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Mark Labovitz

Lecturer

Focus

A quant in retail, HABA, direct marketing , durable goods, finance, food processing, gov’t, healthcare, higher ed, insurance, pharma & teleco

Biography

Experience includes:

Ten years Senior Quantitative Research Analyst/Manager in funds research, attribution research, risk adjusted consistency measures, active and passive indexation design (multi-asset, ETFs), portfolio optimization, glide path optimization, process dynamics; a focus on mutual funds, alternatives, ETFs and target maturity.

Fifteen years Consulting Statistician and Data Analyst supporting marketing research, process optimization, geo-spatial analysis (trade area, routing, site selection) for verticals including: consumer retail, cosmetics, direct marketing , durable goods, financial services, food processing, healthcare, higher ed, insurance, pharma &  teleco,

Twelve years Quantitative Analyst and Data Processing Specialist, Team Lead,  and Manager for companies supporting  (US and foreign) civilian, defense and intelligence government agencies, agriculture, forestry and extractive industries; direct marketing for publishers, food /beverage producers, beauty aids, catalogers, non-profits.

Eight years Quantitative Research Scientist for NASA as an employee and under contract  developing algorithms for the processing and analysis of remotely sensed data from satellite and aircraft, involved large quantities of high volume data

Education

   PhD    Applied Mathematics, conc. in Statistics– University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO

   MBA    University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA

   MS       Applied Mathematics – University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO

   MS       Computer Information Technology, conc. in databases and e-commerce  – Regis University, Denver, CO

   PhD    Geomathematics,  MA  Statistics,  MS   Geology – The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

  APSC  Operations Research (“Applied Scientist” MS with paper option, no dissertation), AB Political Science – The  George Washington  University, Washington DC

  CSSBB Six-Sigma Black Belt, Villanova University, Villanova, PA

Last updated:

March 18, 2024