Richard Sloan

Current

• Citizen at Public Policy Network
• Owner at Decision Financial Systems (Sole Proprietorship)
• Principal at Decision Financial Systems (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Staff Analyst/Programmer at DST Systems, Inc.
• Consultant Programmer Analyst at Outsourcing Companies
• Programmer/Analyst at Blue Cross of California

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Education

• University of California, Berkeley
• Golden Gate University
• University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Richard Sloan’s Summary

Public Policy: Sustainable Management, etc
Most recent activities have included citizen input on light rail transportation, pollution control, Main Street development, KC Green Summit, National Sustainable Transportation Summit, Chamber of Commerce, Environment, Small Business Council, Armed Forces, and Government Relations (Federal, State of Missouri, and Kansas City, Mo) Committees, and Energy Conservation, economic development.
I attended meetings of The President's Citizen Network.

Finance and Operational Risk management:
Develop business intelligence solutions, such as compliance audits, internal controls, and financial projections, that assist organizations in their decision making, so they can track performance, target opportunities, reduce costs, and increase revenues. Develop sustainable interfaces between global business, my M.S. in Computer Science, and hands-on work experience.
My experience has also included the Implementation of a multi-billion dollar asset management system. My MBA program included Investment Management; this project was a followup in real-world experience.
Other experience included Y2K (Year 2000) corrections and verification for a global software company.

My immediate goals include, but are not limited to, SOX and related compliance audits, anti-money-laundering, anti-fraud-detection, and business intelligence and decision support systems. For example, in my MBA prpgram, I worked on currency risk management and international capital and trade flows. I see Anti-Money-Laundering as a specialized way of applying this knowledge. In general, Business Intelligence is a combination of my global MBA studies, including finance, my Computer Science program, including statistics, and my computer background. Recent focus is on reintegration of mainframe into sustainable business strategy and operations.
email address: rsloanusa@hotmail.com

Richard Sloan’s Specialties:

Finance, Risk and Performance Management:
financial projections, fraud detection, compliance audits, internal controls, global economic research, with emphasis on the use of computers to achieve these goals.

Additional Information

Richard Sloan’s Interests:

I completed Fast Trac New Business Training in September, 2002. Since then I have taken additional business management classes. I also completed Strategic Management, Competitive Intelligence , and Risk Management courses from IEEE Computer Society. I recently completed a workshop in Money Laundering, sponsored by the Association of Fraud Examiners (ACFE), and received 8 CPE. I have had additional technical training, from various sources, in using Microsoft Office, XML Overview, Introduction to Digital Forensics, and data management. I have also attended vendor presentations by Information Builders, Business Objects, Informatica, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle. I also participated in GOTV (Get Out the Vote) in 2004 and 2006. I have done extensive independent research into business intelligence issues, including compliance. The purpose is to integrate and align business goals with IT goals, resources, and capabilities. rsloanusa@hotmail.com

Richard Sloan’s Honors:

Toastmasters International, Competent Toastmaster Award, 1985
Military awards include National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign,
and Combat Action Ribbons. On this last one, I was on the receiving end of incoming rockets.

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