Varun Parihar Assistant Director-Sr Product Analyst Moody's Analytics

Varun Parihar is a Senior Product Analyst in the Banking OU of Moody’s Analytics. His primary focus is around CreditLens CRE solution which harnesses the expansive data and industry expertise from Moody’s Analytics to help financial institutions make the right offer to the right customer at the right time. Varun holds a MS in Information Systems and has been with Moody’s for 5 years.

Avinash Arun Senior Director - Product Strategy Moody's Analytics

Avinash is a Senior Director and Product Owner of Moody’s Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Lending Solution, CreditLens CRE. In his current role, he leads the product strategy and execution of CreditLens CRE. He has been with Moody’s Analytics for over 9 years and has served in various senior product roles during his time. Prior to Moody’s Analytics, Avinash worked for several years in management consulting at Ernst & Young and AMI Partners, a boutique advisory firm. In these roles, he worked with many commercial banks providing market strategy, process improvement and risk management advice

Cristian deRitis Deputy Chief Economist Moody's Analytics

Cristian deRitis is a senior director at Moody’s Analytics, where he conducts economic analysis and develops econometric models for a wide variety of clients. His regular analysis and commentary on consumer credit, policy and the broader economy appear on the firm’s Economy.com web site and in other publications. He is regularly quoted in publications such as the Wall Street Journal for his views on the economy and consumer credit markets. Currently he is spearheading efforts to develop alternative sources of data to measure economic activity more accurately than traditional sources of data. Before joining Moody’s Analytics, Cristian worked for Fannie Mae and taught at Johns Hopkins University. He received his PhD in economics from Johns Hopkins University and is named on two U.S. patents for credit modeling techniques.

Rita Sahu Vice President, Sr. Credit Officer Moody's Investor Services

Rita Sahu is a Vice President - Senior Credit Officer in the Financial Institutions Group of Moody’s Investors Service, covering a portfolio of US banks. She joined Moody’s in 2003 as an Associate Analyst and has had lead analytical responsibilities since 2005.Before joining Moody’s, Rita held positions with J.P. Morgan, primarily in counterparty credit risk management, where she was responsible for monitoring and reporting on the firm’s global trading activities. Prior to J.P. Morgan, she was a compliance officer at Republic National Bank of New York. Rita began her career as a bank examiner for large regional and community banks with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.Rita holds a BS in accounting from Rutgers University and an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School

Brian Shields Director - Advisory Services Moody's Analytics

Since 2004, Brian has managed commercial loan origination platforms for a $2T bank in the Small Business, Business Banking, Middle Market Banking, and Commercial Wealth customer segments. Joining Moody’s in 2021, Brian’s focus has been advising commercial lending clients how to integrate business processes, controls and compliance into CreditLens.

Brian Shields Director - Advisory Services Moody's Analytics

Since 2004, Brian has managed commercial loan origination platforms for a $2T bank in the Small Business, Business Banking, Middle Market Banking, and Commercial Wealth customer segments. Joining Moody’s in 2021, Brian’s focus has been advising commercial lending clients how to integrate business processes, controls and compliance into CreditLens.

Rita Sahu Vice President, Sr. Credit Officer Moody's Investor Services

Rita Sahu is a Vice President - Senior Credit Officer in the Financial Institutions Group of Moody’s Investors Service, covering a portfolio of US banks. She joined Moody’s in 2003 as an Associate Analyst and has had lead analytical responsibilities since 2005.Before joining Moody’s, Rita held positions with J.P. Morgan, primarily in counterparty credit risk management, where she was responsible for monitoring and reporting on the firm’s global trading activities. Prior to J.P. Morgan, she was a compliance officer at Republic National Bank of New York. Rita began her career as a bank examiner for large regional and community banks with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.Rita holds a BS in accounting from Rutgers University and an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School

Cris deRitis Deputy Chief Economist Moody's Analytics

Cristian deRitis, Deputy Chief Economist at Moody’s Analytics, specializes in assessing the economy’s impact on household finance, housing, credit markets and public policy. Named on two U.S. patents for credit modeling, he created loss forecasting and stress testing systems for financial institutions. He joined Moody’s in 2008, after serving as a director with Fannie Mae. He also was an adjunct professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University.