Cost Technology CEO, Dr. Peter Turney, to Deliver Keynote Address at ASMI Conference

Feb. 24, 2010 - PRLog -- Cost Technology CEO, Dr. Peter B. B. Turney, will deliver the keynote address at the American Strategic Management Institute’s (ASMI) Budgeting & Forecasting 2010 Conference.  The presentation is titled, “Budgeting & Forecasting: The Key to Establishing a Solid Foundation for Superior Financial Performance.”  Attendees will learn how to improve the efficiency and quality of budgets and forecasts and how to develop a road map for embedding budgeting and forecasting into a strategic performance management system.  Dr. Turney will present best practice examples of budgeting and forecasting implementations and discuss how to identify and measures the factors driving ROI from such initiatives.  

The conference will be held on April 19th to 21st in San Diego, California at the Westin San Diego Hotel.  Dr. Turney’s keynote address will be delivered on April 19th at 9:00 AM.  Other conference events will focus on restructuring forecasting for improved reporting, integrating analytical tools for improved accuracy, and adaptive planning to enhance profits.  The keynote address and other presentations are targeted for CFOs, Directors/VPs of Finance, Controllers, Budgeting Directors, and Forecasting/Financial Analysts.  

Attendees can register by visiting http://www.ASMIweb.com/Forecast or by calling 877.992.9522.

About Dr. Turney
Dr. Peter Turney is the founder and CEO of Cost Technology and has been an innovator and thought leader in the fields of activity-based costing, performance management, budgeting, and forecasting.  He is a frequent presenter to management groups and has published numerous industry works on management including the best-selling book Common Cents. He has also written for the Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, and many other leading publications. Formerly a faculty member at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and Portland State University, he has held positions at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, KPMG, and General Motors. Dr. Turney is a graduate of Bristol University (B.A.) and the University of Minnesota (M.S. & Ph.D.).

# # #

About Cost Technology
Cost Technology designs and implements solutions to support fact-based decision making. These solutions transform existing data into strategically meaningful and actionable insights in areas such as cost and profit management, financial forecasting, analytics, and performance management. Since 1991, the firm has helped public and private sector organizations across the world improve performance by creating the knowledge needed to make every decision count. To learn more about Cost Technology, please visit http://www.costechnology.com.