Sassoon Kosian has been in the field of Decision Analytics for 13 years. Currently he is Assistant Vice President and Head of Methodology Group in the consulting branch of EXL Service, a NASDAQ listed global company. Sassoon’s group is responsible for the company’s statistical/predictive modeling methodologies, R&D initiatives and training the company’s professional pool. In his tenure Sassoon has advised numerous US corporations on analytical/modeling methodologies that help to improve business effectiveness and efficiency. Sassoon holds master’s degrees in Economics, Political Science and Physics, and has presented at national and international conferences. Apart from his professional career Sassoon is the founder and administrator of a Facebook activist group Campaign Against Oligarchy that focuses on critical issues of criminal oligopoly and corruption in Armenia.