Trend Spotting Panel

Ronald G. Ross is Principal and Co-Founder of Business Rule Solutions, LLC (BRS), where he actively develops and applies the BABusinessSpeak™ methodology including RuleSpeak®, DecisionSpeak™, and ConceptSpeak™. Ron consults to companies worldwide through BRS.

Ron is recognized internationally as the "father of business rules." He is the author of ten professional books including the groundbreaking first book on business rules The Business Rule Book in 1994. His newest are:

• Building Business Solutions: Business Analysis with Business Rules (2nd edition) with Gladys S.W. Lam (2015, An IIBA® Sponsored Handbook).
• Business Rule Concepts: Getting to the Point of Knowledge (4th edition, 2013).

Ron serves as Executive Editor of BRCommunity.com and its flagship publication, Business Rules Journal. He is a sought-after speaker at conferences world-wide. More than 50,000 people have heard him speak; many more have attended his seminars and read his books.

Ron has served as Chair of the annual International Business Rules & Decisions Forum conference since 1997, now part of the Building Business Capability (BBC) conference. He was a charter member of the Business Rules Group (BRG) in the 1980s, and an editor of its Business Motivation Model (BMM) standard and the Business Rules Manifesto. He is active in OMG standards development, with core involvement in SBVR. He was also a contributor to the IIBA’s BABOK v3.

Ron holds a BA from Rice University and an MS in information science from Illinois Institute of Technology.

For more information about Mr. Ross, visit www.RonRoss.info, which hosts his blog.

Tweets: @Ronald_G_Ross

Ronald's 2018 Presentations:

1. Understanding and Applying Business Rules
   
   Monday, November 5, 2018 (9:00 am – 12:00 pm)
2. Achieving Business Agility
   
   Tuesday, November 6, 2018 (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)
3. Data in Crisis
   
   Wednesday, November 7, 2018 (11:35 am – 12:35 pm)
4. Trend Spotting Panel
   
   Friday, November 9, 2018 (11:50 am – 12:35 pm)

Roger is a respected pioneer in the introduction of innovative approaches for Business Management. He is a world leader in the field of Business Process Management, having authored one of the most read and followed books on the topic early in BPM’s growth as well as the Business Process Manifesto. Roger’s leadership is also witnessed by his position as chair of several of the most influential conferences each year on BPM and Business Architecture and by his role as chair of the BPTrends.com Advisory Board. The insights he brings to PRG’s consulting clients are thoughtful and pragmatic.    

Roger's 2018 Presentations:

1. The Core Concepts of Business Architecture
   
   Monday, November 5, 2018 (9:00 am – 12:00 pm)
2. Achieving Business Agility
   
   Tuesday, November 6, 2018 (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)
3. The Value of Management is the Management of Value
   
   Thursday, November 8, 2018 (11:50 am – 12:50 pm)
4. Trend Spotting Panel
   
   Friday, November 9, 2018 (11:50 am – 12:35 pm)

Jared loves being a Business Analyst and has done so in title for over 15 years with over 25 years of business and leadership experience in both the retail and energy sectors. He is a strong advocate for IIBA®, having served in various capacities with the Calgary IIBA® Chapter as well as chairing the Volunteer Chapter Network.

He brings his passion for business analysis and experience as a Chapter Leader to the role of Director of Regions and Chapters of IIBA®. He holds his Bachelor of Arts degree in French from the University of Calgary and the Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP) designation. He will take any chance possible to evangelize business analysis and will talk your ear off about the role and the profession should you allow him to do so.

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