Valley of the Sun
SAS User’s Group
Agenda for the VALSUG Training Forum on October 28, 2019
Start Time
Activity
Length
8:30
Doors Open - Breakfast
30 min
9:00
Introductions
15 min
9:15
Integrating SAS
®
and Microsoft Excel: Exploring the Many
90 min
Options Available to You--Vince DelGobbo
10:45
Break -- Cookies
15 min
11:00
Introduction to SAS
®
and Open Source--Melodie Rush
60 min
12:00
Lunch
75 min
1:15
SCORE! Techniques for Scoring Predictive Regression Models
60 min
Using SAS/STAT
®
Software--Phil Gibbs
2:15
SAS
®
Viya
®
Tour -- Melodie Rush
60 min
3:15
Break -- Desserts
15 min
3:30
Using INFILE and INPUT Statements to Introduce External Data
60 min
Into the SAS
®
SSystem--Andrew Kuligowski
4:30
Door Prizes
20 min
4:50
Adjourn
Vince DelGobbo is a Senior Software Developer in the Metadata and
Execution Services group at SAS. This group's responsibilities include
the SAS/IntrNet Application Dispatcher and SAS Stored Processes. He
is involved in the development of new Web- and server-based
technologies, bringing 3rd-party metadata into SAS, and integrating
SAS output with Microsoft Office. He was also involved in the early
development of the ExcelXP ODS tagset. Vince has been a SAS
Software user since 1982, and joined SAS in 1992.
Melodie Rush is the Statistician for the Customer Loyalty Team at SAS
Institute. Melodie received both her B.S. in Statistics and her Masters in
Science of Management with a technical option in Statistics from North
Carolina State University. Before joining SAS in 1996, Melodie worked for
Research Triangle Institute as a Statistician. Her responsibilities included
implementing national and local surveys of various topics, such as health
care, employee benefits, and drug abuse. As part of her research, she
has published work for both the American Statistical Association and the
American Public Health Association. After joining SAS, Melodie has
developed presentations and methodology for doing many types of
analysis, including data mining, forecasting, data exploration and
visualization, quality control and marketing. She has spent the last 15
years helping companies identify and solve problems in each of these
analytical areas.
Phil Gibbs manages the advanced analytics group in the Technical
Support division of SAS. His areas of specialty are linear/nonlinear mixed
models, simulation, and mathematical optimization. He has been with SAS
Technical Support for over 25 years and has used SAS software for over
35 years. Phil has a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University and an
M.S. in Statistics from Clemson University.
Andrew T. Kuligowski has been a SAS user for, well, for a long time. As an
Independent Consultant, he has augmented his professional coding
experiences by speaking at numerous SAS conferences and user group
meetings across North America. Andrew was conference chair of SAS
Global Forum 2012 in Orlando, and co-chair for SESUG’97 in Jacksonville
and Tennessee SAS Users Day in Knoxville. In his spare time, Andrew
volunteers at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa.