Dante DeAntonio Senior Director-Economic Research Moody's

Dante DeAntonio is a senior director at Moody’s Analytics. He manages and regularly contributes to Economic View. Dante specializes in U.S. macroeconomics, with a focus on the labor market and regional economics. Dante regularly presents to clients and conferences, and has been featured in a number of media outlets. Before joining Moody’s Analytics, he worked as an economist in the Current Employment Statistics program at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Dante is also an adjunct professor in the Economics and Finance Department at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he was an adjunct in the Economics Department at Lehigh University. He holds a master’s degree and PhD in economics from Lehigh University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Pennsylvania State University.

Karim Berichi Senior Director – Predictive Analytics Moody's

Karim Berichi is a Senior Director and a member of the Product Management and Strategy leadership team within Moody’s Analytics’ Predictive Analytics division.  Mr. Berichi is also Head of Customer Success (Americas) for Credit Analytics within Predictive Analytics.

Prior to Joining Moody’s in 2018, Mr. Berichi had a diversified career, holding leadership roles in banking, investment management, and risk analytics.  Mr. Berichi holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, and an MS in Mathematics, Statistics, and Operations Research from New York University.

Leo Gardner Director – Predictive Analytics Moody's

Leo Gardner is a Director and Manager of Predictive Analytics Customer Success team in the Americas. The central objective of his team is to develop strong relationship of advocacy and trust with customers as they navigate the ownership journey by acting as the bridge between customer expectations and the experience they ultimately receive.  Leo has been with Moody’s Analytics for over 20 years and has worked with an extensive cross section of client types. He has strong knowledge of fixed income, capital markets and single obligor credit risk.  He believes that we are successful when our customers accrue continued value from our solutions and services. Leo holds an MBA with Distinction from Keller School of Management in Business Administration, Accounting and Finance and a Political Science Bachelor of Art degree from Stonybrook University.

Brian Shields Director - Advisory Services Moody's

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.

Jeremie Greene Director - Customer Success Moody's Analytics

Jeremie Greene is a Director in the Banking Solutions group, based in New York, focusing on the customer relationships that promote retention and loyalty. Mr. Greene has been with Moody’s since 2021 and has prior experience in banking with a $25B regional bank in the risk management, credit risk, and commercial banking space.

Most recently, Mr. Greene served as the Chief of Staff of Commercial Banking. During his tenure at the Bank, Mr. Greene had experience in system integration and project implementation, including Moody’s RiskAnalyst, CreditLens, RiskCalc, CMM, and other third party Loan Origination Systems.

Mr. Greene holds Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from Susquehanna University.

Avinash Arun Senior Director - Product Strategy Moody's

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

Karim Berichi Senior Director – Predictive Analytics Moody's

Karim Berichi is a Senior Director and a member of the Product Management and Strategy leadership team within Moody’s Analytics’ Predictive Analytics division.  Mr. Berichi is also Head of Customer Success (Americas) for Credit Analytics within Predictive Analytics.

Prior to Joining Moody’s in 2018, Mr. Berichi had a diversified career, holding leadership roles in banking, investment management, and risk analytics.  Mr. Berichi holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, and an MS in Mathematics, Statistics, and Operations Research from New York University.

Leo Gardner Director – Predictive Analytics Moody's

Leo Gardner is a Director and Manager of Predictive Analytics Customer Success team in the Americas. The central objective of his team is to develop strong relationship of advocacy and trust with customers as they navigate the ownership journey by acting as the bridge between customer expectations and the experience they ultimately receive.  Leo has been with Moody’s Analytics for over 20 years and has worked with an extensive cross section of client types. He has strong knowledge of fixed income, capital markets and single obligor credit risk.  He believes that we are successful when our customers accrue continued value from our solutions and services. Leo holds an MBA with Distinction from Keller School of Management in Business Administration, Accounting and Finance and a Political Science Bachelor of Art degree from Stonybrook University.

Charlene Kim Director - Product Management Moody's Analytics

Charlene currently holds the position of Director within the Banking Risk and Finance division at Moody's Analytics. In this role, she takes the lead in developing and enhancing banking products offered by the company. With a professional journey spanning over 15 years in product management at Moody's Analytics, Charlene has consistently demonstrated her expertise and commitment. Her primary motivation and passion lie in crafting products that not only meet the needs of clients but also provide significant value to them.

Brandon Kathol Director – Solution Specialist Manager Moody's (402)-344-5270

Brandon is a Moody’s loan origination solution specialist and subject matter expert with over 15 years of experience in the financial industry. Brandon’s passion is to help clients with their credit and risk assessment needs that allow him to utilize his years of experience in sitting in the shoes of a commercial credit underwriter.

Leo Gardner Director – Predictive Analytics Moody's

Leo Gardner is a Director and Manager of Predictive Analytics Customer Success team in the Americas. The central objective of his team is to develop strong relationship of advocacy and trust with customers as they navigate the ownership journey by acting as the bridge between customer expectations and the experience they ultimately receive.  Leo has been with Moody’s Analytics for over 20 years and has worked with an extensive cross section of client types. He has strong knowledge of fixed income, capital markets and single obligor credit risk.  He believes that we are successful when our customers accrue continued value from our solutions and services. Leo holds an MBA with Distinction from Keller School of Management in Business Administration, Accounting and Finance and a Political Science Bachelor of Art degree from Stonybrook University.

Karim Berichi Senior Director – Predictive Analytics Moody's

Karim Berichi is a Senior Director and a member of the Product Management and Strategy leadership team within Moody’s Analytics’ Predictive Analytics division.  Mr. Berichi is also Head of Customer Success (Americas) for Credit Analytics within Predictive Analytics.

Prior to Joining Moody’s in 2018, Mr. Berichi had a diversified career, holding leadership roles in banking, investment management, and risk analytics.  Mr. Berichi holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, and an MS in Mathematics, Statistics, and Operations Research from New York University.

Scott Dietz Director, Industry Practice Lead Moody's

Scott is a Director in the Regulatory and Accounting Solutions team responsible for providing accounting expertise across solutions, products, and services offered by Moody’s Analytics in the US. He has over 15 years of experience leading auditing, consulting, and accounting policy initiatives for financial institutions.

Scott is a licensed CPA in Massachusetts and a member of the AICPA, with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Lehigh University.

Laurent Birade Senior Director - Industry Practice Lead, Risk and Finance Integration Moody's

Laurent is a Senior Director responsible for providing Risk and Finance integration expertise across solutions, products, and services offered by Moody's Analytics in the US and Canada. As a domain expert in financial services since 2005, Laurent has accumulated a wealth of knowledge on the effective integration of risk and finance processes. He has participated in a variety of implementation projects in the US and Canada and has advised financial institutions on key regulatory issues such as CCAR, DFAST, and now IFRS9 and CECL credit loss reserving. 

Laurent holds a Bachelor of Accounting/MIS from H.E.C. and an Executive MBA from St. Mary's of California. He is also a member of PRMIA and acting steering committee member for San Francisco and Vancouver.

Brandon Kathol Director – Solution Specialist Manager Moody's (402)-344-5270

Brandon is a Moody’s loan origination solution specialist and subject matter expert with over 15 years of experience in the financial industry. Brandon’s passion is to help clients with their credit and risk assessment needs that allow him to utilize his years of experience in sitting in the shoes of a commercial credit underwriter.

Karim Berichi Senior Director – Predictive Analytics Moody's

Karim Berichi is a Senior Director and a member of the Product Management and Strategy leadership team within Moody’s Analytics’ Predictive Analytics division.  Mr. Berichi is also Head of Customer Success (Americas) for Credit Analytics within Predictive Analytics.

Prior to Joining Moody’s in 2018, Mr. Berichi had a diversified career, holding leadership roles in banking, investment management, and risk analytics.  Mr. Berichi holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, and an MS in Mathematics, Statistics, and Operations Research from New York University.

Leo Gardner Director – Predictive Analytics Moody's

Leo Gardner is a Director and Manager of Predictive Analytics Customer Success team in the Americas. The central objective of his team is to develop strong relationship of advocacy and trust with customers as they navigate the ownership journey by acting as the bridge between customer expectations and the experience they ultimately receive.  Leo has been with Moody’s Analytics for over 20 years and has worked with an extensive cross section of client types. He has strong knowledge of fixed income, capital markets and single obligor credit risk.  He believes that we are successful when our customers accrue continued value from our solutions and services. Leo holds an MBA with Distinction from Keller School of Management in Business Administration, Accounting and Finance and a Political Science Bachelor of Art degree from Stonybrook University.

Irina Korablev Senior Director-Data Scientist Moody's Analytics

Irina Korablev leads Banking OU Data Science and Analytics team. Her team explores application of decision intelligence, text analytics and gen AI to Banking products, provides data driven insights, products and innovations based on Moody’s Analytics’ data assets.

Prior to her current role, Irina led product management and go-to-market strategy for Moody’s Analytics’ platform (CAPTM), as well as its data assets and content.  

Previously Irina led operations for Moody’s Analytics’ Credit Research Database, one of the world’s largest private firm credit risk data repositories that enabled the Moody’s Analytics’ RiskCalc™ product line. Her team also developed RiskCalc model monitoring and validation process.  As a member of Research Team Irina developed the Loss Given Default model for LossCalc™ and private firm default probability models that are part of  RiskCalc suite.  A veteran of Moody’s Analytics, Irina was one of the early employees at KMV, taking over management of the data assets from one of the founders.

Irina holds an MS in Applied Mathematics from Moscow State University and MA in Economics from Central European University, completing her studies in Essex, UK and Budapest, Hungary.  When not at work, you can find Irina and her family on ski slopes or in the wilderness, exploring the far away and exotic places.

Karim Berichi Senior Director – Predictive Analytics Moody's

Karim Berichi is a Senior Director and a member of the Product Management and Strategy leadership team within Moody’s Analytics’ Predictive Analytics division.  Mr. Berichi is also Head of Customer Success (Americas) for Credit Analytics within Predictive Analytics.

Prior to Joining Moody’s in 2018, Mr. Berichi had a diversified career, holding leadership roles in banking, investment management, and risk analytics.  Mr. Berichi holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, and an MS in Mathematics, Statistics, and Operations Research from New York University.

Leo Gardner Director – Predictive Analytics Moody's

Leo Gardner is a Director and Manager of Predictive Analytics Customer Success team in the Americas. The central objective of his team is to develop strong relationship of advocacy and trust with customers as they navigate the ownership journey by acting as the bridge between customer expectations and the experience they ultimately receive.  Leo has been with Moody’s Analytics for over 20 years and has worked with an extensive cross section of client types. He has strong knowledge of fixed income, capital markets and single obligor credit risk.  He believes that we are successful when our customers accrue continued value from our solutions and services. Leo holds an MBA with Distinction from Keller School of Management in Business Administration, Accounting and Finance and a Political Science Bachelor of Art degree from Stonybrook University.

Scott Dietz Director, Industry Practice Lead Moody's

Scott is a Director in the Regulatory and Accounting Solutions team responsible for providing accounting expertise across solutions, products, and services offered by Moody’s Analytics in the US. He has over 15 years of experience leading auditing, consulting, and accounting policy initiatives for financial institutions.

Scott is a licensed CPA in Massachusetts and a member of the AICPA, with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Lehigh University.

Laurent Birade Senior Director - Industry Practice Lead, Risk and Finance Integration Moody's

Laurent is a Senior Director responsible for providing Risk and Finance integration expertise across solutions, products, and services offered by Moody's Analytics in the US and Canada. As a domain expert in financial services since 2005, Laurent has accumulated a wealth of knowledge on the effective integration of risk and finance processes. He has participated in a variety of implementation projects in the US and Canada and has advised financial institutions on key regulatory issues such as CCAR, DFAST, and now IFRS9 and CECL credit loss reserving. 

Laurent holds a Bachelor of Accounting/MIS from H.E.C. and an Executive MBA from St. Mary's of California. He is also a member of PRMIA and acting steering committee member for San Francisco and Vancouver.

Jin Oh Senior Director, Climate Expert Moody's

Jin Oh is a Senior Director in the Global Risk Solutions Practice for the Americas, responsible for solution structuring of portfolio risk management, stress testing, and capital planning solutions for large financial institutions including banks and insurance companies.  She also works with clients on the impact of ESG and climate on portfolio credit risk and stress testing.   Prior to joining Moody’s, she was an engagement director at KPMG, leading capital planning and stress testing implementations for large global financial institutions. Jin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Cornell University.

Brandon Kathol Director – Solution Specialist Manager Moody's (402)-344-5270

Brandon is a Moody’s loan origination solution specialist and subject matter expert with over 15 years of experience in the financial industry. Brandon’s passion is to help clients with their credit and risk assessment needs that allow him to utilize his years of experience in sitting in the shoes of a commercial credit underwriter.

Avinash Arun Senior Director - Product Strategy Moody's

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

Karim Berichi Senior Director – Predictive Analytics Moody's

Karim Berichi is a Senior Director and a member of the Product Management and Strategy leadership team within Moody’s Analytics’ Predictive Analytics division.  Mr. Berichi is also Head of Customer Success (Americas) for Credit Analytics within Predictive Analytics.

Prior to Joining Moody’s in 2018, Mr. Berichi had a diversified career, holding leadership roles in banking, investment management, and risk analytics.  Mr. Berichi holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, and an MS in Mathematics, Statistics, and Operations Research from New York University.

Leo Gardner Director – Predictive Analytics Moody's

Leo Gardner is a Director and Manager of Predictive Analytics Customer Success team in the Americas. The central objective of his team is to develop strong relationship of advocacy and trust with customers as they navigate the ownership journey by acting as the bridge between customer expectations and the experience they ultimately receive.  Leo has been with Moody’s Analytics for over 20 years and has worked with an extensive cross section of client types. He has strong knowledge of fixed income, capital markets and single obligor credit risk.  He believes that we are successful when our customers accrue continued value from our solutions and services. Leo holds an MBA with Distinction from Keller School of Management in Business Administration, Accounting and Finance and a Political Science Bachelor of Art degree from Stonybrook University.

Jin Oh Senior Director, Climate Expert Moody's

Jin Oh is a Senior Director in the Global Risk Solutions Practice for the Americas, responsible for solution structuring of portfolio risk management, stress testing, and capital planning solutions for large financial institutions including banks and insurance companies.  She also works with clients on the impact of ESG and climate on portfolio credit risk and stress testing.   Prior to joining Moody’s, she was an engagement director at KPMG, leading capital planning and stress testing implementations for large global financial institutions. Jin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Cornell University.

Nick Reed Chief Product Officer Moody's

Nick is Moody’s Analytics Chief Product Officer – responsible for defining and managing the company’s product and portfolio strategy. His remit includes Marketing, Innovation, Customer Experience and Commercial Strategy, ensuring that we have a modern and innovative approach to the way we work, and place the customer at the center of everything we do.

Nick joined MA as a former customer from ANZ Bank where he was the Group General Manager of Risk. His work history spans banking and finance, digital and internet technology, insurance and superannuation in senior managerial roles with experiences in Australia, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.

Nick graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Economics & Commerce (Banking/Finance) and has also completed post graduate work at New York University (NYU Stern) in Strategy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Sloan) in Digital Transformation, and University of Technology Sydney in Architecture. Nick is well placed to help Moody’s in defining and delivering products that result in better, faster solutions for our customers in the most efficient and cost-effective way.