Becky Guthrie, senior financial analyst, Southwest Airlines
Laura Christopherson, corporate financial analyst, American Century
Brant Hoving, project leader in Financial Planning, Southwest Airlines

      Clarity Systems presents this panel discussion featuring two of its clients: Southwest Airlines and American Century Investments.
      American Century Investments manages approximately $100 billion is assets for both individuals and investors. In this turbulent market environment choosing the most beneficial planning process can be challenging. Laura Christopherson will explain how American Century has begun this journey by implementing the Beyond Budgeting principles of rolling forecasts. Laura will also offer insight into how a change in management reporting helps drive changes in management discussion and decision making.
      Becky Guthrie will go into the details of the Executive Briefing Book used by executive management at Southwest Airlines. She will discuss how Southwest is developing departmental scorecards and how these tools are impacting the management process.
      Brant Hoving will then highlight Southwest Airlines plans to improve planning and discuss why Southwest chose to implement Clarity and what it hopes to gain.
      Join this session if you want to see how these two great organizations are improving planning and reporting.