Presentations

Financial Industry Presentations

8/25/19:	"Selling More with Less: Marketing Analytics Success Stories," Western Bankers Association Educational Summit and Expo (Huntington Beach, CA).
9/23/18:	"Who Are Your Best Customers and How Can You Better Retain Them Through Analytics," Western Bankers Association Educational Summit and Expo (Anaheim, CA).
8/28/18:	"Identifying, Retaining, and Engaging Your Bank's Best Customers," Western Bankers Association Webinar (Virtual).
5/29/18:	"Serving More Members with Less: Analytics Success Stories from the Retail Industry that Credit Unions Can Learn From," Marketing Association of Credit Unions Annual Conference (San Diego, CA).
5/15/18:	"Selling More with Less: Analytics Success Stories," Western Bankers Association Webinar (Virtual).
4/10/18:	"Reducing Customer Attrition with Machine Learning for Financial Institutions," SAS Global Forum (Denver, CO).
3/22/18:	"Growth, Analytics, and Credit Unions," Marketing Association of Credit Unions Webinar (Virtual).
3/13/18:	"Growth through Member Centricity and Analytics," Credit Union Analytics Summit (Redmond, WA).
2/21/18:	"Customer Centricity, Analytics, and Community Banks," Western Bankers Association Webinar (Virtual).
9/22/17:	"Maximizing Cross-Sell Opportunities with Predictive Analytics for Financial Institutions," Western Users of SAS Software Conference (Long Beach, CA).
4/2/17:	"Maximizing Cross-Sell Opportunities with Predictive Analytics for Financial Institutions," SAS Global Forum (Orlando, FL).
11/8/16:	"Using Big Data to Make Big Gains," Marketing Association of Credit Unions Fall Workshop (Ontario, CA).
10/26/16:	"Reducing Customer Attrition with Predictive Analytics," Montreal Business Analytics Forum (Montreal, QC).
10/9/16:	"Reducing Customer Attrition with Predictive Analytics for Financial Institutions," MidWest SAS Users Group Conference (Cincinnati, OH).
8/11/16:	"Better Engagement through Predictive Analytics," Vancity Data 4 Impact Conference (Vancouver, BC).
4/18/16:	"Reducing Credit Union Member Attrition with Predictive Analytics," SAS Global Forum (Las Vegas, NV).
2/4/16:	"Reducing Customer Attrition with Predictive Analytics," Insurance and Finance SAS Users Group Webinar (Virtual).
10/29/15:	"Reducing Credit Union Member Attrition with Predictive Analytics," Philadelphia SAS Users Group Meeting (Philadelphia, PA).
9/27/15:	"Reducing Credit Union Member Attrition with Predictive Analytics," SouthEast SAS Users Group Conference (Savannah, GA).
9/9/15:	"Reducing Credit Union Member Attrition with Predictive Analytics," Western Users of SAS Software Conference (San Diego, CA).

Technical Presentations

11/27/19:	"Visualizing Your Data When There Is Too Much of It to Visualize," Vancouver SAS User Group Meeting (Vancouver, BC).
10/26/18:	"Tips and Tricks for Producing Time-Series Cohort Data" and "Using Recursion for More Convenient Macros," Golden Horseshoe SAS User Group (Hamilton, ON).
4/29/18:	"An Introduction to the Analysis of Rare Events," "Tips and Tricks for Producing Time-Series Cohort Data," and "Using SAS GTL to Visualize Your Data When There Is Too Much of It to Visualize," 2009 PharmaSUG Conference (Seattle, WA).
4/10/18:	"Reducing Customer Attrition with Machine Learning for Financial Institutions," SAS Global Forum (Denver, CO).
12/4/17:	"Reducing Customer Attrition with Predicive Analytics," The Puget Sound Chapter of the American Statistical Association Meeting (Seattle, WA).
11/22/17:	"Tips and Tricks for Producing Time-Series Data," Vancouver SAS User Group Meeting (Vancouver, BC).
10/6/17:	"Using SAS GTL to Visualize Your Data When There Is Too Much of It to Visualize," Denver SAS Users Group Meeting (Denver, CO).
9/22/17:	"Maximizing Cross-Sell Opportunities with Predictive Analytics for Financial Institutions" (invited), 2017 Western Users of SAS Software Conference (Long Beach, CA).
4/2/17:	"Maximizing Cross-Sell Opportunities with Predictive Analytics for Financial Institutions" (invited), SAS Global Forum (Orlando, FL).
11/1/16:	"Guidelines for Organizing SAS Code and Project Files" and "Maintaining Formats when Exporting Data from SAS into Microsoft Excel," Quebec City SAS Users Group Meeting (Quebec City, QC).
10/26/16:	"Using SAS GTL with 9.3 Updates to Visualize Your Data When There Is Too Much of It to Visualize," Montreal SAS Users Group Meeting (Montreal, QC).
10/9/16:	"Reducing Customer Attrition with Predictive Analytics for Financial Institutions" and "Tips and Tricks for Producing Time-Series Cohort Data," 2016 MidWest SAS Users Group Conference (Cincinnati, OH).
9/7/16:	"Tips and Tricks for Producing Time-Series Cohort Data," 2016 Western Users of SAS Software Conference (San Francisco, CA).
6/10/16:	"Using SAS GTL with 9.3 Updates to Visualize Your Data When There Is Too Much of It to Visualize," SAS Halifax Regional Users Group Meeting (Halifax, NS).
5/11/16:	"The Best SAS Tips and Tricks," Vancouver SAS Users Group Meeting (Vancouver, BC).
4/18/16:	"Reducing Credit Union Member Attrition with Predictive Analytics" (invited), 2016 SAS Global Forum (Las Vegas, NV).
2/4/16:	"Reducing Customer Attrition with Predictive Analytics," Insurance and Finance SAS Users Group Webinar.
11/4/15:	"Reducing Customer Attrition with Predictive Analytics," Vancouver SAS Users Group Meeting (Vancouver, BC).
10/29/15:	"Reducing Credit Union Member Attrition with Predictive Analytics," Philadelphia SAS Users Group Meeting (Philadelphia, PA).
9/27/15:	"Reducing Credit Union Member Attrition with Predictive Analytics," 2015 SouthEast SAS Users Group Conference (Savannah, GA).
9/9/15:	"Maintaining Formats when Exporting Data from SAS into Microsoft Excel," "Managing and Monitoring Statistical Models" (invited), and "Reducing Credit Union Member Attrition with Predictive Analytics" (invited), 2015 Western Users of SAS Software Conference (San Diego, CA).
3/13/15:	"Managing and Monitoring Statistical Models" and "Using SAS GTL to Visualize Your Data When There Is Too Much of It to Visualize," Winnipeg SAS Users Group Meeting (Winnipeg, MB).
3/12/15:	"Getting Correct Results from PROC REG," "An Introduction to the Analysis of Rare Events," and "Maintaining Formats when Exporting Data from SAS into Microsoft Excel," Saskatoon SAS Users Group Meeting (Saskatoon, SK).
3/11/15:	"Getting Correct Results from PROC REG," "Maintaining Formats when Exporting Data from SAS into Microsoft Excel," and "Managing and Monitoring Statistical Models," Regina SAS Users Group Meeting (Regina, SK).
10/14/14:	"Managing and Monitoring Statistical Models" and "Using SAS GTL With 9.3 Updates to Visualize Data When There Is Too Much of It to Visualize," SAS Users of Oregon Conference (Portland, OR).
9/22/13:	"Maintaining Formats when Exporting Data from SAS into Microsoft Excel," "Managing and Monitoring Statistical Models," and "The JMP Journal: An Analyst's Best Friend" (awarded), 2013 MidWest SAS Users Group Conference (Columbus, OH).
5/29/13:	"Forecasting Wine Revenue," Vancouver SAS Users Group Meeting (Vancouver, BC).
4/28/13:	"Maintaining Formats when Exporting Data from SAS into Microsoft Excel" and "Managing and Monitoring Statistical Models" (invited), 2013 SAS Global Forum (San Francisco, CA).
4/1/13:	"Guidelines for Organizing SAS Code and Project Files" and "Using Recursion for More Convenient Macros," Nordstrom Internal Analytics Group Meeting (Seattle, WA).
3/28/13:	"Forecasting Wine Revenue," Seattle Area JMP Users Group (Seattle, WA).
11/28/12:	"Managing Statistical Models," Vancouver SAS Users Group Meeting (Vancouver, BC).
3/4/12:	"Getting Correct Results from PROC REG" and "Using SAS GTL to Visualize Your Data When There Is Too Much of It to Visualize" (invited), 2012 Insurance and Finance SAS Users Group Summit (Cary, NC).
11/2/11:	"An Introduction to the Analysis of Rare Events," Vancouver SAS Users Group Meeting (Vancouver, BC).
10/23/11:	"Graphing a Progression of Time Series Plots," "Using Recursion for More Convenient Macros," and "Using SAS GTL to Visualize Data When There Is Too Much of It to Visualize," 2011 SouthEast SAS Users Group Conference (Alexandria, VA).
10/12/11:	"An Introduction to the Analysis of Rare Events" (invited), "Graphing a Progression of Time Series Plots with ODS Graphics," and "Using SAS GTL to Visualize Data When There Is Too Much of It to Visualize" (invited), 2011 Western Users of SAS Software Conference (San Francisco, CA).
9/25/11:	"An Introduction to the Analysis of Rare Events" (invited), "Graphing a Progression of Time Series Plots with ODS Graphics," "Using Recursion for More Convenient Macros," and "Using SAS GTL to Visualize Data When There Is Too Much of It to Visualize" (awarded), 2011 MidWest SAS Users Group Conference (Kansas City, KS).
9/19/11:	"Graphing a Progression of Time Series Plots," "Using Recursion for More Convenient Macros," and "Using SAS GTL to Visualize Data When There Is Too Much of It to Visualize," 2011 Pacific Northwest SAS Users Group Conference (Seattle, WA and Portland, OR).
4/28/11:	"Everything You Wanted to Know about SAS and Excel" and "Using Recursion for More Convenient Macros," Winnipeg SAS Users Group Meeting (Winnipeg, MB).
4/27/11:	"Importing Data from SAS into Excel" and "PROC SQL: Why and How," Saskatoon SAS Users Group Meeting (Saskatoon, SK).
3/16/11:	"Using Recursion for More Convenient Macros," Puget Sound SAS Users Group Meeting (Seattle, WA).
11/17/10:	"PROC SQL: Why and How," Vancouver SAS User Group Meeting (Vancouver, BC).
11/16/10:	"PROC SQL: Why and How," Victoria SAS User Group Meeting (Victoria, BC).
11/3/10:	"Graphing a Progression of Time Series Plots," and "Using Recursion for More Convenient Macros," 2010 Western Users of SAS Software Conference (San Diego, CA).
4/11/10:	"Getting Correct Results from PROC REG," 2010 SAS Global Forum (Seattle, WA).
11/13/09:	"A Little Stats Won't Hurt You" and "Time Series Forecasting Methods," Edmonton SAS Users Group Meeting (Edmonton, AB).
11/12/09:	"Generating Custom-Formatted Excel Output from SAS" and "Time Series Forecasting Methods," Calgary SAS Users Group Meeting (Calgary, AB).
10/25/09:	"A Little Stats Won't Hurt You" and "Getting Correct Results from PROC REG," 2009 SouthEast SAS Users Group Conference (Birmingham, AL).
10/11/09:	"A Little Stats Won't Hurt You" (awarded) and "Getting Correct Results from PROC REG" (awarded), 2009 MidWest SAS Users Group Conference (Cleveland, OH).
9/27/09:	"A Little Stats Won't Hurt You" and "Getting Correct Results from PROC REG," 2009 Pacific Northwest SAS Users Group Conference (Portland, OR).
9/1/09:	"A Little Stats Won't Hurt You" (invited) and "Getting Correct Results from PROC REG," 2009 Western Users of SAS Software Conference (San Jose, CA).
5/31/09:	"A Little Stats Won't Hurt You" and "Creating Your Own Worksheet Formats in exportToXL" (awarded) 2009 PharmaSUG Conference (Portland, OR).
3/22/09:	"A Little Stats Won't Hurt You" (invited) and "Creating Your Own Worksheet Formats in exportToXL," 2009 SAS Global Forum (Washington, DC).
11/18/08:	"Generating Custom-Formatted Excel Output from SAS" and "Importing Data from Excel into SAS," Whitehorse SAS Users Group Meeting (Whitehorse, YT).
11/5/08:	"An Optimal Way to Import Excel Worksheets into PC SAS" and "Creating Your Own Worksheet Formats in exportToXL," 2008 Western Users of SAS Software Conference (Universal City, CA).
10/19/08:	"An Optimal Way to Import Excel Worksheets into PC SAS" and "Creating Your Own Worksheet Formats in exportToXL," 2008 SouthEast SAS Users Group Conference (St. Pete Beach, FL).
10/8/08:	"PROC REG ... and Its Discontents," Vancouver SAS Users Group Meeting (Vancouver, BC).
10/7/08:	"Time Series Forecasting Methods," Victoria SAS User Group Meeting (Victoria, BC).
9/22/08:	"An Optimal Way to Import Excel Worksheets into PC SAS" and "Creating Your Own Worksheet Formats in exportToXL," 2008 Pacific Northwest SAS Users Group Conference (Seattle, WA).
6/13/08:	"Populating Custom Excel Spreadsheets: The DDE Way," Toronto Area SAS Society Meeting (Toronto, ON).
4/17/08:	"Forecasting Methods for Call Centers," University of Washington Undergraduate Mathematical Science Seminar (Seattle, WA).
3/16/08:	"Guidelines for Organizing SAS Project Files," "Revisiting DDE: An Updated Macro for Exporting SAS into Custom-Formatted Excel Spreadsheets: Part I—Usage and Examples" (awarded) and "Revisiting DDE: An Updated Macro for Exporting SAS into Custom-Formatted Excel Spreadsheets: Part II—Programming Details," 2008 SAS Global Forum (San Antonio, TX).
2/20/08:	"Revisiting DDE: An Updated Macro for Exporting SAS Data into Custom-Formatted Excel Spreadsheets: Usage and Examples," Seattle Area SAS Users Group Meeting (Seattle, WA).
10/17/07:	"Guidelines for Organizing SAS Project Files," "Revisiting DDE: An Updated Macro for Exporting SAS into Custom-Formatted Excel Spreadsheets: Part I—Usage and Examples" (awarded), and "Revisiting DDE: An Updated Macro for Exporting SAS into Custom-Formatted Excel Spreadsheets: Part II—Programming Details," 2007 Western Users of SAS Software Conference (San Francisco, CA).
9/17/07:	"Revisiting DDE: An Updated Macro for Exporting SAS into Custom-Formatted Excel," 2007 Pacific Northwest SAS Users Group Conference (Seattle, WA).
5/19/05:	"Forecasting Methods for Call Centers," T-Mobile Internal Analytics Group Meeting (Seattle, WA).
5/18/04:	"Assessing the Detrended Fluctuation Analysis Method of Estimating the Hurst Coefficient," University of Washington Statistics Department Master's Thesis Presentation (Seattle, WA).
11/3/00:	"Analyzing Stock Market Data with Wavelets," Pomona College Statistics Colloquium (Claremont, CA).
3/18/99:	"The Three Dimensions of Multimedia Teaching of Statistics," Statistical Computing Conference, Humboldt-Universität (Berlin, Germany).
2/18/97:	"The Probabilistic Method and Tournaments II," Pomona College Math Department Combinatorics Seminar (Claremont, CA).
1/27/97:	"The Ehrenfeld Diffusion Model," Pomona College Math Department Senior Seminar (Claremont, CA).
11/28/95:	"Linear Algebra and Graphs II," Pomona College Math Department Combinatorics Seminar (Claremont, CA).
9/26/95:	"What Is the Wasted Area in the Best Possible Packing of an Odd Box with 1x2x4 Bricks?," Pomona College Math Department Combinatorics Seminar (Claremont, CA).