Prashanth H. Southekal, Managing Principal, DBP-Institute
Matt Joyce, Senior Solutions Architect, SAS-Institute
Prashanth Southekal is the Managing Principal of DBP-Institute (www.dbp-institute.com), a Data Analytics consulting firm. He has consulted for over 50 small, medium and large organizations including P&G, GE, Shell, Apple, SAS, and SAP and solved problems that are at the intersection of data, technology, and business productivity. Apart from his consulting assignments, he is an Analytics Advisor for SAS-Institute (Western Canada) and Grihasoft (India). Mr. Southekal is the author of the book- Data for Business Performance and is an Adjunct faculty of Data Analytics at University of Calgary (Calgary, Canada) and IE Business School (Madrid, Spain).
Matt Joyce is a Solution Specialist at SAS Institute (www.sas.com), the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions, SAS helps customers at more than 70,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by giving customers THE POWER TO KNOW®. Matt has an MA in Economics and specializes in solving business problems using advanced analytics and designing AI solutions across Western Canada. He has delivered numerous value assessment programs to various clients to maximize the use of SAS solutions and services that address customer needs.