Statistical Consulting
My consulting practice spans two decades of applied statistical work across industry,
healthcare, and academia. Engagements range from single-deliverable analyses to
multi-year embedded partnerships — from Fortune 500 market research firms to
medical device companies to university research teams. The common thread is a
commitment to getting the methodology right and delivering something that actually
works in the hands of the client.
Industry & Market Research
My industry work is rooted in a decade at KS&R (Knowledge Systems & Research),
where I served as the firm’s sole statistician, followed by continued independent
practice. Engagements have spanned telecommunications, technology, logistics, automotive,
manufacturing, and financial services.
- Discrete Choice & Conjoint Analysis: Full-cycle execution of
CBC and MaxDiff studies — experimental design, survey logistics, Hierarchical
Bayes estimation via Sawtooth, and simulator development for client-facing scenario
modeling.
- Market Segmentation & Classification: End-to-end segmentation
studies including basis variable selection, clustering, segment profiling, and
deployment — including multilingual Excel-based classification tools for
international salesforce use.
- Reporting Automation: Design and implementation of automated
analytical pipelines — including a VBA-based system that replaced a multi-person
manual process for SPSS-to-PowerPoint delivery.
- Survey Design & Weighting: Question design, stratified sampling,
and post-hoc weighting for complex survey programs across B2B and B2C contexts.
- Customer Equity Modeling: Structural equation modeling and canonical
correlation applied to customer lifetime value frameworks across Asia-Pacific markets.
Clinical & Biostatistics
Clinical consulting work has centered on medical device validation, biostatistical
analysis for peer-reviewed publication, and statistical methods training for clinical
research professionals.
- Medical Device Validation: Biostatistical analysis supporting
device accuracy studies, including Bland-Altman plots, regression analysis, and
summary statistics for use in product documentation and published research.
- Peer-Reviewed Publication: Statistical contributions to clinical
research appearing in Blood Pressure Monitoring, Journal of Nursing
Administration, and Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in
Healthcare (Springer).
- Clinical Researcher Training: Invited presentations to the Society
of Clinical Research Associates (NY Chapter) covering statistical methods for clinical
researchers, 2013–2023.
Work still in active use
Statistical analysis and Bland-Altman methodology developed for Welch Allyn’s
blood pressure device validation program is embedded in product documentation currently
hosted by Hillrom (now a Baxter company) and used in ongoing commercial and clinical
contexts. The underlying peer-reviewed research — Alpert et al., Blood
Pressure Monitoring, 2019 — remains publicly available via
DOI.
The Hillrom clinical research summary is available
here.
Additional Engagements
- R/Shiny Development: Web portal and Excel simulator development
with credential-based access management for restricted team use.
- Higher Education Research: Cohort persistence analysis for a
university College of Engineering, surfacing actionable patterns through
cross-tabulation and data slicing.
- Academic & Cross-Disciplinary Consulting: Statistical support
for graduate research, dissertation committees, and faculty across disciplines.
How I work: I come in, understand the problem quickly, and build
what’s needed — whether that’s a one-time analysis, a reusable
pipeline, or a presentation-ready deliverable. I’m comfortable in unfamiliar
environments and under deadline. Clients across market research, healthcare, and
academia have called on me precisely when the stakes were high and the timeline was
short. I leave you with something that works — and that you understand.