
Jim Bander
Lead Product Manager
Experian
Jim Bander, PhD, has been a member of INFORMS since its founding, when he was commercializing a system (based on his master’s thesis) which integrated Artificial Intelligence with optimization for routing passengers in a transportation network. That system stayed in production for more than 20 years. Jim’s passion for AI, operations research, and analytics excellence is evident in his talks on topics ranging from Machine Learning to financial trends. He has been a practitioner in the field of consumer credit for nearly 20 years and is currently a Lead Product Manager in the Financial Services Division of Experian Information Services. Since joining Experian in 2018, Jim has focused on the science and practice of data-driven decision making in financial services and adjacent industries in North America.