If you want to find out what's happening to credit risk in the "real world" this is the group. Credit Today recently we gathered the top minds in credit reporting, the top risk managers at the largest credit insurers in the world, and other credit leaders together in a room in New Jersey to talk about what's going on in the "real world." Here are their bios:

Dan Meder, Vice President, Experian

Dan Meder
Vice President, Business Information Services
Experian

Dan Meder is vice president of Marketing and Product Management for Experian's Business Information Services. Mr. Meder joined Experian in May 2003, bringing with him more than 20 years' experience in the business information field. In his current role, Mr. Meder is responsible for the market planning and strategic development of Experian's business-to-business credit offerings.

Mr. Meder is highly regarded in the commercial credit industry and has been recognized as one of the pioneers in the area of credit decision automation, having been involved in product development, marketing and sales of decision support systems for credit management since the late 1980s.

Prior to joining Experian, Mr. Meder served as vice president, Credit Solution Services, with Dun &Bradstreet. While there, he helped roll out the company's first credit scoring products in the early 1990s and then moved on to develop its decision support solution for credit management.

Mr. Meder holds a bachelor's degree in management from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y.

Ken Moyle, Senior Vice President, Coface North America

Kenneth Moyle
Senior Vice President
Coface North America

Kenneth Moyle is a Senior Vice President at Coface North America, responsible for managing the underwriting of all credit insurance policies. Ken manages Coface's exposure in North America, and is also responsible for the analysis and evaluation of larger exposures.

Mr. Moyle started as an underwriter in the Credit Insurance Department of Continental Insurance in 1986 and has held various underwriting and administrative positions in credit insurance at Continental and then CNA Credit, both predecessors to Coface North America.

Prior to that he worked as a credit analyst for Integrity Insurance Company, underwriting financial guarantees. He has a B.A. from Rutgers College and an MBA from Rutgers Graduate School of Management.

Mr. Moyle is a licensed Property & Casualty Insurance Producer.

He is based in East Windsor, N.J.

Mike Rodgers, Executive VP, FINACITY

Michael D Rodgers
Executive Vice President
Finacity Corporation

Michael Rodgers is an Executive Vice President at Finacity Corporation where he oversees credit underwriting, funding and general operations. Finacity Corporation, headquartered in New York City, specializes in the securitization of trade accounts receivable for middle market to large global corporates.

Michael's background includes 27 years in financial management, service center development, process engineering, credit underwriting, and working capital optimization with large multinational, manufacturing firms.

Prior to joining Finacity, Michael served in senior management positions in Georgia Pacific, Fort James, James River, First Brands and Union Carbide Corporations as well as running his own working capital optimization consulting firm.

Marc Wagman, Managing Director, Smyth Trade Credit LLC

Marc D. Wagman
Managing Partner
Smyth Trade Credit

Marc D. Wagman, Managing Partner; runs Smyth Trade Credit and specializes in the brokerage of credit protection products ranging from traditional credit insurance to political risk insurance and credit derivatives. Smyth's practice focuses on both short term and medium term protection for foreign and domestic accounts receivable, foreign private investment and sovereign debt. Clients include financial institutions, global companies, and middle market enterprises in a wide range of industries.

With more than 20 years of experience in credit risk mitigation, the capital markets and commercial finance, Wagman is a nationally recognized leader in his field. Prior to joining Smyth in 2003, Wagman was Vice President-Sales for Euler Hermes ACI in New York where he concentrated primarily on export-oriented companies. In the early 1990s, he sourced trade claims and distressed bank loans for Avenue Capital, a New York City based money manager.

He began his career as a treasury and financial analyst for The CIT Group, Inc., where he co-managed CIT's interest rate swap portfolio. Later in his tenure with CIT, Wagman worked as a research analyst in CIT's economics department. He graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in Political Science, and obtained his M.B.A. in Finance from the Fordham University Graduate School.

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