Category: Business
The Geography of Big Data: How to Get Started
If you’re a business executive you’ve no doubt heard a lot about “Big Data” and the promise of analytics. You may have even read a recent post in the Harvard Business Review about how to Get Started with Big Data. It’s a great article and offers good advice but probably should be retitled: “How to [...]
Miles Driven Forecasting: Not So Fast My Friend
When it comes to forecasting the future I like to think of two quotes from one of the smartest people I’ve ever worked with (the quote may not be precise but hopefully you’ll get the idea). 1. Forecasts are always wrong. 2. Forecasts with longer time horizons are always worse. David Simchi-Levi, brilliant MIT Professor [...]
Geospatial Career Q&A with Undergraduate Part 4 – Long Term Career Planning
In Part 1, I posted a line of questioning I received from a soon-to-graduate geography major. My response is in 3 parts: (1) summer suggestions, (2) hitting the job market next year, and (3) long-term (3-5 years) career positioning. In Part 2 I provided suggestions for what to do this summer. In Part 3 I cover hitting the job [...]
Geospatial Career Q&A with Undergraduate Part 3 – Hitting the Job Market
In Part 1, I posted a line of questioning I received from a soon-to-graduate geography major. My response is in 3 parts: (1) summer suggestions, (2) hitting the job market next year, and (3) long-term (3-5 years) career positioning. In Part 2 I provided suggestions for what to do this summer and in today’s post I’ll [...]
Speaking Tomorrow at the AASA Marketing Executives Council
I’ll be giving a talk tomorrow to the Automotive Aftermarket Supplier Association’s (AASA) Marketing Executives Council (MEC) June meeting. The talk is entitled, “Inventory Optimization with Experian VIO, Mosaic and Simmons”. It will be very similar to the talk I presented to the AASA Technology Executives Council in March, describing how demographic data can supplement [...]
TerraSeer is Hiring – Apply to Join our Team as a Database Developer
Job title: Database Developer Date posted: 06/12/2012 Job type: Full-time Job Description The successful candidate will work with an entrepreneurial team of software developers to deliver cutting edge web-based geospatial visualization applications, allowing large business enterprises to leverage data investments and identify opportunities for improved operational efficiency. The position is responsible for analyzing, designing, implementing [...]
GAAS Presentation Available
As I mentioned in a previous blog post I was in Chicago last week attending the Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium and had the opportunity to deliver a talk on the Inventory Optimization Process in the Aftermarket. It was my first presentation to a large audience and I think it went pretty well. It was certainly [...]
Speaking this week at the Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium
I’ll be speaking at the Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium (GAAS) in Chicago this Thursday. It’s an exciting opportunity to share some of the geographic data analysis approaches we’ve (TerraSeer) been using to help manufacturers and retailers forecast demand and make inventory assortment decisions. Here’s a downloadable brochure with more information about the conference. Hopefully this [...]
Replacement Rate Models in the Automotive Aftermarket
Recently I posted an article to the Aftermarket Analytics blog about replacement rate modeling in the automotive aftermarket. It’s a sizable post, worthwhile for anyone interested in demand modeling in any industry. I’ll post an excerpt here, but head over to the post to get the full article and images. “An important piece of the [...]
Spatial Career Guide – 5 Key Skills for Future GIS Software Developers
Many, many folks in the GIS community find themselves in the software development universe and for good reason. Software development makes for an interesting career, blending problem solving and creativity, and most software development jobs pay fairly well with opportunities for entrepreneurial adventures. This is the path I took after finishing part of grad school and I [...]
