Yasho worked in various brand management positions at Procter and Gamble and Frito Lay. Inc, where she developed a reputation for creative and strategic idea generation. Most recently, she was Vice President of Marketing for Velocity Credit Union, where she developed a break-through branding campaign, dramatically increased direct mail response rates, and realized cost savings by increasing penetration of online offerings.

She received her MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and her Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering from The University of Texas-Dallas.

Ms. Christopher is a Principal at Stadia, where her responsibilities include business development, credit risk analysis and financial modeling, including forecasting, financial ratio analysis and sensitivity analyses specific to our clients' growth strategies. Previously, Ms. Christopher was a Director at Standard & Poor's (S&P), where she headed the Metals and Mining Group in Corporate and Government Debt Ratings and was the lead credit analyst for a high profile portfolio of high yield and investment grade credits. She also served as a senior member of rating committees for North American, Latin American, and European clients. Prior to S&P, Ms. Christopher was Assistant Treasurer at the NY office of E.D. & F Man Group, an international commodity trading firm, where she was responsible primarily for liquidity risk management, cash management, and interest rate/foreign exchange risk hedging.

Ms. Christopher holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Joydeep Ghosh (PhD) is a full Professor at the University of Texas-Austin and the founder-director of IDEAL (Intelligent Data Exploration and Analysis Lab) and Lab for Artificial Neural Systems (LANS). His research and practice focuses on intelligent data analysis, data mining and web mining. He has published more than 200 refereed papers co-edited 16 books, and received 11best paper awards, including the Best Research Award at UT for 2005 for his work on clustering. He serves on the program committee of several elite conferences on data mining, neural networks, pattern recognition, and web analytics, every year. He has advised large companies such as IBM and Motorola, as well as successful startups such as Neonyoyo (acquired by Interwoven) and Knowledge Discovery One (acquired by Net Perceptions). Knowledge Discovery 1's data analysis and integration technology provided retailers with the ability to understand behavior-based segments. Their customers included Walgreens, Lowe's , Rite Aid and J.C. Penney.

Jennifer has 12+ years in marketing research experience across a variety of industries, including consumer packaged goods, technology, and financial services. She has held a series of client-side research management roles with Kraft Foods, Dell Computer, and USAA. Most recently, Jennifer held the position of Director of Quantitative Research for USAA, leading a team of senior analysts responsible for custom quantitative studies across insurance, banking, and investment lines of business. Jennifer is well versed in the researcher’s ‘tool-kit’ and has a keen focus on designing and managing research that drives insight, decision-making, and action within organizations.

Jennifer received her MBA from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, A.C. Nielsen Center of Marketing Research and her BA in Psychology from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX.

Nagi is a leader in the use of technology to generate financial value in companies. He has successfully accomplished this in multiple industry verticals including healthcare and tele communications. He was also a partner at the management consulting firm, McKinsey & Co. He is the founder of SysInformation, a premier provider of healthcare revenue cycle outsourcing services and business intelligence software deployment services. He currently serves on several Healthcare Boards and Advisory Boards including the Advisory Board of the Well Care Group of Companies - Florida's largest Medicare and Medicaid payor. He is also on the Board of Advisors of the Marriott School of Business at BYU.

Nagi received an MS in Electrical Engineering / Computer Science from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY and an MBA from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business.