"There are many complex problems that can be effectively addressed through creative quantitative approaches in day to day business. Stanford University and its Affiliate Visitor Program allow our employees to be exposed to these methods of problem solving and apply them in every facet of our business. Samsung Card also places great value on access to the school's distinguished cadre of professors and students, when tackling business issues that are more extensive and which require approaches and techniques at the fore-front of research today."

Jaeyung Huh
Team Manager
Samsung Card
CRM Planning Team
South Korea

"We value the access to professors and students for help ranging from a quick question on analytical techniques to full blown consulting projects. The program has also provided us with summer interns, two of whom have become valued team members."

Matthew Raphaelson
Executive Vice President
Head of Strategic Planning & Finance
Wells Fargo Bank
Community Banking Group
San Francisco, CA

"The derivatives business requires smart numerate people and one way we find them is by recruiting Stanford engineers. Also the school's finance courses give students a good grounding and allow them to hit the ground running and to make an immediate contribution. Being an Affiliate has given us access to the school and to its professors and has helped us to recruit many very talented people over a period of 9 years."

Andrew Greaves
Managing Director
ABN Amro Bank
Head of Quantitative Analytics
Global Markets

"The increasing complexity of automotive electronics in vehicles Results in the necessity to research in the field of technical risk management and decision theory. We value the collaboration between the academic and industrial work in order to bridge between theory and practice."

Thomas Forchert
Senior Manager
DaimlerChrysler
Production Planning
Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars
Stuttgart, Germany