Financial Services

Jim Miller is the Vice President and Practice Lead of Banking and Credit Card at J.D. Power. He oversees the company’s industry benchmark studies, proprietary research, consulting and performance improvement programs focused on improving the customer experience.

Mr. Miller has more than 25 years of experience in both banking and customer experience. Prior to joining J.D. Power in 2012, he served as president of Prime Performance, Inc., a provider of customer experience research and measurement systems specifically designed for financial institutions. Previously, he was a senior vice president at SunTrust, where he managed retail banking analytics, including branch performance analysis and reporting, branch staff modeling and sales goal and incentive management. Additionally, he directed the units responsible for branch network planning and customer/marketing information. Before SunTrust, he held management positions at NationsBank and Bank One.

Mr. Miller received a bachelor’s degree in finance from The College of William & Mary and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

Bob Neuhaus joined Financial Services Intelligence at J.D. Power in 2017 to work with U.S. and Canadian banks and U.S. credit card issuers across multiple studies. He is responsible for syndicated and proprietary studies in the banking industry including the new Direct Banking Satisfaction Study, the Banking Mobile App Satisfaction Study, the Credit Card Mobile App Study and the Small Business Banking Satisfaction Study.

Mr. Neuhaus has more than 30 years of experience in banking, customer experience and marketing strategy. Prior to joining J.D. Power, he was Senior Managing Director at Acxiom Corporation. Previously, Mr. Neuhaus served as Global Finance Sector Head and Executive Vice President for TNS and as Principal of Greenwich Associates, where he leveraged large scale syndicated and proprietary research programs in retail, small business and middle market banking to help leading financial services companies with a broad range of strategic issues. Prior to his work in market research Mr. Neuhaus was a senior executive with M&T Bank and a Vice President with J.P. Morgan. 

Mr. Neuhaus earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Policy magna cum laude from Duke and an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

James Houston is Managing Director and Head of Lending Intelligence at J.D. Power. He is responsible for leading and directing the practice in providing the auto finance industry with Voice of the Customer data and insights into the current market and future trends.

Mr. Houston joined J.D. Power in 2016, bringing with him nearly 30 years of experience in the auto finance business, most recently at TD Auto Finance. There, he was head of major account strategy; data governance and business intelligence; fair lending; and pricing and program development. Prior to TD Auto Finance, Mr. Houston was senior manager of marketing operations and acquisition strategies at Chrysler Financial, where he directed the activities and performance of field sales operations; pricing and program development; portfolio systems and support; reporting and business intelligence; and Chrysler Reward Visa. Previously, he was vice president of national accounts at Chase Automotive Finance and senior vice president of the Midwest region at Bank of America Auto Group. 

Mr. Houston received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Central Michigan University.

Paul McAdam is a Senior Director, Regional Banking in the Financial Services Practice at J.D. Power. He is responsible for syndicated and proprietary studies in the banking industry, including the U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study; Canadian Retail Banking Satisfaction Study; Small Business Banking Satisfaction Study; and Credit Card Satisfaction Study. He also works with clients to help them gain a better understanding of how to improve the customer experience, with a particular emphasis on the regional banking segment.

Mr. McAdam has more than 25 years of experience in banking and professional services. He has led dozens of research programs that have enabled leading U.S. banks and global financial technology companies to quantify market demand and measure customer experience.

Prior to joining J.D. Power in 2016, Mr. McAdam was senior vice president of strategic thought leadership at Fidelity Information Services (FIS). There, he led a team that conducted domestic and global primary research of consumer expectations of banking providers. His team also published the corporation’s thought leadership magazine, which was delivered to more than 50,000 clients globally. His work at FIS touched retail and small business banking, wealth management, mobile financial services and emerging payments systems.

Before FIS, Mr. McAdam was a Partner with eCom Advisors, a strategy consulting firm focused on helping clients optimize the delivery of banking and payment solutions through digital channels. Previously, he was with BAI, a Chicago-based professional association that provides research and training services to banking companies. His key role at BAI was managing director of research, where he led a team that launched retail and small business banking benchmarking programs that served 37 of the top 50 U.S. banks. He also served as editor-in-chief of Banking Strategies magazine. He began his career in financial services in retail bank branch management and customer service call center management at Household International.

Mr. McAdam received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, and an MBA from DePaul University in Chicago.

Mike Foy is Senior Director and Head of Wealth Intelligence at J.D. Power. He is responsible for developing and delivering research and consulting solutions that help clients more effectively measure and improve the experience of their advisors and clients, ultimately driving greater loyalty, advocacy and engagement.

Mr. Foy has worked in the wealth management industry for 20 years. Prior to joining J.D. Power, he served as director of research and strategic sales at Penton Media, where he oversaw the advisor benchmarking research practice. Earlier, he held senior business and product development and marketing positions at HNW, a boutique digital marketing agency focused on the wealth market, and at Dow Jones and Merrill Lynch.

Mr. Foy earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature and philosophy from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania and an MBA in Marketing from Rutgers Business School.

Director, Banking and Payments Intelligence

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