Independent Consultant Resume
Austin, TX
Innovative consultant specializing in turning data into insight. Wide variety of database analysis, financial analysis, and data modeling, combined with research and personal interviews to determine root issues, financial impact and strategic recommendations. Managed/mentored consultant teams including PhDs, MBAs and CPAs.
Independent Consultant, Austin, TX 2005-2012
Economic analysis of energy, telecom, financial and high tech industries
Valuation of patented IP for litigation damages
Modeled Chinese copper pricing for international mining company
Started polling agency that was cited by presidential campaigns from both parties
Developed international economic polling module for investment firm
Development work on clean-tech technology
Confidential Austin, TX 2000-2005
Senior consultant combining economic analysis with technical guidance for economic expert witness firm
Mentored and managed consultants in research, analysis and report writing
Financial and statistical analysis of energy, insurance and high tech industries
Wrote analytical reports used in State and Federal courts, mediations and Congressional testimony
Directed IT infrastructure, administered Oracle and MySQL databases in Windows/Linux
Confidential Austin, TX 1998-2000
Business Analyst IV providing analysis directly to senior management
Worked with Sr VP of Underwriting and lead actuary to build system to extract data from AS/400 corporate system into Access, offering drill-down analysis of volume, pricing and loss ratios of regions, managers and underwriters.
Ad-hoc database analysis for CEO, COO, and Sr. VPs of Underwriting and Finance
Built data model projecting $300 million revenue. Projections used for corporate budget.
Developed corporate budget for three divisions. Journal entries and variance analysis.
Management of lower level Business Analysts
Earlier Experience
Management Consultant – George S. May Corp, Chicago, IL 1997-1998
Economic and Fiscal Analyst – Texas State Comptroller, Austin, TX 1997
Computer hardware sales and repair firm owner – ATechs, Cambridge, MA 1988-1994
Education and Training
MBA
BS
CPA coursework
Technical
Access, MySQL, Oracle, SQL, TOAD, DBA, Excel, VB, VBA, PHP, Ruby, Asterisk, FreeSWITCH, Summation, XML, DDL, DML, ASP, Macros, GIS