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Fair Isaac Increases Commitment to Japan with Appointment of Kyusei Shimizu to Leadership Post.


MINNEAPOLIS & TOKYO -- Fair Isaac Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE: FIC), founded in 1956 by engineer Bill Fair and mathematician Earl Isaac, provides consulting services and enterprise decision management systems.  Corporation (NYSE NYSE

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: FIC FIC First International Computer
FIC Fogarty International Center (John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences; National Institutes of Health)
FIC Fellowship for Intentional Community
), the leading provider of analytics and decision management technology, today announced the appointment of technology industry veteran Kyusei Shimizu as managing director of the company's Japanese operations. Based in Fair Isaac's Tokyo office, Mr. Shimizu will drive Fair Isaac's strategic growth initiatives and promote adoption of the company's solutions for Enterprise Decision Management (EDM (Engineering Data Management) An information system that maintains the details of all engineering data while the product is in the design and concept phase. This includes geometry and changes to geometry. See PLM.

EDM - Electronic Data Management
) in the world's second-largest financial market.

Mr. Shimizu, 52, will be responsible for establishing and growing successful relationships with the company's Japan-based clients and strategic partners, and will lead all aspects of the company's operations in the region, including sales and marketing, product development, service and maintenance operations. Fair Isaac and its distribution partners have been serving Japan for 23 years, and currently serve more than 120 Japanese clients in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 and other industries.

"We are very pleased to welcome Kyusei Shimizu to Fair Isaac's international leadership team at a time when Japan's financial services industry is undergoing a period of great change and increased competition," said Dr. Mark Greene This article is about the ER character. For other similarly-named people, see Mark Green (disambiguation).
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, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Fair Isaac. "Fair Isaac is committed to helping Japanese institutions manage risk, control fraud and grow their customer relationships through smarter decisions. Mr. Shimizu brings extensive technology industry leadership experience that will help us respond quickly to the complex needs of our current and prospective clients in this critical market."

Kyusei Shimizu has 30 years of experience in the technology industry. Prior to joining Fair Isaac, Mr. Shimizu held senior leadership positions at webMethods, Inc., Peregrine Systems This article about a company does not make it clear whether the subject meets the Wikipedia criteria for . , Inc., PeopleSoft, Inc., and Microsoft Co., Ltd. in Japan. He began his career at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , where he served in various business development and sales management Sales Management Role and Goal
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 positions at IBM Japan, Ltd. and IBM San Diego, Calif. Mr. Shimizu is a graduate of the School of Engineering, Tokyo Denki University.

"Increasingly, Japanese businesses are seeking more sophisticated decision technology solutions to establish and grow their competitive advantage," said Mr. Shimizu. "I look forward to working with the Fair Isaac team to expand our success in this critical market by helping more businesses use the power of Enterprise Decision Management to advance their growth."

Fair Isaac will bring its InterACT client conference to the ANA Intercontinental Hotel in Tokyo on November 6, 2007. InterACT combines case studies, product demonstrations and strategy discussions to help businesses apply predictive analytics and decision technology for greater efficiency and profitability. Interested businesses and individuals are encouraged to learn more and register for the conference at www.fairisaac.com/interact.

About Fair Isaac

Fair Isaac (NYSE: FIC) makes decisions smarter. The company's solutions and technologies for Enterprise Decision Management give businesses the power to automate more processes, and apply more intelligence to every customer interaction. Through increasing the precision, consistency and agility of their decisions, Fair Isaac clients worldwide increase sales, build customer value, cut fraud losses, manage credit risk, reduce operational costs, meet changing compliance demands and enter new markets more profitably. Founded in 1956, Fair Isaac powers hundreds of billions of decisions per year in financial services, insurance, telecommunications, retail, consumer branded goods, healthcare and the public sector. Fair Isaac also helps millions of individuals manage their credit health through the www.myfico.com website. Visit Fair Isaac online at www.fairisaac.com.

Fair Isaac Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Information

Except for historical information contained herein, the statements contained in this press release that relate to Fair Isaac are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the success of the Company's Enterprise Decision Management strategy, its ability to recruit and retain key technical and managerial personnel, the maintenance of its existing relationships and ability to create new relationships with customers and key alliance partners, its ability to continue to develop new and enhanced products and services, competition, regulatory changes applicable to the use of consumer credit and other data, the possibility that the anticipated benefits of acquisitions, including expected synergies, will not be realized, and other risks described from time to time in Fair Isaac's SEC reports, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
 for the year ended September 30, 2006, and quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
 for the period ended June 30, 2007. Forward-looking statements should be considered with caution. If any of these risks or uncertainties materializes, or any of these assumptions proves incorrect, Fair Isaac's results could differ materially from Fair Isaac's expectations in these statements. Fair Isaac disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Fair Isaac is a registered trademark of Fair Isaac Corporation, in the United States and/or in other countries. Other product and company names herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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