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Christopher Vellturo, Ph.D.
President/Manager
Dr. Vellturo received a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and has worked in microeconomic consulting for
twenty years. During this time, Dr. Vellturo has performed economic
analyses in over 400 projects, across a wide range of industries. He is
recognized by legal industry journals as one of the top fifty antitrust
economists worldwide. (Curriculum Vitae)
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August Baker, Ph.D.
Principal
August Baker has an undergraduate degree from Columbia University and a
Ph.D. degree in Economics from MIT. He has worked in economic consulting
since 1994 and joined QES in 2007. Gus has expertise in applied
microeconomics, including corporate finance and econometrics. Much of his
work has consisted of applying economics to help resolve complex
commercial disputes. He has worked on a variety of different types of
disputes, including patent-infringement, antitrust, ERISA, and the
taxation of tax-advantaged transactions. (Curriculum
Vitae)
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Amy Almeida, Ph.D.
Vice President
Dr. Almeida specializes in industrial organization, econometrics, and
microeconomic theory. She has provided economic analysis in a wide
variety of industries. Dr. Almeida's casework has included economic
analysis and econometric modeling to estimate competitive effects of
mergers and damages assessment in intellectual property and antitrust
litigations and arbitrations. Prior to joining Quantitative Economic
Solutions, LLC, Dr. Almeida was an associate at PHB Hagler Bailly where
she modeled the North American electricity market to assess power plant
valuations; and a manager at Analysis Group, Inc. where she managed
intellectual property and antitrust cases. A Ph.D. graduate in Economics
from Northwestern University, Dr. Almeida also holds a B.S. in
Mathematics from Tufts University and a M.S. in Public Management and
Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. (Curriculum Vitae)
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Paul Malherbe, Ph.D.
Vice President
Dr. Malherbe specializes in microeconomics, corporate finance, and
econometrics. Dr. Malherbe joined QES in 2004. His casework has included
damages assessment in intellectual property litigation, asset valuation
in bankruptcy proceedings, and economic analyses of collusion and market
foreclosure. He has written on the valuation of patents and assessment of
patent damages using finance theory and has modeled investors and
entrepreneurs' choice among financial contracts. Prior to joining
Quantitative Economic Solutions, LLC, Dr. Malherbe was an assistant
professor of economics at Connecticut College and an economic research
assistant at Moody's Investors Service. A Ph.D. graduate in Economics
from the University of Massachusetts, Dr. Malherbe also holds a B.A. and
Law Degree from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. (Curriculum Vitae)
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Matthew J. Clifford
Senior Analyst
Mr. Clifford, a member of QES since April 2007, conducts economic and
econometric analyses in a variety of consumer and business service
markets. Prior to joining QES he was a research assistant at Columbia
University's Institute of Social and Economic Research and Policy, where
he worked on data integration in a range of fields. Mr. Clifford received
his M.A in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences from Columbia in
2007 where his research focused on microeconomic household surveys and
factor movement. He completed his undergraduate work in Physics at Penn
State and has served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Burkina Faso, West
Africa.
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Brian Asquith
Analyst
Since joining QES in August of 2009, Mr. Asquith has conducted data
analysis and research on intellectual property, anti-trust, and
statistical matters in a variety of industries. He graduated cum laude
from Brandeis University in May of 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics
and Mathematics.
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Sonali Rana
Analyst
Ms. Rana joined QES in September 2009 and has conducted research and
economic data analyses pertaining to intellectual property infringement
in a variety of industries. Prior to joining QES, she interned at Oxfam
America and analyzed the economic feasibility of a micro-insurance
project in northern Ethiopia. She holds an M.A. in Economics from
Northeastern University and a B.A. in Economics from Randolph College.
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Angel Marino
Operations Manager
Ms. Marino has a Masters Degree from Emerson College in Communication
Management. She joined QES in January 2006 with over twenty years
experience in office operations including HR administration, customer service,
project accounting and billing, logistics and communications, information
technology, as well as client, vendor, document, and media management.
She also has significant years as personal assistant to chief-level
executives in a variety of industries, such as IT services, software
technology, financial services, multi-media production, and architecture (working
with distinguished architect, Moshe Safdie).
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