James Taylor

A leading expert in decision management and in the development of Decision Management Systems. Experienced working with business rules, predictive analytics and other decisioning technologies to improve operational systems. Published author - Real-World Decision Modeling with DMN, Decision Management Systems, Smart (Enough) Systems - strategy consultant, writer and speaker.

Specialties: Decision Management, Decision Automation, Business Rules, Predictive Analytics, Product Architecture, Product Strategy, Product Platform Design, Specifications, IP development, Development Process, Interaction Design, Positioning, Product rollout, Analyst and Media Relations, Marketing campaign design and execution, Competitive Analysis, Recruiting, Team building

Experience

CEO and Principal Consultant : Decision Management Solutions - [2009-01 to Current]
Decision Management Solutions provides consulting and implementation services in all aspects of Decision Management and Decision Modeling as well as decisioning technologies such as business rules management systems (IBM ODM, Red Hat Drools, Open Rules, Actico, Sparkling Logic, Blaze Advisor and InRule), data science and predictive analytics (Datarobot, SAS, R), optimization and decision engines (Experian, Equifax, Pegasytems). Decision Management improves business performance by identifying the key decisions that drive value in your business and improving on those decisions by leveraging your company’s assets: expertise, data and existing systems.

Education

BSc Hons, Geological Geophysics and Mathematics : University of Reading

MSc Hons, Business Systems Analysis and Design : City University of london