Eric Siegel

Current

• Program Chair at Predictive Analytics World
• President at Prediction Impact, Inc.

Past

• Director of Technology Integration and Co-Founder at CounterStorm (formerly System Detection)
• CTO and Co-Founder at Kargo, Inc.
• Assistant Professor (all fulltime university professors start with this title) at Columbia University, Dept. of Computer Science

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Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York
• Columbia University in the City of New York
• Brandeis University

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Recommended

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Connections

277 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• Prediction Impact, Inc.
• Predictive Analytics Training
• Predictive Analytics World

Eric Siegel’s Summary

For complete information about Prediction Impact and myself, see www.predictionimpact.com

Eric Siegel’s Specialties:

CRM analytics, predictive analytics, predictive modeling, attrition and response prediction.

Eric Siegel’s Experience

• Program Chair

  Predictive Analytics World

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

• President

  Prediction Impact, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2003 — Present (6 years)

  Predictive analytics and data mining services.
  See www.PredictionImpact.com for details.

• Director of Technology Integration and Co-Founder

  CounterStorm (formerly System Detection)

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 2001 — May 2003 (1 year 9 months)

  · Resident scientist leading data mining research
  · Project lead/lead designer for an agency-sponsored prototype
  · Supervise transfer of data mining technology from research lab
  · Writing research publications, research grant proposals, SOWs, whitepapers
  · Technical sales (acting systems engineer)
  · Lead for IP protection
  · Assisted fundraising, including intro to lead investor

• CTO and Co-Founder

  Kargo, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  December 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 5 months)

  Formed and led a team of 20 engineers to design and implement wireless solutions, including the customer profile solution, Preference Management Technology, an early embodiment of conceptual contributions promoted by Sun's Liberty Alliance. Led venture fundraising of $250,000, and assisted in obtaining $2,750,000.

• Assistant Professor (all fulltime university professors start with this title)

  Columbia University, Dept. of Computer Science

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 1997 — August 2000 (3 years)

  · Taught graduate courses on data mining and AI
  · Taught intro concepts to non-engineers
  · Chaired masters degree admissions (all final decisions)
  · Departmental representative to Columbia College
  · Advised and supervised student research
  · Created/revised undergraduate and graduate curricula
  · Recruited/interviewed faculty candidates
  · Academic advisor to masters and undergraduate students
  
  KEYWORDS:
  data mining
  machine learning
  data analysis
  data analyst
  scientist
  research manager
  data consultant
  data modeler
  data miner
  analytics
  statistician
  statistics
  CRM
  customer relationship management
  data warehousing
  direct marketing
  database marketing
  segmentation
  predictive modeling
  ROI
  Clustering
  neural networks
  decision trees
  prediction
  retention
  data warehouse
  credit scoring
  customer profiling
  attrition
  churn
  risk management
  segment migration
  training seminar workshop instruction

Eric Siegel’s Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  Ph.D. , Data mining, text mining, predictive analytics , 1991 — 1997

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  M.S. , Computer science , 1991 — 1993

• Brandeis University

  B.A. , Computer science , 1987 — 1991

Additional Information

Eric Siegel’s Websites:

• Prediction Impact, Inc.
• Predictive Analytics Training
• Predictive Analytics World

Eric Siegel’s Groups:

•    San Francisco American Marketing Association (SFAMA)
•    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
•    Data & Text Analytics Professionals (1800+ members)
•    Business Intelligence Group
•    DataShaping Advanced Analytics
•    SFBIG
•    Marketing Executives Group
•    Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)
•    eMarketing Association Network
•    CRM Experts
•    E-Commerce Network
•    Business Intelligence & Analytics Group
•    CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community
•    Analytics Group
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    Decision Stats
•    Credit Risk Group
•    Business Analytics
•    Data Mining
•    Predictive Analytics
•    Machine Learning Connection
•    SAS Professionals
•    Quantitative Analysis Professional
•    Consumer Credit Analytics
•    The R Project for Statistical Computing
•    Customer Analytics Group
•    Quant Finance
•    Healthcare Analytics | Marketing Analytics | Data Analytics
•    Stat-Math Statistics
•    SAS Analytics & BI
•    Database Marketers
•    Risk Analytics
•    Predictive Modeling, Data Mining, Actuary / Actuarial and Statistics Group
•    Predictive Analytics World
•    Text Analytics Summit
•    Research Methods
•    Quant Linked Group (QLG: Wall Street Quants)
•    Quant Masters - Quantitative Professionals Worldwide

Eric Siegel’s Honors:

Finalist for The Columbia University Presidential Teaching Award, 2000. One of 19 finalists of over 350 nominees. This is Columbia's primary lifetime career teaching award.

Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching, including Dedication to Undergraduate Students, 1999, Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Alumni Association. Awarded to a total of 3 faculty who were nominated by students and selected by alumni and students across 11 university departments. http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/news/archive/fall99/gifted.php

Graduate Teaching Award, 1997, Columbia University, department of computer science. Awarded in recognition of teaching excellence to a Ph.D. candidate.

Department Nominee for AT&T graduate fellowship program, 1995, Columbia University, department of computer science.

Vermont Mathematics Finalist, 1987, 38th Annual American High School Mathematics Examination.

Eric Siegel’s Contact Settings

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