Alan Fish

Experience

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  Ferranti Computer Systems

  Jan 1981 - Jan 1985

  Consultant

  Applied psychologist, modelling users with rule-based systems and designing human-computer interfaces. Projects included:- A display system for a remote-controlled submersible- Rule-based modelling of sonar users- User interface design for fire and gas safety systems for off-shore oil platforms.

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  EDS Group

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1992

  Principal Consultant

  Consultancy in Artificial Intelligence and Human Factors. Assembled an AI team to concentrate on the development of intelligent knowledge-based systems for the process, oil and nuclear industries. Projects included:- Intelligent user interfaces and support facilities for monitoring and management of a number of safety critical systems including nuclear plants and a large chemical tank farm, as well as more conventional processes such as pharmaceuticals, food processing plants and breweries.- Helping to establish the Advanced Robotics Research Centre (Salford, UK) and define its research programme. Supervised work on advanced sensors and designed a generic task planner for an intelligent mobile robot. Show less

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  Applied Intelligence Ltd

  Jan 1993 - Aug 2005

  Managing Director

  MD of a small consultancy specialising in applications of Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining: research, strategic consultancy, system design and development. Projects included:- UK Inland Revenue's first rule-based system, for identifying suspicious Self-Assessment tax returns using features characterized by data mining- Mathematical modelling to optimize the operation of the supercompactor in a nuclear waste processing plant.- Business rules and website design for AXA Insurance to sell retail insurance products on line (the resulting website won awards for its usability).- An asset management system for Severn Trent Water, using business rules and statistical models to value the current assets, predict the future demands on processing plants, and propose optimal plans for maintenance, commissioning and decommissioning. Show less

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  FICO

  Aug 2005 - now

  Strategic consultancy in Decision Management and Decision Modelling. Responsible for defining corporate methodologies and the tools to support them. Business analysis and rules discovery on implementation projects using the Blaze Advisor business rule engine. Projects have included:- Automation of origination and account management for retail financial products: bank accounts, credit cards, personal loans, secured loans, mortgages, insurance- Automation of health insurance underwriting and claims adjudication- Annuity pricing- Collections strategy Show less

  • Senior Director, Business Enablement

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Senior Director, Product Management

    Dec 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Director, Product Management

    Mar 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Principal Consultant

    Aug 2005 - Mar 2021
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  OMG

  Jan 2013 - now

  Co Chair

  Co-chair of OMG group responsible for defining the DMN (Decision Model and Notation) standard