Ph. D. economist with extensive and intensive experience in both public and private sectors. Specialty is data science, and applications in (1) data collection (survey design and execution); (2) data analysis (applied statistical techniques from managerial, behavioral, and econometrics), to solve business and governmental research challenges. Correlated with data science specialty is expertise in statistical analysis for organizational intelligence; performance measurement and management (i. e. , performance improvement); economics and demographics of, and for, labor force planning; health care and health reform economics and biostatistics, and economic geography (retail market analysis, industrial location, urban and regional economics, and land use/real estate economics. )

Employers and clients have included Fortune 50 telecommunications (Verizon) and aerospace (Lockheed Martin) firms (at the latter, held Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) and DOD Secret security clearances); the Texas Department of Agriculture, the US Department of Labor; major universities (as teacher) and university research centers; survey research and marketing firms, macroeconomic and urban/state/regional forecasting firms; labor unions and community organizations; emergency planning and management consulting firms, the DoD and the Department of the Navy; Federal, state, and local workforce development and planning agencies; and non-profit think-tanks.

Award winning analytical and communication skills, along with exceptional ability to reach across and within unfamiliar disciplines—systems engineering, marketing, human resources, logistics, housing, and law, to name a few—to grasp salient elements of seemingly disparate disciplinary approaches.

Have led work groups large and small, always with a sense of humor, an emphasis on effects (not merely output), a focus on the development of the team and the individuals in it, and an ironic appreciation for all combinations and manifestations of human diversity. Seeking an ever more responsible role as manager of researchers, and/or direct report/consultant to Senior Management, on all manner of business and government challenges. Ultimately, both internal and external clients will benefit from the employment of advanced and customized data science services using bleeding edge data collection and analysis applications, e. g. , SAS, Stata, NLOGIT, and SPSS; and the ability to interpret and report results of statistical analyses confidently, accurately, and understandably.