The Decision Strategist

I am an economist by training and an entrepreneur at heart. Writing for The Decision Strategist is a great opportunity to discuss strategy and decision making, looking at techniques we can use to improve our skills and avoid common pitfalls. I try to relate these tools to examples drawn from my own life and current events. Check out Why I Blog Decision Making Strategy for a more goal and philosophy oriented discussion.

Services

Here is my portfolio. If you are looking for freelance research or design services, I currently engage in the following:

• Economic Research: Forecasting, impact analysis, and written discussion of economic events.
• Statistical Analysis: Impacts and relationships with a focus on human behavior and social variables.
• Web Design and Analytics: Site development and design, web analytics and web apps generally.

Interests and Experience

My true interests are in how and why we make the decisions we do, and what we can do to make ourselves and our organizations better. The internet is sorely underused as a potential for collective decision making, and I think that major applications will be developed along these lines soon. I am in the process of building decyder, and working on increasing my abilities with respect to create development of ideas.

I am also interested in small businesses, eco-friendly businesses, micro-finance, and any other small and nimble agent going up against the big guys.

I have a B.A. in Economics from Hampshire College (flash site) and an M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts. I worked for REMI as an economic consultant for two years, and have been a research scientist at the Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) at the University of New Mexico for a year and a half.

Most of my work to date has centered on economic and fiscal analysis. This involves projects like examining the impacts of the Santa Fe living wage, economic leakages for the Town of Taos, economic contributions of our national forests, and a variety of smaller projects. BBER is a non-partisan social research institute, and can provide a variety of services in New Mexico.

My official work is generally done with SAS, GIS, IMPLAN and painful amounts of Excel.

Non-professional interests include Aikido and Ultimate Frisbee.

If you’d like to contact me, you can leave a comment on any post or send me a message here. If you find these topics helpful or intriguing, contribute to the discussion by leaving a comment or sending a message.

Thanks

-Nick (zot)

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