Dr. Matheson has helped senior management of firms in the United States and Europe improve the value of R&D, product development, innovation, capital investment and strategy. His practical experience covers a wide variety of industries, including software development, biotechnology, telecommunications, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, electric power and entertainment. He is co-author of the best selling book, The Smart Organization: Creating Value through Strategic R&D (Harvard Business School Press). He co-founded SmartOrg in 2000, after a decade of consulting as a principal at SDG, to bring value-based management processes to customers through advanced software systems. His Ph.D. is from Stanford University where he is also a lecturer in the Advanced Project Management Program.

 

Jim Matheson was formerly a founder and managing director of SDG, where he served as Chief Technology Officer and director of the R&D consulting practice. He is a recognized authority on strategic decision-making and decision analysis and is an Associate Professor in Management Science at Stanford University. With David Matheson, he is co-author of The Smart Organization. During his 30 years of consulting experience, Jim led engagements for many of the world’s leading R&D and technology-intensive companies. Prior to joining SDG, Jim founded and led the Decision Analysis Group at SRI International. His Ph.D. is from Stanford University.

 

Don Creswell spent 12 years at SDG where he was Vice President and General Manager of SDG Decision Systems, a software and education arm; General Manager of the Decision Quality Association and director of that organization’s Intelligent Decision Systems software organization; Director of Practice Development for the R&D management consulting practice; and Director of The Smart Organization Program. Prior to joining SDG, Don was a senior management consultant at SRI International, Vice President of Pan American World Airways, and Marketing Vice President of an RCA high tech division.

 

Peter McNamee is an expert in the development and application of decision analysis software. He is co-author of Decision Analysis for the Professional, now in its third edition. Formerly a principal at SDG, he specialized in training and developing software decision aids, such as Supertree. He has experience in a wide variety of industries, from automotive to oil and gas, telecommunications to new ventures. Peter holds a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University. 

 

Prior to joining SmartOrg Mr. Steinfeld was a co-founder and chief architect of AgentIdea Consulting, technical manager of the Jefferies-Helfant Group, and vice president, Futures and Options Technology for Prudential Financial. Mr. Steinfeld brings an extensive background in architecture and software development to the SmartOrg software engineering team, including development of trading systems for equities, options and risk analysis for high profile Wall Street firms.