James Taylor is the CEO of Decision Management Solutions. James is the leading expert in Decision Management Systems – systems that are active participants in improving business results. Decision Management Systems apply business rules, predictive analytics and optimization technologies to address the toughest issues facing businesses today, changing the way organizations are doing business. James is passionate helping companies develop agile, analytic and adaptive processes and systems. James has over 20 years developing software and solutions for clients and has led Decision Management efforts for leading companies in insurance, banking, health management and telecommunications.
In addition to strategy and implementation consulting, James is an experienced and highly rated keynote and speaker at conferences in the US and around the world. He has spoken recently at Information Management 2011, IBM’s CIO Leadership Exchange, SAS Forum Netherlands, IBM Information on Demand, FICO World 2011, Computerworld’s BI & Analytics Perspective, Predictive Analytics World and IBM’s Business Analytics Forum. James also regularly runs webinars for clients, and as educational outreach for Decision Management Solutions.
James’ new book, “Decision Management Systems: A Practical Guide to Business Rules and Predictive Analytics” (IBM Press 2012) was just released. James also wrote “Smart (Enough) Systems” (Prentice Hall, 2007) with Neil Raden, and has contributed chapters to several books on business rules and business intelligence.
