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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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Thomas Muller
Analyst
Since joining QES in May of 2007, Mr. Muller has conducted
data analysis and research on intellectual property and
anti-trust matters in a variety of industries. Prior to
joining QES he was an analyst at a sales and marketing consulting
firm where he provided in-depth data analysis of consumer
behavior. Mr. Muller received his B.A. in Mathematical Economics
from Wesleyan University in 2005 where he was inducted in
the National Economics Honor Society (Omicron Delta Epsilon)
and Phi Beta Kappa.
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Kevin Hahm
Analyst
Mr. Hahm has conducted economic analyses pertaining to intellectual
property infringement in a variety of industries since joining
QES as an analyst in July 2007. He graduated from Williams
College in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and
Economics.
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Angel Marino
Operations Manager
Ms. Marino has a Masters Degree from Emerson College in
Communications Industries Management. She joined QES in
January 2006. Ms. Marino has over twenty years experience
in office operations including 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 internet/intranet and web services, software technology,
financial services, and architecture, working with distinguished
architect, Moshe Safdie.
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