Forum Analytics has been creating enterprise decision support systems that combine the power of data mining with delivery platforms such as Google Maps and ESRI GIS since 2001. 

Forum makes analytics accessible to your entire organization through intelligent project design and application deployment.  Our experienced staff of programmers and analysts brings a creative blend of academic and applied expertise to bear on every project.  Just a few clients include household names such as Game Stop, Chicago Tribune, Little Caesars, Taco Bell, DeVry University, Pizza Hut, Ace Hardware, J Crew, and Trek Bicycles; medium sized companies like Moe’s Southwest Grill, Cinnabon, Carvel, Schlotzsky’s Deli, and Gatti’s Pizza; and small firms such as Club Libby Lu, and Salsarita’s.   We have also served in a consulting capacity to municipal agencies within the city of Chicago and the city of Gary, Indiana among others on issues related to urban development, retail attraction, and GIS data management. 

With over 40 years of combined expertise, Forum knows the value of project efficiency and the power of data-mining and application development at all levels of an organization, public or private.    

Some of our most unique attributes include:

 

• Award winning GIS solutions developed in partnership with such firms as Google, Microsoft, ESRI, and AGS.
  
• Patent pending proprietary data optimization and GIS routines written for performing highly advanced spatial search and selection functions against enterprise datasets.
  
• Integrators of 250 global datasets including a 120 million record household database for profiling, mining, and direct mailing.
  
• Serving companies with units in over 177 countries around the globe by providing both domestic and international GIS related programming and consulting services.
  
• We are actively engaged with ESRI, the Wharton School of Business, Northern Illinois University, and other professional associations teaching course work and seminars reaching over 100,000 industry experts and colleagues annually.

 

Our headquarters are located in the historic Northwest Tower Building in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood.  This turn of the century landmark was once home to an Al Capone speakeasy housed in its basement and accessed through underground tunnels connected to the adjacent buildings.  Our offices occupy the 10th floor.  We look forward to a visit from all our clients; we know you’ll enjoy a ride in the last manually operated elevator in Chicago.

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