Management

Management Biographies

Regional Spokesperson Biographies

William Lansing

Chief Executive Officer

A 30-year veteran of the technology industry, William Lansing most recently served as CEO and president of InfoSpace, a position he held from February 2009 to November 2010. Previously, he served as CEO and president of ValueVision Media. Mr. Lansing also served as a partner of General Atlantic Partners, a global private equity investment firm. Prior to his work at General Atlantic, Mr. Lansing served as CEO of NBC Internet, an integrated Internet media company. He has also held several leadership positions in organizations including Fingerhut Companies, General Electric, Prodigy and McKinsey & Company. Mr. Lansing has served on the board of directors of FICO since February 2006, and he has served as a director of other public companies, including Digital River and RightNow Technologies. He holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a J.D. from Georgetown University. Mr. Lansing resides in California with his wife and three children. In his off time he enjoys snowboarding, running, mountain biking, and traveling.

Charles L. Ill

Executive Vice President, Sales, Services and Marketing

Charlie Ill joined FICO in February of 2010 as executive vice president of sales & marketing. Prior to joining FICO, Mr. Ill was senior vice president, global sales at Avaya, a provider of enterprise communications systems. Before joining Avaya, Mr. Ill was executive vice president, worldwide sales at BEA Systems, where he was accountable for all direct sales, business partner sales, sales operations and strategic alliances. Until January 2003, Mr. Ill held various sales and marketing positions with IBM Corporation, most recently as vice president, worldwide software geographic sales, marketing and technical team, a role in which he was responsible for $13 billion in annual revenue. Mr. Ill holds an MBA in finance and a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering, both from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.

Deborah Kerr

Executive Vice President, Chief Product and Technology Officer

Deborah Kerr joined FICO in February 2009 as Executive Vice President–Chief Product and Technology Officer. She is responsible for leading the global product and technology organization, and is responsible for FICO’s portfolio of Decision Management solutions. Ms. Kerr joined FICO from HP, where she spent four years, most recently as chief technology officer of EDS, an HP company. She previously served as SVP-product delivery for Peregrine Systems, leading product marketing and management, R&D, shared technology, technology alliances, enablement and operations. She began her career with NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where she served as a mission operations manager. Ms. Kerr holds a master’s degree in computer science, a bachelor’s degree in psychology and has completed additional studies in Cognitive Science.

Mark R. Scadina

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Mark Scadina joined FICO in 2007 as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Before joining FICO, Mr. Scadina was executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Liberate Technologies, a leading provider of interactive services software founded by Oracle and Netscape. Prior to that, Mr. Scadina was vice president and general counsel of InterTrust Technologies, the pioneer in digital rights management solutions. Earlier in his career, Mr. Scadina practiced law in the Silicon Valley office of Pennie & Edmonds. Mr. Scadina received his law degree from U.C. Berkeley School of Law and holds a BS degree in computer engineering from Santa Clara University.

Michael (Mike) J. Pung

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations

Mike Pung joined FICO in 2004 as vice president, Finance, and oversees the finance and investor relations functions for the company. He has more than 18 years of financial leadership experience in both entrepreneurial and Fortune 500 companies, including Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., U.S. Satellite Broadcasting, and Deluxe Corporation. In addition, Mr. Pung served as an audit manager with Deloitte & Touche. He holds a BSBA in Accounting from the University of North Dakota.

Richard S. Deal

Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

Richard Deal leads FICO’s Human Resources function focused on attracting, engaging, developing and deploying talent through innovative human capital management strategies. He joined FICO in January, 2001 from Arcadia Financial Ltd., where he held the executive HR role for three years. Prior to that, he held a number of senior HR positions supporting the mortgage and corporate trust divisions of U.S. Bancorp in Minneapolis. Mr. Deal has extensive experience leading acquisition integration activities, building compensation and performance management systems and developing leadership competencies. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Purdue University.

Dr. Andrew N. Jennings

Senior Vice President, Chief Analytics Officer

Andrew Jennings has held a number of leadership positions at FICO since joining the company in 1994, including VP of Global Account Management Solutions, and director of FICO’s European operations. Before joining FICO, Dr. Jennings served as head of unsecured credit risk for Abbey National plc, where he introduced account behavior scoring and mortgage scoring. He also served as a lecturer in economics and econometrics at the University of Nottingham. He has a BA and Ph.D. in economics, and an MSc in agricultural economics from the University of Wales.

Larry E. Rosenberger

Analytic Research Fellow

Larry Rosenberger was named FICO's first Research Fellow in 2007, following more than 33 years of service to the company. In this capacity, he continues to pursue research projects that advance FICO's analytic science. From 1999 to 2007, he led FICO’s Research Unit, focused on early stage innovation in such areas as decision analytics/Strategy Science and Consumer Capacity Index. From 1991 to 1999, he served as President and CEO. During that time, FICO experienced consecutive years of record growth, with annual revenues increasing from $31 million to over $276 million. Prior to that position, he managed the Engineering, Research, and Development Division. In that capacity, he was responsible for the technical development, production and marketing of the company's most advanced products. Mr. Rosenberger holds a B.S. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MS in physics and operations research from the University of California, Berkeley. He is also chairman of the board of directors of the Marin Education Fund and board member of the Marin Community Foundation.

Daniel McConaghy

Vice President and Managing Director, FICO Asia Pacific

Daniel McConaghy joined FICO in April 2010 as head of the Asia Pacific region. He is responsible for leading the company’s growth in Asia Pacific, overseeing the region’s clients, employees and 12 offices. Mr. McConaghy has more than 17 years of experience building and managing technology businesses in Asia Pacific, including senior general management, sales, operations and finance roles with industry leaders Avaya, Lucent Technologies and Digital Equipment Corporation. Prior to joining FICO, Mr. McConaghy spent 10 years at Avaya as Regional Sales Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. McConaghy holds an MBA from Babson College (Massachusetts, USA) and bachelor of arts in international economics from University of Connecticut (USA) and a Certificate of European Studies from the University of Tilburg, Holland.

Mike Gordon

Vice President and Managing Director, FICO EMEA

Mike Gordon is FICO's vice president and managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He also leads the global banking practice for FICO. He was previously vice president of FICO’s Emerging Industries and Technologies business unit, these include FICO’s insurance, retail, health care and pharmaceutical markets, as well as its Decision Management Tools group. Prior to joining FICO in 2006, Mr. Gordon spent more than 17 years in the financial services industry. As a vice president at Capgemini (formerly Ernst & Young Consulting LLP), his core competency was in providing strategic and operational solutions to banking and insurance providers, and he led the Insurance Center of Excellence and Solutions. Mr. Gordon has a BS in Industrial Engineering / Operations Research from Northwestern University and an MBA in Finance and Business Economics from The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.