MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 2005--Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC), the leading provider of analytics and decision technology, today announced that Michael Campbell has joined the company in the newly created position of Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Products.

Campbell is responsible for leading global product line P&L functions including business plan execution, product management and product marketing for Fair Isaac's diverse portfolio of analytic solutions and software. With this appointment, Fair Isaac will now operate two key business units - one focused on products, led by Campbell, and the other focused on services organized by industry segment, led by Steve Braun.

"Michael brings with him an extraordinarily balanced skill set," said Tom Grudnowski, CEO of Fair Isaac. "He has achieved results in both small and large company settings and has demonstrated success in working with both product and services-oriented businesses. And, he's a strategic thinker who likes to roll-up his sleeves and knows how to get things done. We're confident that his leadership skills will significantly expand our ability to execute key product strategies as we continue our mission to bring analytics-driven decisions to more businesses and industries around the world."

"This is an exciting time to be joining the global analytics leader," said Campbell, "I believe there is a fast-growing, global appreciation and demand for the unique kinds of value Fair Isaac's solutions and tools deliver, and I look forward to contributing to that growth."

Campbell spent three years with SAP America, Inc. where he held multiple senior leadership roles and ran $1.5 billion in combined revenues. Recognized as a pioneer in the application of mathematical optimization to complex management tasks, he led five different business units of increasing size and scope at SAP and drove significant process and resource alignment improvements.

Campbell joined SAP in 1999, when Campbell Software, Inc., a company he founded in 1989, merged with SAP. As CEO and chairman, Campbell led Chicago-based Campbell Software through a decade of consistent growth during which the company served some of the world's largest retailers. Earlier, Campbell co-founded optimization software developer General Optimization, Inc.

About Fair Isaac

Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC) is the preeminent provider of creative analytics that unlock value for people, businesses and industries. The company's predictive modeling, decision analysis, intelligence management, decision management systems and consulting services power billions of mission-critical customer decisions a year. Founded in 1956, Fair Isaac helps thousands of companies in over 60 countries acquire customers more efficiently, increase customer value, reduce fraud and credit losses, lower operating expenses and enter new markets more profitably. Most leading banks and credit card issuers rely on Fair Isaac solutions, as do insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers, healthcare organizations and government agencies. Through the www.myfico.com Web site, consumers use the company's FICO(R) scores, the standard measure of credit risk, to manage their financial health. For more information, visit www.fairisaac.com.

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