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David Matheson, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, President and CEO
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. |
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James Matheson, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, Chairman and CFO
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.
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Don Creswell
Co-Founder, Vice President Sales and Marketing
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.
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Peter McNamee, Ph.D.
Director of Systems Architecture, Senior Consultant
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.
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Terry Chinn
Senior Software Consultant
Terry Chinn developed Decision Advisor® and other decision
systems covering R&D investments, pharmaceutical drug
portfolio resource allocation, and electric power
transactions. Prior to his work at SDG, Terry was a research
engineer at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company. Terry holds
an MS in computer engineering from Santa Clara
University.
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Grant Steinfeld
Chief Software Architect
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.
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