Consultants' Backgrounds
Paul V. Teplitz
President
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EDUCATION: |
BS, MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DBA, Harvard University
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SPECIALIZATION:
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Corporate Strategy
Marketing
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CONSULTING:
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25 years' experience
Founded current firm in 1986
Clients include Fortune 500 companies, large banks, top law firms
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EXAMPLE PROJECTS:
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Strategy Assessments
Industry and Competitive Analyses
Market Forecasts
Economic Analyses for Litigation
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PUBLICATIONS
AND SPEECHES:
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Speeches and talks before the Conference Board, Direct Marketing
Association, APICS, Presidents Association, Planning Forum, National
Retail Federation, and others. Author of books on banking,
professional baseball, federal tax policy, and others.
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Arthur Schleifer, Jr.
Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus — Harvard University
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EDUCATION:
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BA, Yale University
MBA, DBA, Harvard University
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SPECIALIZATION:
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Business Forecasting
Managerial Economics
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TEACHING:
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Head of Teaching Group for Managerial Economics
Second-Year elective course in business forecasting
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PUBLICATIONS:
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Numerous articles on statistical methods
Over 15 Harvard Business School cases on forecasting
Books on Managerial Economics, Forecasting
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OUTSIDE
ACTIVITIES:
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- Consultant to numerous companies and industry groups on planning
and forecasting.
- Expert witness in several large corporate litigations on issues such
as:
- Budgeting and forecasting;
- Projections of corporate earnings;
- Stock market reactions to corporate events.
- Board Member of Seneca Wire & Cable Corporation and earlier companies that
were acquired.
- Consultant to state Attorneys General in negotiating the Tobacco Settlement.
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Reilly Atkinson
Senior Consultant
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EDUCATION:
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BA, Physics, Harvard University
PhD, Physics, Stanford University
Postdoctoral Study, Harvard Business School
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SPECIALIZATION:
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Statistical analyses
Geodemographic analyses
Neural network response models
Experimental design
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CONSULTING:
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Co-Founder, Consulting Statisticians, Inc.
Advanced marketing research applications
Example clients: Citibank, Ocean Spray, New York Times, General
Motors
Long history in analyses of direct marketing customers
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