PR - Austin Logistics Announces Speaker Line-Up for its Ninth Annual Conference

Austin, Texas-based Austin Logistics, a leading provider of event based analytic solutions, today announced the list of speakers at its Impact 2008 Conference, “Survival of the Smartest. Sharpening Your Decision Making to Thrive in a Volatile Economy,” April 14-16 in Austin, Texas.

Many of the world’s leading financial institutions and industry leaders are well represented on the conference agenda, including American Infosource, Bank of the West, Barclays Bank Delaware, BMW Financial Services NA, LLC, Bridgeforce, Center for Financial Services Innovation, Chase Card Services, HSBC, LexisNexis Special Services Inc., Premier Bankcard, LLC., U.S. Bank, Washington Mutual Card Services, Wells Fargo Bank and more.

In addition, Austin Logistics' Annual Conference continues to draw top level collections, risk, fraud and marketing professionals from leading Financial Services and Telecommunications companies. Event sponsors include Cisco Systems, TransUnion, TSYS, CGI, LexisNexis, SoundBite Communications, CMC, Global Connect and IEX.

This year’s conference will be kicked off with a keynote panel led by credit score visionary, Patrick Culhane.  A pioneer of modern customer analytics, having led the development, distribution and marketing of the industry standard credit bureau scores, Patrick Culhane will bring his industry expertise and personal experiences, leading a panel discussion on the challenges of the economic downturn and the results on the current credit environment. Panel participants include Ron Robine, Chief Credit Officer at Barclays Bank Delaware and Gailen Veurink, Chief Operations Officer, Retail Payment Solutions at U.S. Bank. 

Leading day two of the event will be a keynote presentation focused on managing revenue growth and margin, presented by Todd Strubbe. As Former President of First Data Debit Services, Todd adds a wealth of industry knowledge and expertise to the conference agenda. 

The 2008 conference will cover key issues faced by Credit Card, Auto Finance, Mortgage, Retail Banking and Telecommunications professionals, aimed at providing attendees with the knowledge necessary to thrive in a time of economic uncertainty. Impact 2008 will focus on how the correct combination of non-traditional data use, predictive analytics and flexible decision technology can provide the power needed to extract the most value from each customer interaction: from day one through to charge off.