Rachel Blum, Principal BI Architect
Rachel Blum is a Principal Consultant and Business Intelligence Architect with the New York office of Moore Stephens Business Solutions. Prior to joining Moore Stephens in 2006, Rachel spent 10 years in the business intelligence industry, first as a consultant specializing in business intelligence within the insurance and financial services industry, and then as the Vice President of Business Intelligence and Data Architecture for the retail bank of a large financial services company. Over the course of her career, Rachel has gained significant expertise in a variety of leading business intelligence tools and database platforms, as an architect as well as a back and front-end developer. Rachel has degrees from Columbia University and Brandeis University and is co-author of "PerformancePoint Server for Dummies."

Mark Chen, Principal BI Architect
Mark Chen is a Principal and Business Intelligence Architect for Moore Stephens Business Solutions based in the company’s New York City office. His responsibilities include managing the successful delivery of business intelligence projects for Moore Stephens clients from both a business and technical approach. Mark came to Moore Stephens in December 2006, with over 10 years experience in the insurance and insurance software industry. He began his insurance career as a consultant working on insurance class action lawsuit systems, demutualizations, marketing within the life insurance realm, and more recently focusing on property and casualty lines. Throughout his career, Mark has promoted the use of business intelligence as a key to success. Mark has a PhD from NYU and an undergraduate degree from Cornell. He has a proven track record of success in the industry and is the co-author of “PerformancePoint Server for Dummies.”

John Kneiling, Principal Data Architect
Prior to joining Moore Stephens in 2008, John was a leading independent Business Intelligence Data Architect designing Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse systems for the Insurance and Financial Services sectors. As Vice President of Information Architecture for MetLife, he played a leading role in the transformation of a post-IPO MetLife by presiding over the integration of strategic operational and business intelligence systems acquired by an aggressive merger and acquisition strategy. He has played an influential role and in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing as Managing Director at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, co-founder of SDLC Technologies in Canada, Senior Consultant with DataBase Associates, President of DAMA New York, and as a founding employee of Codd & Date consulting, originators of the Relational Model. His seminars are presented annually in Rome, and his articles on Business Intelligence and related topics have been published internationally.

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