Dan Raiche runs the day-to-day operations at Monitor Software. He has been with Monitor for nearly ten years, originally joining our Decision Architects group, which was merged with another group to form Monitor Software in 2003.

Over his Monitor career Dan has sold and managed projects ranging from complex analytic software tools to general strategy consulting engagements. Dan has worked for clients in industries such as agribusiness, aerospace, consumer products, energy, mining, and pharmaceuticals.

Dan provides a disciplined approach to scoping, designing, and implementing software applications. His experience covers many types of software including product costing, competitive dynamics, manufacturing plant and warehouse network optimization, executive dashboards and collaborative financial scenario and forecasting tools.

The following examples provide a sample of efforts Dan has sold and managed:

• A business unit forecasting and portfolio scenario tool that allows financial managers to develop robust data-driven forecasts; the system was installed at over 100 business units worldwide and is accessible from the desktops of the CEO and CFO
• A customer dashboard that integrates data from multiple legacy ERP systems and generates a consolidated view of the customer relationship – deliveries, quality, sales, profitability, and accounts receivable
• An executive tool to assess and optimize a network of manufacturing plants and warehouses for a large consumer goods manufacturer that designed a revamped network to match expected consumer demand growth for 15 years
• A web application to analyze profit opportunities within a regional energy grid by applying sophisticated algorithms that incorporate numerous complex aspects of energy generation, distribution and consumption

Dan began his professional career as an Edison Engineer at GE Aerospace in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and eventually worked his way eastward across the state. He received his MBA from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. In addition, Dan holds both a Master of Engineering and a Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

Kristen joined the Monitor Group in 2000.  She has worked with senior executives at Fortune 500 companies around the globe in a wide array of industries including financial services, logistics, high-tech, pharmaceutical, and chemical.

Kristen works with clients to understand their needs and find creative solutions to their problems. She specializes in data visualization and analysis, decision support models, dashboards, and forecasting tools.

The samples below describe examples of Kristen’s projects:

• A strategic pricing and reimbursement model to quantify the effect on price, volume, market share, and revenues of a product due to various market and insurance reimbursement status changes. The model helped the client evaluate strategic actions that it can consider to proactively manage the effects of possible scenarios
• A planning and forecasting tool to expand the capabilities and rigor of the client’s business planning process. The tool created a consistent way for executives across the globe to collect inputs for local market expectations and sales. It provided corporate planners with a way to forecast this data and construct corporate scenarios for board presentations
• A monthly diagnostics sales dashboard that integrates data from four legacy IT systems. The dashboard leveraged existing reporting systems to add innovative performance tracking and targeting. It provided sales managers a consistent and effective way to visualize execution of key metrics and identify performance trends that merit further diagnosis
• An analysis of an 80 million record customer database to evaluate growth by customer segments. The analysis provided the client with a better understanding of customer trends by highlighting the differences between customer segment behaviors around the key drivers of performance

Kristen holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.

Michael Abraham has been a software architect and consultant with Monitor Software since 1998. During that time, he has worked on the design and implementation of large and small Decision Support Systems in a number of industries including telecommunications, agribusiness, and electric power generation/distribution.

Since 2003 Michael has focused primarily on developing commercial products based on Monitor IP and methodologies in the areas of Marketing, Human Asset Management, and Innovation Management.

Prior to joining Monitor, Michael worked for a IT consultancy with a focus on administrative systems for higher education, and prior to that for a DOD contractor with a focus on embedded weapons control systems.

The following are examples of systems for which Michael has had primary architectural responsibility and managed (or co-managed) the implementation:

• A web application to analyze profit opportunities within a regional energy grid by applying sophisticated algorithms that incorporate numerous complex aspects of energy generation, distribution and consumption
• A business unit forecasting and portfolio scenario tool to provide financial managers a mechanism to develop and share forecasts from dispersed locations with the executive leadership of an agribusiness conglomerate. The Corporate Financial Model is currently installed at over 100 business units worldwide and is accessible on the desktops of the CEO and CFO, providing portfolio scenario capability at the hands of senior executives
• A security and cash trading reconciliation system for a multi-billion dollar university endowment fund
• Embedded control software for an airborne anti-missile laser weapon
• A fault-tolerant multi-processor operating system
• A cost analysis model using replication to support mobile clients
• A major systems integration effort around the implementation of Enterprise HR and Financial systems for a multi-national service business
• An ID Card system for a major university. The project involved designing and implementing system control software, as well as hardware and software integration of the image capture and card production hardware

Mike joined Monitor Group as a part of the acquisition of SPG into Monitor’s M2C group in June 2005. Mike held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer at SPG. He currently is part of the leadership team for the pricing line of business and also heads up the M2C Red Box initiatives. He brings over 30 years of experience in business and technology consulting. During his career he has served in senior management positions while also actively serving clients in consulting engagements.

Prior to joining SPG, Mike was a Managing Partner at the Consulting Group of CSC. During his tenure at CSC he served in a number of positions including Managing Director of the Ohio regional office, Vice President of Services, Vice President of Technology, and Vice President of Electronic Business.

Before joining CSC, Mike was President and CEO of Just Technical Associates (JTA), a firm that specialized in technical consulting. Mike began his business career at Electronic Data Systems (EDS) serving in account manager, project manager, and systems engineering roles.

Mike has an Industrial engineering degree from the University of Oklahoma and served as an Officer in the Navy during the Vietnam era.

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