|
|
|
Econometrics and Business Statistics Consulting Service
Who are we?
The Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics has more than 20
staff members with wide experience in econometrics and statistics. Some of
our most experienced consultants include
 |
Dr Neil Diamond
B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D., A. Stat.
Director of Consulting
Dr Diamond has worked as a statistician in both industry and academia.
He has over 25 years experience as a consultant working in a diverse
range of applications with particular emphasis on the design and analysis
of observational studies and experiments, quality improvement and time
series modelling. |
|
|
Professor Rob J Hyndman
B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D., A.Stat.
Professor Hyndman has over 20 years consulting experience working with
several hundred clients. His consulting practice has covered just about
every area of statistics. He is best known as co-author of the international
best-selling textbook Forecasting:
methods and applications (Makridakis, Wheelwright and Hyndman,
3rd edition, 1998, Wiley). He also publishes regularly in scholarly
refereed journals and is an award-winning lecturer at Monash University. |
|
 |
Ewa Sztendur
B.Sc., Ph.D.
Dr Sztendur is a statistician specialising in experimental design with the main focus on response surface methodology. She has consulted and lectured in statistics at the University of Melbourne and Victoria University. Besides undertaking commercial consulting, Ewa is also the co-ordinator of the statistical service for research students, conducted on behalf of the Monash Research Graduate School. |
|
 |
Cain Polidano
B.AgEcon (Hons), M.AgEcon.
Cain is a PhD student in the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics. His main research area is applied economic and social policy analysis using cross section and panel data. Prior to commencing his PhD, Cain spent 8 years working as a Research Economist for the Australian Government. During this time he completed a number of consulting projects for clients such as the World Bank, International Labour Office, the Government of Alberta and Australian State Governments. |
|
|
Dr Lee Gordon-Brown
B.Eng., Ph.D.
Dr. Gordon-Brown is a specialist in business modelling and decision
support systems and has had wide experience in business analysis and
simulation using exact and heuristic techniques. Consulting experience
has included consulting engineering and business simulation projects
for Phillip Morris, several Victorian Government Departments, the Australian
Greenhouse Office, Multiplex and the Municipal Association of Victoria. |
|
|
Dr Catherine Forbes
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Dr. Forbes is a specialist in Bayesian statistical methods and has
published in the areas of financial modelling, nonlinear time series
and model selection. She has had a variety of consulting experience
in academia, business and the manufacturing industry. |
|
|
Dr Simone Grose
B.Ec. (Hons), Ph.D.
Dr. Grose is an econometrician with experience in time series modelling
and forecasting, including modelling consumer demand and financial returns
data. Consulting experience includes a major project for a large utility
involving the use of billing data to forecast sales. |
|
|
Dr Mark Harris
B.A. (Hons), Grad. Dip. Ec., Ph.D.
Dr. Harris is an applied econometrician with significant experience
in the analysis of cross section, survey and panel data. Mark has undertaken
numerous consultancy projects including research for: the Reserve Bank
of Australia, Department of Family and Community Servives, the Productivity
Commision, the ATO, Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance, DEETYA
and IBIS. He was also part of the development team of MITTS, a microsimulation
model of the Australian tax and transfer system. |
|
|
Associate Professor Brett Inder
B.Ec. (Hons), Ph.D.
Associate Professor Inder is an econometrician specialising in modelling
economic and business time series. He has published several influential
papers on state-of-the-art model building methodology and theory. His
consulting experience covers both private business and government. Associate
Professor Inder received the vice-chancellor's award for Excellence
in Teaching in 1996. |
|
|
Professor Maxwell L King
B.Sc. (Hons), M.Com., Ph.D., FASSA.
Professor King is an internationally renowned econometrician with
special expertise in model selection and hypothesis testing. He is also
Director of the Monash Research Graduate School and has received the
vice-chancellor's award for postgraduate supervision. Professor King
has published over 60 academic papers in econometrics and statistics. |
|
|
Associate Professor Ralph Snyder
B.Ec. (Hons), M.Ec., Ph.D.
Associate Professor Snyder is a specialist in business modelling and
operations research. The primary focus of his research has been on quantitative
and statistical methods for sales forecasting and inventory management,
with many publications in leading US and British academic journals.
He has consulted extensively with Australian business and industry,
most recently specialising in the distribution of car parts. Some of
his methods of inventory control have been implemented by leading Australian
and Malaysian companies; one case resulted in savings in excess of ten
million dollars. |
|
|
