Powerlytics' Advisory Board

Jose is a former assistant professor of accounting, finance, and strategic management at the Fox School of Business, Temple University and was also an assistant professor of economics at SUNY Buffalo. He has been using the same datasets around which Powerlytics has been founded for academic research purposes and in consulting work to various government agencies and the private sector for 10 years. Jose has a BS in Management Science, Information Technology from MIT Sloan School of Management, a BS in Economics from MIT and a Ph.D., in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Dunkelberg is a former Professor of Economics at Temple University, the former Dean of the Fox School of Business, and serves as Chief Economist for the National Federation of Independent Business. He has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, MSNBC, the ABC, CBS and NBC Evening News programs, Good Morning America, and numerous local news and business TV and radio shows. He is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, the New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, USA Today, Time, and Newsweek. He also serves on the economic forecasting panels for USA Today, Business Week and Bloomberg and as an economic consultant to ABC News.

Mr. Mehta was CEO and President of TransUnion Corp. from August 2007 to December 31, 2012 and Transunion Financing Corp. until December 31, 2012. He previously served as Group Managing Director of HSBC Holdings PLC of HSBC Finance Corp., and its Unit Chief Executive Officer. He also served as the Chief Executive of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. among other leadership responsibilities. He previously served as Group Executive of Credit Card Services, Auto Finance and Canada of Household International Inc., and served as Senior Vice President of The Boston Consulting Group in Los Angeles and co-leader of Boston Consulting Group Financial Services Practice in the United States.

Mr. Spector is an accomplished venture capitalist, serving as Managing Director and one of the founders of Safeguard International Fund, L.P., a private equity fund that makes controlling investments in industrial companies. He has served as Chairman or CEO of numerous public companies, including Neoware Systems, Inc., NationsHealth, Inc., and State National Bank. He is also a former Managing Director of TL Ventures, a leading Philadelphia venture capital firm.

Mr. Marcus is the founder of Marcus Partners, LLC, a strategic advisory firm to major retail financial services organizations. He is a Senior Advisor to The Boston Consulting Group and to Argus Information and Advisory Services. In addition, he serves as an Advisory Board member to a number of startups in the consumer lending and data/analytics space. Michael is the former CRO, CMO, Head of Strategy/Business Development, and Head of Customer Information Management at HSBC/Household’s credit card business. Prior to this, he was a Partner at The Boston Consulting Group in the firm’s Financial Institutions practice, where he worked in the Chicago and London offices. Michael has an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School Of Business, and a BA with Honors in Political Science from Grinnell College.