Kurt Thearling joined Vertex in 2008 and has nearly twenty years of experience with analytics and data mining. His background includes work in a variety of areas, including financial services, life sciences, insurance, and telecommunications.
Prior to Vertex, Kurt was VP of Strategic Technology at Capital One, where he was responsible for developing new analytic systems and capabilities. Prior to that, he was Director of Engineering at AnVil, an in silico drug discovery company and Chief Scientist at Wheelhouse, a marketing technology and services company. He has previously held senior technology positions at Xchange, Dun & Bradstreet, and Thinking Machines Corporation.
Kurt holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. He has written numerous articles on the topic of data mining and is a co-author of the book "Building Data Mining Applications for CRM".
His extensive data mining and analytics web site can be found at www.thearling.com