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Meet The Executive Committee for Classic & Interfaces TASS
Arthur Tabachneck (President, Classic TASS)
As Director of Insurance Bureau of Canada's Data Management department, Dr. Tabachneck is directly responsible for all aspects of the data the bureau collects and disseminates, as well as the bureau's Canadian Loss Experience Automobile Rating (CLEAR) system, the How Cars Measure Up publication, and the provision of data mining, statistical modeling and analytical services.Arthur holds a doctoral degree from Michigan State University, a master’s degree from Marshall University, and a bachelor’s degree from Bethany College. He has been a SAS user since 1974, was the 2009 SAS Customer Value Award winner and the 2010 SAS-L MVS (Most Valuable SAS-Ler).
Bill Klein
Bill Klein first encountered SAS while working on his Ph.D at the University of Toronto. His career includes teaching positions in four Ontario universities, market research and project administration. Bill was the SAS administrator at Ryerson University for 16 years. As chief programmer he designed and implemented Ryerson’s fully automated examination marking system, written entirely in SAS. He continues his SAS career as a specialist in graphics, statistics and reporting.Bruce Densmore
Bruce joined the Bank of Nova Scotia after graduation, in 1977. His introduction to SAS came in the early 1980’s while working with mainframe performance and capacity data and analysis. Since then he has been using, exploiting, and supporting SAS software. In 1985, Bruce moved to an end-user support role involving over 300 SAS clients running on MVS, VM/CMS, and Windows platforms. In 2001, he was “outsourced” to IBM, where he continue to support the SAS end-user community at the Bank of Nova Scotia. Bruce is now a part of the IBM account team for Scotiabank where SAS continues to play a vital role in his day to day responsibilities.Bruce an active member of the Toronto Area SAS Society, serving on the executive over 15 years. He has been a SAS Certified Professional since it was introduced in 1999.
Carl Clutton
Carl started using SAS in 1981 and is a member of the TASS Executive Committee since 1987. He was the President of TASS from 1989 to 2006. He is a member of the Ontario Public Service.Craig McCulloch, M.A.Sc., P.Eng (President, Interfaces TASS)
Craig started in retail photographic sales in Vancouver, moved into Metallurgical Engineering in Hamilton, with Stelco Steel, now U.S.Steel Canada. In 2003 Craig moved out of Mill Metallurgy and into Process Analysis of steel production data with SAS version 6. He moved from version 6, through 8 to 9.1 to 9.2 before retiring, and is now active in SAS Consulting, TASS, GHSUG, The Healing Cycle Foundation, model trains and riding his road bicycle.Debby Gear
Debby is currently employed with CIBC’s Technology group and has been using SAS since 2000. She is a newbie to the executive group, recently joining in 2009. She specializes in data analysis and report writing but also uses SAS for its ETL capabilities. She uses SAS in a multiple of platforms including UNIX, MVS and Windows.Harry Droogendyk
Harry Droogendyk has been an independant consultant since 1995, spending most of his time in the SAS world since 2000. Recognizing the vital role that user groups fill, Harry has been involved in both regional and international SAS user group conferences as a section chair and presenter for many years.Hiten Patel
Hiten’s first exposure to SAS was in the MVS environment with a major Canadian bank starting in 1999 focusing on credit cards and small business banking. Once he got a chance to use PC SAS he earned the SAS Certified Professional V8 certification in 2002. After a three year hiatus Hiten returned to SAS in a Windows environment and currently is the lead SAS User at a Marketing Services company where he is responsible for reporting and analytics for client loyalty programs. His department currently utilizes SAS 9.2 on a Server via Enterprise Guide 4.2. He also works with internal IT and SAS Tech Support while attending TASS meetings over the last three years to help ensure the investment in SAS is being fully leveraged.By joining the TASS Executive in January 2010, he looks forward to networking with fellow SAS enthusiasts.
Jim Burkhardt
Jim has had the rare opportunity to be associated with all aspects of the Steel industry from Steelmaking through to Customer Support during the past 28 years. Jim started with Research and Development where his ‘Statistical’ approach to engineering problem solving was refined. Jim then moved to the Metallurgical Department as a Process Analyst, and then onto Corporate Best Practices where he is responsible for the development and implementation of Process Diagnostics across U.S. Steel Canada; Hamilton and Lake Erie works.Jim has 26 years of SAS experience starting with V5.18 in the Mainframe environment and more recently SAS/VMS, and SAS/Windows. Jim is currently responsible for Training and Supporting the U.S. Steel Canada SAS/EG community.
"When I started, we programmed using Cards and ran the plant using a 'Ferrite Core' computer with 8K of RAM. There have been many changes. SAS is the only area of continuity during my career and SAS has never failed to meet my high expectations."
By joining the TASS Executive in January 2010, he looks forward to networking with fellow SAS enthusiasts.
Laurent Josso
Laurent has been a SAS user for 16 years. Starting as statistician in the agriculture field, he moved to the consulting world for 10 years, continuously developing his SAS programming skills and leading business intelligence projects in various areas such as labor ministry, insurance, pharmaceutical industry. He joined RBC in 2009 as an analyst in the growing and innovative discipline of anti-money laundering and terrorism financing.Lisa Eckler
Lisa Eckler is a consultant in Toronto who has been working with SAS software for long enough to remember when TASS began and when SAS Canada began. Lisa is a Past President of TASS and has chaired sections at NorthEast SAS Users Group (NESUG) and SAS Global Forum. She is looking forward to being Conference Co-chair for NESUG 2010 in Baltimore.Matt Malczewski
Matt Malczewski is the User Group Program Manager for SAS Canada as well as the Editor of insights, the SAS user newsletter which goes out to over 5,000 subscribers in Canada. He became familiar with SAS - specifically, Enterprise Guide and Enterprise Miner - while completing post-graduate work in Customer Relationship Marketing. Currently, he enjoys a hectic schedule of managing over 30 user groups across the country while simultaneously coordinating SAS Canada’s involvement in SAS Global Forum and numerous sporting activities such as soccer, hockey, swimming and beach volleyball.In a former life, Matt worked as a Disc Jockey, which probably goes a long way to explaining why he can’t seem to turn down the volume of his voice, as his extremely patient co-workers will attest.