Primary technical areas of expertise include:
Systems analysis and design, quantitative analysis, information technology, strategic planning, and project management.
Special areas of interest include:
Finance/investing, sports, music and dance.
Education:
BA, Business Administration.
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
MBA, Quantitative Analysis and Information Systems.
New York University Graduate School of Engineering:
PhD program (3 years, part-time) Quantitative Analysis.
Professional Experience:
Over 20 years of management experience at Fortune 50 companies, including one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). Positions included --
Manager, Information Systems for a division, reporting directly to the chief financial officer.
Manager, Financial, Sales and Marketing Systems for the sector/group that generated approximately half of this DJIA company's business.
Contact info: 19xxDinosaur@gmail.com
June, 2012
A personal finance blog that provides historical perspective, emphasizes strategic planning, and uses graphs & spreadsheets to show how financial things work.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
About This Blog
This site will focus on things about which I am passionate: analysis & design, planning, building models/spreadsheets, financial management, technology, and football. Other passions (music, basketball, dance, ...) may be less evident -- not necessarily because I'm less passionate about them, but because it's less clear what I would ever write about them.
The reality is, almost anything is a potential topic. The unifying element is the strategic-systems-quantitative-modeling approach, not the subject matter itself. I will virtually always try to provide strategic, high-level, long-range perspective. Generally, I will also try to include graphics to illustrate key concepts in an intuitive, non-technical way. Finally, I'll often provide the supporting spreadsheet for readers who would like to explore and understand the concepts in more detail.
I do this:
Thanks for stopping by.
Al
19xxDinosaur@gmail.com
December, 2012
Houston,TX
Dedication: For my "favorite" (and only) niece.
In so many ways, this site is for you. May you someday actually have time to read it -- at least the good parts!
The reality is, almost anything is a potential topic. The unifying element is the strategic-systems-quantitative-modeling approach, not the subject matter itself. I will virtually always try to provide strategic, high-level, long-range perspective. Generally, I will also try to include graphics to illustrate key concepts in an intuitive, non-technical way. Finally, I'll often provide the supporting spreadsheet for readers who would like to explore and understand the concepts in more detail.
I do this:
- Because it's fun.
- To further my own understanding.
- To share my investigations, analysis and insights with others (partly with the hope that it will encourage them to do their own analysis).
- To help promote better understanding of, and appreciation of, personal finance concepts, strategic planning, quantitative analysis and "the systems approach."
Thanks for stopping by.
Al
19xxDinosaur@gmail.com
December, 2012
Houston,TX
Dedication: For my "favorite" (and only) niece.
In so many ways, this site is for you. May you someday actually have time to read it -- at least the good parts!
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