ABOUT US
INFORMILI - The Rules People
Our vision
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To be THE Rules People:
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Recognized thought and practice leaders in decision management, in general, and business rules (operational decision management) in particular
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The privileged partner of organizations, big and small, private and public, wishing to adopt and implement the business rules approach.
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Our history
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INFORMILI was incorporated in 1993, with a Federal (Canadian) Charter, with the mission of disseminating state of the art processes, practices, and tools in software development through training, coaching, and high-value consulting. We started working in the business rules field (operational decision management) in 1996, as a training and professional services partner of ILOG Inc. purchased by IBM in 2009. We have been working with IBM since 2009, and became a registered partner in 2016.
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During this 20+ year period, we have worked with dozens of customers from the US (mostly), Canada, and Europe, ranging from start-ups to government agencies and Fortune 100 companies from many industries including banking, insurance, telecommunications, manufacturing, retail, and e-government
SENIOR MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM
Hafedh, co-author of the book Agile Business Rule Development is the founding president of INFORMILI Inc. He has been working with business rules since 1996, as a trainer, a business analyst, a rule author, a Java developer, a JEE architect, and a project manager, with IBM 's Operational Decision Manager (ODM), for customers in banking & financial services, insurance, government, engineering, manufacturing, transportation, and others, in the US, Canada, and Europe. He holds an Engineering Diploma from École Centrale de Paris (1984), and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the George Washington University (1988). His daytime job is Professor of Computer Science at UQAM, where he teaches and researches on AI, software engineering, business rules, and BPM. He has written extensively (over 130 publications) on these subjects, including two books, Agile Business Rule Development (2011), with Jérôme Boyer (IBM), on agile development of decision management applications, and Reuse-Based Software Engineering (2001), with Ali Mili (see below), among others, on the technical, organizational and managerial aspects of reuse organizations (from software factories to centres of expertise).
François has over 25 years of IT experience, in Canada and the USA, working with government and private organizations. He played many roles throughout his career, including developer, DBA, business analyst, trainer, and project manager. He participated in, and led, missions in many sectors, including brokerage, distribution & retail, HR, manufacturing, municipalities, telecommunications, telemarketing, and sports services. He holds many certifications from from IBM (JRules 7.1 developer, Informix, DB2, AIX, Linux), Nortel (switches, IP telephony), and APICS (SCPC). He holds an MBA from ESG-UQAM, and an Executive MBA from Universié Paris-Dauphine (2005)
Randy is responsible for business development at INFORMILI. He brings over 30 years of experience in technology sales, including 20+ years in the software industry, working in sales managerial position for companies ranging in size from start-ups (Insight Group, Virtica Interactive) to major players in the software industry, including Compuware, IBM, and Teradata. Thanks to a profound understanding of customers’ problems, of technology, and market trends, a solution-selling approach, and an overriding concern for customer ROI and success, Randy has regularly ranked among the top sellers of the companies he worked for, more than doubling year over year sales or sales targets, growing an 11 K $ market, in one instance, into a 9.5 million $ market, in just 18 months. Randy holds a Bachelor in Business Finance, from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mike "eats and breathes" JEE/web enterprise applications, and Business Rule (Operational Decision) Management Systems, as he puts it. A physicist by training, he has over 22 years of experience in IT, working as developer, system administrator, business analyst, JEE/technical architect, application architect, project manager, trainer, coach, and general-purpose IT firefighter. He has been working with IBM's Operational Decision Manager (ODM), and its ILOG's (JRules) ancestor for a dozen years, having implemented decision management solutions in banking, insurance, retail, government, and healthcare. He is a hands-on, non nonsense architect, an effective communicator, and a highly appreciated trainer. He holds several IBM and Oracle certifications in Java, JEE, WSAD, and WAS.
Fethi has over 22 years of experience working on large-scale software projects for public and private organizations in banking, financial services, e-learning, gaming, government, and document management systems, where he developed many applications using JAVA / C# / Visual Basic / Cobol. He holds a Master's in CS (2004) and a PhD in Cognitive Informatics (AI) from UQAM (2011)
Ali Mili, Ph.D., Senior Consultant
ali@informili.com
Ali has close to 40 years IT experience, mostly in an R&D capacity, work on software architecture, security, QA, software reuse, and product line engineering. He worked with, or led, many R&D teams including at Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and advised many private and public organizations on software quality, software engineering education, and software reuse organizations. He holds a Ph.D. in CS from the University of Illinois (1981). His daytime (and most nights) job is as a professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has over 200 publications, including six books.
SENIOR MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM
Hafedh, co-author of the book Agile Business Rule Development is the founding president of INFORMILI Inc. He has been working with business rules since 1996, as a trainer, a business analyst, a rule author, a Java developer, a JEE architect, and a project manager, with IBM 's Operational Decision Manager (ODM), for customers in banking & financial services, insurance, government, engineering, manufacturing, transportation, and others, in the US, Canada, and Europe. He holds an Engineering Diploma from École Centrale de Paris (1984), and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the George Washington University (1988). His daytime job is Professor of Computer Science at UQAM, where he teaches and researches on AI, software engineering, business rules, and BPM. He has written extensively (over 130 publications) on these subjects, including two books, Agile Business Rule Development (2011), with Jérôme Boyer (IBM), on agile development of decision management applications, and Reuse-Based Software Engineering (2001), with Ali Mili (see below), among others, on the technical, organizational and managerial aspects of reuse organizations (from software factories to centres of expertise).
François has over 25 years of IT experience, in Canada and the USA, working with government and private organizations. He played many roles throughout his career, including developer, DBA, business analyst, trainer, and project manager. He participated in, and led, missions in many sectors, including brokerage, distribution & retail, HR, manufacturing, municipalities, telecommunications, telemarketing, and sports services. He holds many certifications from from IBM (JRules 7.1 developer, Informix, DB2, AIX, Linux), Nortel (switches, IP telephony), and APICS (SCPC). He holds an MBA from ESG-UQAM, and an Executive MBA from Universié Paris-Dauphine (2005)
Randy is responsible for business development at INFORMILI. He brings over 30 years of experience in technology sales, including 20+ years in the software industry, working in sales managerial position for companies ranging in size from start-ups (Insight Group, Virtica Interactive) to major players in the software industry, including Compuware, IBM, and Teradata. Thanks to a profound understanding of customers’ problems, of technology, and market trends, a solution-selling approach, and an overriding concern for customer ROI and success, Randy has regularly ranked among the top sellers of the companies he worked for, more than doubling year over year sales or sales targets, growing an 11 K $ market, in one instance, into a 9.5 million $ market, in just 18 months. Randy holds a Bachelor in Business Finance, from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mike "eats and breathes" JEE/web enterprise applications, and Business Rule (Operational Decision) Management Systems, as he puts it. A physicist by training, he has over 22 years of experience in IT, working as developer, system administrator, business analyst, JEE/technical architect, application architect, project manager, trainer, coach, and general-purpose IT firefighter. He has been working with IBM's Operational Decision Manager (ODM), and its ILOG's (JRules) ancestor for a dozen years, having implemented decision management solutions in banking, insurance, retail, government, and healthcare. He is a hands-on, non nonsense architect, an effective communicator, and a highly appreciated trainer. He holds several IBM and Oracle certifications in Java, JEE, WSAD, and WAS.
Fethi has over 22 years of experience working on large-scale software projects for public and private organizations in banking, financial services, e-learning, gaming, government, and document management systems, where he developed many applications using JAVA / C# / Visual Basic / Cobol. He holds a Master's in CS (2004) and a PhD in Cognitive Informatics (AI) from UQAM (2011)
Ali Mili, Ph.D., Senior Consultant
ali@informili.com
Ali has close to 40 years IT experience, mostly in an R&D capacity, work on software architecture, security, QA, software reuse, and product line engineering. He worked with, or led, many R&D teams including at Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and advised many private and public organizations on software quality, software engineering education, and software reuse organizations. He holds a Ph.D. in CS from the University of Illinois (1981). His daytime (and most nights) job is as a professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has over 200 publications, including six books.
SENIOR MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM
Hafedh, co-author of the book Agile Business Rule Development is the founding president of INFORMILI Inc. He has been working with business rules since 1996, as a trainer, a business analyst, a rule author, a Java developer, a JEE architect, and a project manager, with IBM 's Operational Decision Manager (ODM), for customers in banking & financial services, insurance, government, engineering, manufacturing, transportation, and others, in the US, Canada, and Europe. He holds an Engineering Diploma from École Centrale de Paris (1984), and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the George Washington University (1988). His daytime job is Professor of Computer Science at UQAM, where he teaches and researches on AI, software engineering, business rules, and BPM. He has written extensively (over 130 publications) on these subjects, including two books, Agile Business Rule Development (2011), with Jérôme Boyer (IBM), on agile development of decision management applications, and Reuse-Based Software Engineering (2001), with Ali Mili (see below), among others, on the technical, organizational and managerial aspects of reuse organizations (from software factories to centres of expertise).
Irina Muhina, Ph.D., Senior Data Scientist
irina@informili.com
A renowned professional in her field, Irina brings to the table a unique combination of all-encompassing knowledge about data, a talent for translating seemingly unrelated information into meaningful insights, and leadership abilities that enable her to turn these insights into working strategies to optimize operations, promote client loyalty, and grow business holistically.
With 5 years of practical field experience and a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence, Irina started working in the financial sector in 1996, when she joined the Royal Insurance Company as a Statistician in the Actuarial Department. A year later, she moved to a Senior Analyst role with the Bank of Montreal, where she developed an innovative customer segmentation methodology that was used by BMO's marketing department for the next 12 years. In 2002, Irina started working for the RBC, spearheading predictive modelling to streamline short- and long-term decision-making at the bank. She returned to BMO in 2005, leading a team of 16 in analyzing consumer preferences and behaviour patterns, and leveraging this knowledge to foster client-centric product development and maximize marketing returns. She spent the last seven years with Manulife Asset Management, in Portfolio Solution Group which oversaw a $110B AUM to ensure the optimization of asset and manager allocation and minimize risks through stochastic modelling and scenario simulation. Irina’s expertise as a Data Scientist has also been instrumental in reducing annual portfolio rebalance time at Manulife from 15-20 business days to only one. Moreover, the pension plan LDI product that Ms. Muhina has designed and implemented has already been patented in the USA, and is due to receive a Canadian patent this year.
François has over 25 years of IT experience, in Canada and the USA, working with government and private organizations. He played many roles throughout his career, including developer, DBA, business analyst, trainer, and project manager. He participated in, and led, missions in many sectors, including brokerage, distribution & retail, HR, manufacturing, municipalities, telecommunications, telemarketing, and sports services. He holds many certifications from from IBM (JRules 7.1 developer, Informix, DB2, AIX, Linux), Nortel (switches, IP telephony), and APICS (SCPC). He holds an MBA from ESG-UQAM, and an Executive MBA from Universié Paris-Dauphine (2005)
Randy is responsible for business development at INFORMILI. He brings over 30 years of experience in technology sales, including 20+ years in the software industry, working in sales managerial position for companies ranging in size from start-ups (Insight Group, Virtica Interactive) to major players in the software industry, including Compuware, IBM, and Teradata. Thanks to a profound understanding of customers’ problems, of technology, and market trends, a solution-selling approach, and an overriding concern for customer ROI and success, Randy has regularly ranked among the top sellers of the companies he worked for, more than doubling year over year sales or sales targets, growing an 11 K $ market, in one instance, into a 9.5 million $ market, in just 18 months. Randy holds a Bachelor in Business Finance, from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mike "eats and breathes" JEE/web enterprise applications, and Business Rule (Operational Decision) Management Systems, as he puts it. A physicist by training, he has over 22 years of experience in IT, working as developer, system administrator, business analyst, JEE/technical architect, application architect, project manager, trainer, coach, and general-purpose IT firefighter. He has been working with IBM's Operational Decision Manager (ODM), and its ILOG's (JRules) ancestor for a dozen years, having implemented decision management solutions in banking, insurance, retail, government, and healthcare. He is a hands-on, non nonsense architect, an effective communicator, and a highly appreciated trainer. He holds several IBM and Oracle certifications in Java, JEE, WSAD, and WAS.
Fethi has over 22 years of experience working on large-scale software projects for public and private organizations in banking, financial services, e-learning, gaming, government, and document management systems, where he developed many applications using JAVA / C# / Visual Basic / Cobol. He holds a Master's in CS (2004) and a PhD in Cognitive Informatics (AI) from UQAM (2011)
Ali Mili, Ph.D., Senior Consultant
ali@informili.com
Ali has close to 40 years IT experience, mostly in an R&D capacity, work on software architecture, security, QA, software reuse, and product line engineering. He worked with, or led, many R&D teams including at Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and advised many private and public organizations on software quality, software engineering education, and software reuse organizations. He holds a Ph.D. in CS from the University of Illinois (1981). His daytime (and most nights) job is as a professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has over 200 publications, including six books.