Udo Sglavo
Vice President of Advanced Analytics, SAS
SAS has been applying analytics to the most challenging business problems for decades. As Vice President of Analytics R&D at SAS, I have the privilege of leading a team of highly skilled individuals responsible for building and testing the SAS analytical ecosystem. My passion is to shape the vision and direct the implementation of analytical techniques in our software. I received my diploma in mathematics from the University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt, Germany. Furthermore, I am a proud holder of several patents in the area of advanced analytics. Together with Mike Gilliland and Len Tashman, I helped to edit the original volume of Business Forecasting: Practical Problems and Solutions. The new volume, Business Forecasting: The Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, will be released in spring 2021.
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Business Forecasting: The Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
By Michael Gilliland, Udo Sglavo, and Len Tashman
This book provides ideas from the most important and influential authors in the field of forecasting on an array of topics that are highly relevant. It provides multiple perspectives on relevant issues like monitoring forecast performance, forecasting process, communication and accountability for the forecast, the use of big data in forecasting, and the role of AI/ML in enhancing traditional time series forecasting methods. Note: Content is mostly material previously published in "practitioner" journals (Foresight and Journal of Business Forecasting), with a few articles from the academic International Journal of Forecasting. Some articles report on academic research, or include case studies, but most are thoughtful discussion of important business forecasting topics, such as the role of the sales force in forecasting, or the value of judgmental overrides to a statistical forecast, or how to determine what forecast error is "avoidable." Articles were chosen for their importance, influence, informativeness, and for being provocative -- leading the reader to new considerations and ideas.
Business Forecasting Practical Problems and Solutions
By Mike Gilliland, Udo Sglavo and Len Tashman
Business Forecasting provides an expert's-eye view of the field's latest developments to help you achieve your desired business outcomes. This book delivers an array of new tools and research that can enable more efficient processes and more accurate results.
Featured Authors
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Ron Klimberg, PhD, is a professor at the Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA.
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Terisa Roberts is a director and Global Solution lead for Risk Modeling and Decisioning at SAS. She has extensive experience in quantitative risk management, regulatory compliance, and model governance and validation. She has worked in financial services, telecommunications, government, energy, and retail sectors.
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Todd Case has been working in the pharmaceutical industry as a statistical programmer for over 20 years. He completed his MS in Epidemiology from Columbia University and has worked at Forest Laboratories (now Allergan), Genentech, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Biogen. He currently works at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
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Robert N. Rodriguez retired from SAS in 2018 after serving as a senior director in research and development. Bob received a PhD in statistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a research statistician at General Motors Research Laboratories before joining SAS.