About James Taylor

James is the CEO of Decision Management Solutions and is a leading expert in how to use business rules and analytic technology to build real-time decision making systems. He is passionate about using decision management to help companies improve decision-making and develop an agile, analytic and adaptive business. He provides strategic consulting to companies of all sizes, working with clients in all sectors to adopt decision-making technology. James is a faculty member of the International Institute for Analytics and is the co-author of The MicroGuide to Process and Decision Modeling in BPMN/DMN: Building More Effective Processes by Integrating Process Modeling with Decision Modeling with Tom Debevoise (2014). He previously wrote Decision Management Systems: A practical guide to using business rules and predictive analytics (IBM Press, 2011) and Smart (Enough) Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions (Prentice Hall) with Neil Raden. James has contributed chapters on Decision Management to multiple books as well as many articles to magazines, and writes a regular blog at JT on EDM. James also delivers webinars, workshops and training. He is a regular keynote speaker at conferences around the world.