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Thomas J. Miller
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Tom Miller is the President and Chief Executive Officer of ALI Solutions, bringing more than 20 years of consumer risk management and predictive analytic experience. Since joining ALI in 1996, he has provided risk management consulting and collaboration for dozens of ALI Solutions customers, published several thought leadership articles in leading industry publications and has presented a variety of topics related to risk management and analytics at industry conferences.
Tom has served many roles and responsibilities over his tenure at ALI. Most recently he held the position of Senior Vice President of Corporate Development where he had responsibility for managing the company’s product strategy, marketing and strategic partnerships. Prior to that, he served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.
Tom came to ALI Solutions from Chase Manhattan Bank N.A., where his most recent position was Vice President, Bankcard Credit Risk Management. In his tenure at Chase, he managed customer credit policy development and implementation for its bankcard and unsecured lending portfolios.
He received an MBA from New York University, Stern School of business and a B.S. in Commerce/Finance from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce.
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Drew Schaal
Chief Financial Officer |
Drew Schaal brings to ALI Solutions proven financial leadership in both dynamic
technology starts ups and highly structured corporate finance organizations.
Before joining the company, Drew was a CFO consultant at BridgePoint Consulting.
There, he provided CFO expertise to multiple early-stage software companies. He
led companies through internal rounds of funding and oversaw the financial
aspects of a company sale. Prior to his tenure at BridgePoint Consulting, Drew was
Vice President, Finance, at ClearCommerce Corporation. There, Drew played a key
role coordinating the financial aspects of the sale of the Company to eFunds. Drew
has also held positions of increasing responsibility at Exterprise Inc.,
Knowledge Discovery One, Inc., and IBM Corporation.
Drew earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Indiana University.
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Chip Harmon
Senior Vice President Sales |
An accomplished industry veteran with some 30 years in the software industry,
Chip Harmon has a proven track record of achievement across management, business
development, sales management, leadership and sales for a variety of analytic and
technology companies.
Chip comes to ALI Solutions from Pervasive Software where he was a member of
their executive team. As General Manager for their Integration Products division,
Chip turned the Division into a profitable business, while successfully growing
new revenue streams. Before joining Pervasive, Harmon led North American sales
for Hyperion Solutions, a large business intelligence solution provider. In
addition, he has held positions at Ingres Corporation and Cognos Corporation, as well
as at several other well-known companies.
Chip is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin University, where he earned a Bachelor
of Business Administration.
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Penny J. Merian
Vice President Product Marketing and Management |
An experienced product marketing and product management professional, Penny Merian's
experience spans multiple product categories from price management/optimization,
data analytics, fraud management, security, mobile/wireless computing, embedded
software, development tools, systems management, field force automation and
enterprise productivity solutions for a variety of industries including financial
services, telecom, automotive, high-tech and retail.
Prior to joining ALI Solutions, Penny provided product and marketing leadership
for eClerx, specializing in data analytics and price management solutions. She
established the company's price management practice, including the evaluation and
productization of service and software solutions, re-defining product mix for
optimal penetration, developing product roadmaps & strategies, performing
market analysis/segmentation, managing product launches, creating target specific
product positioning, optimal pricing, creating sales tools, developing and
negotiating contracts, working with press/analysts/industry influencers and P&L
creation. Penny was credited for establishing eClerx as the leading solution
provider in the market space. Prior to eClerx, Penny has held several leading
management positions in product marketing, strategic marketing and product development
where she defined, developed and executed a global product strategy that
delivered products on time and under budget which exceeded market expectations.
Penny received her MBA from Wharton Business School and her BS with honors in
Computer Engineering/Management Science from the University of California, San
Diego.
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Paula Klante
Vice President of Engineering |
Paula Klante is a senior engineering executive with over 20 years experience in a broad
range of technologies and a proven track record for delivering quality
commercial software. She has repeatedly built highly motivated development teams and
managed geographically distributed engineering groups, India offshore teams, and
Japanese and Chinese partners. She has a balanced experience base from start-ups to
large public companies.
Before joining the company, Paula was Director of Engineering at Pervasive
Software. There, she led the Integration Business Unit engineering functions that
included Product Development, Quality Engineering, Documentation, and Customer
Support teams. She directed the 75 distributed and offshore engineers and drove
quality and process improvements.
Prior to her tenure at Pervasive, Paula was Vice President of Engineering at
Liaison Technology. There, Paula played a key role developing and delivering the
initial product set and building the engineering team. Paula has also held a
series of positions with increasing responsibility at JetForm (now Adobe), Lotus, and
Cognos.
Paula holds a Bachelor of Mathematics in Computer Science from the University of
Waterloo.
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Dan Cone
Vice President of Sales |
Dan Cone brings over twenty years of consultative sales and business development experience within the predictive analytic, billing and payments and electronic commerce arena's. Over the past two decades, Dan has assisted numerous providers of credit and collection services to increase sales, industry awareness and improve operating performance.
Prior to joining ALI Solutions, Dan was a founder and member of the executive team at Incurrent Solutions (now Online Resources). There he directed sales and business development, establishing market definition, pricing and value propositions, rollinging out direct sales activities within the card marketplace and growing the start-up into a profitable entity. Prior to Incurrent Cone led Worldwide sales at PaySys International (now First Data).
Dan earned his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Information Systems from The Florida State University.
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