First International

customerconference

New York-NewarkNovember 29, 2017

The recipe for success

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It‘s in the mix ....

The annual cubus customer event has been a fixture in the calendars of our

German and European customers for years. Attending the conference is

free of charge, as we regard this get-together as part of the cubus „support

package” where we offer our customers the unique opportunity to learn

first hand about our strategy and roadmap, touch base with market insiders

and product specialists and network with peers. So far, you have not been

able to meet us in person and we are delighted to invite you to our very

first international conference! Together with our partners – your local

primary contacts – we have put together an event packed with highlights

and hope that you love to hear the latest news, tricks and tips straight from

the horse’s mouth.

We are all witnessing how digitalization is changing our world. Powerful

analytics solutions that deliver speed-of-thought insights are the tools of

choice when getting a grip on Big Data, the IoT and disruptive competitors.

They help you to leverage the hidden potential in your data, to discover

strengths, weaknesses and opportunities, to make better decisions, and

take the right action. Ease of use is key but so is the perfect interaction

of your tools. After all, a successful software implementation is all about

getting the ingredients right and to create the perfect mix. Join us in New

York-Newark for a day packed with hands-on information. Pick the brains of

experts, learn from successful companies and find your very own recipe for

success!

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Wednesday, November 29

Break10:50 a.m.

New in cubus EV Analytics – Tell Your Story with Comments

Michael Muehlena, cubus

9:50 a.m.

Lunch Break - Time to Network12:20 p.m.

Welcome and Introduction9:00 a.m.

It‘s in the Mix - The cubus Ingredients

Michael Muehlena, cubus

9:20 a.m.

Efficiency Gains Through Easily Shared EV Views

Rob Mayette, Mastercard

11:20 a.m.

Morning Afternoon

Discover how Remy Cointreau USA is planning and tracking Advertising & Promotions with

cubus outperform Performance Management and Essbase

Sohail Ahmed, Remy Cointreau USA

11:50 a.m.

cubus Customer Success Recipies from Around the World

Jutta Graupner, cubus

1:50 p.m.

Have Your Say! Discussion and Feedback Session on cubus Products

Moderated by Jutta Graupner, cubus

2:20 p.m.

Break2:50 p.m.

Psst! Still Secret – Preview of the Latest Product Developments, Strategies and Roadmap

Thomas Volz, cubus

3:20 p.m.

Wrap-up & Time for Feedback3:50 p.m.

Close4:00 p.m.

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It‘s in the Mix - The cubus Ingredients9:20 - 9:50 a.m.

From analytics and planning to performance management, from on-premise to

SaaS, from multiple technology platforms to outperform portal – cubus offers a

wide range of solutions and services to help you create, customize and maintain

the applications that exactly meet your requirements and drive your company’s

success. During his session Michael Muehlena introduces the members of the

cubus product family and gives a quick overview of their most important features.

Michael Muehlena, Business Development, cubus

New in cubus outperform EV Analytics – Tell Your Story with Comments9:50 - 10:50 a.m.

Make your data talk! The new release of cubus outperform EV Analytics includes a

comment function that allows you to add information and content to your data. In

this session you will see how to activate and use comments and how you can even

start a discussion with comments.

Michael Muehlena, Business Development, cubus

Efficiency Gains Through Easily Shared EV Views11:20 - 11:50 a.m.

This session will focus on how Mastercard worked closely with cubus to develop

the functionality to quickly and easily share EV Views among team members.

This improvement helps the Mastercard Global Statistics team to analyze critical

information in a timely and efficient manner. We will share the improved business

process flow and the business results of the new capability that will be released for

all customers in a future release of EV Analytics.

Mastercard is a technology company in the global payments industry. We operate

the world’s fastest payments processing network, connecting consumers, financial

institutions, merchants, governments and businesses in more than 210 countries

and territories. Mastercard products and solutions make everyday commerce

activities - such as shopping, traveling, running a business and managing finances -

easier, more secure and more efficient for everyone.

Rob Mayette, Director, Business Analysis, Mastercard

Discover how Remy Cointreau USA is planning and tracking Advertising & Promotions with cubus outperform Performance Management and Essbase11:50 - 12:20 a.m.

This presentation will introduce cubus outperform PM and the challenge to build

made to measure and cost effective applications on top of OLAP databases. You

will discover how Remy Cointreau USA is bringing SAP and Essbase data together

and gaining true business value from cubus outperform PM. You will learn how

A&P Budget Owners are using cubus to plan how much their region will spend

by brand, and to allocate the amounts by state, program and expense type in real

time. You will see how easy it is for business users to perform updates and analysis

in seconds through thousands of member combinations. You will also hear how

the project team built an easy to maintain and keep secure application, entirely

SAP data-driven.

Sohail Ahmed, Senior Manager Financial Planning Systems, Remy Cointreau USA

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Psst! Still Secret – Preview of the Latest Product Developments, Strategies and Roadmap3:20 - 3:50 p.m.

In his presentation, Thomas Volz, CTO and Member of the Board, cubus, outlines

the cubus roadmap and strategy and give you a sneak peek into future releases,

products and features.

Thomas Volz, CTO and Member of the Board, cubus

cubus Customer Success Recipies from Around the World1:50 - 2:20 p.m.

How are companies in other parts of the world using cubus products and what

applications do they focus on? How do your peers plan, analyze data and support

decision making? What ingredients do they use to create a successful application,

ensure adoption or make a difference? Let Jutta Graupner take you on a world

tour of successful cubus applications and customers.

Jutta Graupner, Business Development, cubus

Have Your Say! Discussion and Feedback Session on cubus Products2:20 - 2:50 p.m.

The suggestions of our customers play a vital role in our product development

process. We regularly ask them for their feedback and encourage them to provide

us with “wish lists”. So seize this opportunity and tell us what you think about us,

our products and our services. We will not only listen but try to make it happen!

Moderated by Jutta Graupner, Business Development, cubus

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Rob Mayette

has been working since almost five years for Mastercard and is now leading

a team of Essbase developers on the Global Performance and Analysis team

in delivering BI solutions to an audience of over 1,300 internal users. Before

he was director financial systems in two other companies for together

14 years. Rob holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Management from

Babson College – Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business and a BS in

Finance from The University of Connecticut.

Michael Muehlena

has been a member of the cubus business development team for three

years now and is currently responsible for international customer and

partner accounts at cubus. He joined cubus straight after university, starting

as a consultant in planning, analytics and reporting projects. Michael

studied business information systems and has a Bachelor of Science from

The Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Stuttgart (Duale

Hochschule Baden-Wuerttemberg Stuttgart, DHBW Stuttgart).

Thomas Volz

is one of the cubus founders. As Chief Technology Officer he has been in

charge of product development as well as support and consulting services

since 1993. Thomas started his career as software developer at Hewlett

Packard GmbH. He holds a master’s degree in computer science from

University of Karlsruhe.

Sohail Ahmed

has over 15 years of experience as Senior Program Manager with

full SDLC of various projects, financial applications and databases

with expertise in client/server environment. During his career he

has directed strategic planning, product development and SDLC

management of several projects. He also managed projects forecast,

budgets and resource allocation. He was responsible for day to day

IT operations and production support for in-house applications. He

worked as a system architect, focusing on database modeling and

data analytics as well as identifying risk and dependencies for projects

and strategies for mitigating risk. His responsibilities included resource

allocation, distribution of work and tracking development activities for

internal and offshore teams.

Jutta Graupner

is part of the business development team at cubus and in charge of

event management and corporate communications. Before she joined

cubus she worked in product management at Magirus International

and Hewlett Packard. Jutta has an advertising and marketing degree

from VWA, Verwaltungs- und Wirtschafts-Akademien in Baden-

Wuerttemberg.

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ONLY. You MUST sign up for the shuttle when you check in. Pick-ups from

airport every half hour at a quarter to the hour and past the hour

(e.g. 3:15 p.m.; 3:45 p.m.)*

From Airport - Driving Directions

Exit Newark Liberty Airport onto US Routes 1&9 North. Pass the hotel

on the opposite side of the highway. At approximately 1 mile, exit onto

Frontage Rd. Continue on Frontage Rd; pass the Howard Johnson Hotel (on

your right); bear left; go under the overpass and just before the Double Tree

Hotel , make a left (sign should read ‚Route1 &9 South 21 / 22 / U-Turn‘)

Bear left and follow signs for 1&9 South (South 1 & 9 to 22 / Newark). You

will now be on Route 1 & 9 South. Hotel will be on your right, after you

come down the ramp. Use entrance by the Courtyard Hotel following the

hotel signs.

By Car:

Please download the detailed driving instructions with compliments from

the SpringHill Suites here.

Parking

On-site parking fee: 12 USD per day plus tax. Parking is for registered guests

ONLY

SpringHill Suites Newark Liberty Airport

The conference will be held at SpringHill

Suites by Marriott at Newark Liberty

International Airport. The hotel offers

spacious suites with separate living and

sleeping areas, kitchen, soundproof

windows, luxurious bedding, premium

movie and cable channels and free WiFi.

The airport is only minutes away.

Address:

SpringHill Suites Newark Liberty International Airport

652 US Highway 1 and 9 South

Newark, New Jersey 07114

Phone: +1-973-624-5300

Fax: +1-973-624-3355

Toll-free: 1-888-887-8123

Directions:From Airport - Shuttle Service

Hotel lies 4.7 miles NE of the airport and offers a complimentary shuttle

service. The shuttle runs 24/7 and picks up and drops off at Terminal P4

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Tuesday, November 28

We have the perfect recipe to get you in

the mood for next day‘s conference! How

about an authentic Paella Valenciana and

a nice Rioja? On the evening of Tuesday,

November 28 we would like to treat you

to a taste of Europe and invite you to the

Spanish Tavern. Join cubus and the cubus

partners for a nice evening of relaxed

dining in an old world setting.

Address:

Spanish Tavern

103 Mc Whorter St A,

Newark, New Jersey 07105

Phone: +1-973-589-4959

Directions and Parking:

There will be a shuttle service from the conference hotel to the restaurant

and back. If you arrive on Tuesday evening and plan to drive to restaurant

first, please check the Spanish Tavern website for driving directions.

A gated parking lot is available at 146 Green St. right across the street from the

restaurant.

To register

Please use our online registration form to reserve your seat at the First

International cubus Customer Conference 2017.

Register now online.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding

the program, individual sessions or the organization of the event.

Contact Jutta Graupner at +49 7032 9451-24 or send an email to

jutta.graupner@cubus.eu.