industry Applications

ALAN GEE
Financial Prediction & Investment Selection, Computer Vision, Event Detection,
Image Processing, Optimization Problems, Web Stats Analysis

PAUL HESS
Internet Commerce, Needs Analysis & Project Management, Customer Profiling,
Financial Predictive Modeling, Hybrid Intelligent Systems

BEN HITT, PhD
 Fraud Detection, Behavioral Modeling, Credit Scoring, Knowledge Discovery,
CRM Analytics, Agronomic and Crop Yield Optimization

CHANDRASEKHAR KARRA, PhD
Knowledge Modeling, Knowledge-Base Design & Development, Audit Scoring,
Risk Management, Financial Recoveries Analysis

RAJAN KUMARALINGAM, PhD
Financial Services: Risk Scoring & Segmentation, Marketing Analytics,
Campaign Optimization, Customer Profiling, CRM Analytics

PAUL MAISTE, PhD
CRM Analytics, Bioinformatics, Experimental Design and Market Tests,
Data Assessment and Cleaning, Hospitality, Publishing, Insurance

ELDON NYHART, PhD 
Pharmacokinetic & Pharmacodynamic Modeling, Biotechnology Evaluation,
Clinical Pharmacology, Drug Design, Evaluation, Development and Dosing

TONY RATHBURN
CRM Analytics, Financial Forecasting, Time-series Modeling, Stock Selection,
Market Segmentation, Insurance, Banking, Telecommunications

C. OLIVIA PARR-RUD, MS
CRM Analytics, Campaign Optimization, Risk Scoring & Segmentation,
Customer Profiling, Response- Retention/Churn-CLV Modeling

DALE SALMONS, PhD
Direct Marketing, Credit Scoring, Industrial and Quality Management Statistics,
System Simulation and Optimization

SCOTT TERRY
CRM & Web Analytics, Geospatial Analysis, Marketing Strategy, Financial Services,
Hospitality, Insurance, Clubs & Continuity, Teleshopping, Loyalty & Frequency Marketing

ERIC V. SIEGEL
Customer Profiling, Fraud Detection, Security and Intrusion Detection,
CRM Analytics, Anomaly Detection, Computational Linguistics

SAM WICKERSHAM, Documentation Specialist
Focus on information technology to develop the right mix of print and electronic
documents for training, IT management, and marketing & promotion

 
 
ERIC A. KING, President and Founder
After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor's degree in computer science in 1990, Eric joined NeuralWare, Incorporated, a neural network tools company, as a senior 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, The Gordian Institute. With the valued support of AHC, contractors, customers and family, Eric founded The Modeling Agency in the spirit of establishing long-term professional relationships.  The Modeling Agency's focus is providing guidance and results for those who are data-rich, yet information-poor.
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