London, UK -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/18/2015 -- Nigel Howlett has been appointed Non-Executive Director of the disruptive predictive analytics company, Warwick Analytics.
Previously International President at IRI Worldwide and Executive Vice President at OgilvyOne Worldwide, Howlett brings extensive expertise and experience in data driven marketing, spanning the data management, 'big data' analytics, business insights, digital and communications agency arenas.
Warwick Analytics spun-out from The University of Warwick following more than a decade of academic and later commercial research. With a provenance in manufacturing, its proprietary algorithms have been used to provide predictive analytics and automated root cause analysis for companies such as Rolls-Royce, Airbus, Pfizer and Motorola. The use cases in these sectors has been improving/maintaining quality, reducing warranty costs, improving yields and reducing manufacturing and service costs through enhanced predictive maintenance.
More recently, the company has moved into the Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and Financial Services sectors, addressing key value creation opportunities in areas such as dynamic/predictive customer and shopper segmentation, cross-sell/up-sell and customer loyalty; along with investment optimisation in such areas as media mix, , and price/promotion
Howlett will initially be looking to support Warwick Analytics as they expand their market share in the CPG, retail and finance sectors.
Howlett says: "I am delighted to be joining such an innovative and fast growing company. I am particularly excited by the opportunities created by Warwick Analytics' uniquely distinctive and proprietary capabilities and their application to these new sectors. Retail, CPG and financial services companies continue to face critical challenges which are not fully addressed by even the largest analytics and BI players. There is a major opportunity for these sectors to become smarter and more agile by fully leveraging all available data assets to grow sales, improve margins and reduce waste."
Dan Somers, the CEO of Warwick Analytics adds: "We're delighted for Nigel to come on board. Our growth and ambition to make a difference in these sectors globally will be dependent on fine-tuning our proposition so that it resonates as well as it does in our manufacturing sectors, and the expertise he brings will enable us to do that."
For more details about Warwick Analytics please visit www.warwickanalytics.com
About Warwick Analytics
Warwick Analytics' solutions are based on sophisticated algorithms that allow companies to automatically resolve product faults and process failures.
Warwick Analytics' patented technology ("RCASE" – Root Cause Analysis Solver Engine) is developed from more than a decade of academic research.
The Company has offices in the UK, Germany, Taiwan and the US.
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