About
I am an applied economist with a background spanning engineering, statistics, and economics. I started my career as a software developer, which taught me how systems are built. Graduate training in statistics and economics taught me how to extract rigorous signals from data and understand the economic mechanisms behind observed outcomes. It deepened my interest in causal identification and industrial organization: how to credibly evaluate interventions, how markets are structured, how firms price and compete, and how economic analysis informs antitrust and competition policy. More than two years of client advisory work at Digonex taught me how to translate rigorous analysis into decisions organizations act on.
My doctoral research at Iowa State University focused on developing dynamic structural econometric models of the U.S. beef cattle industry, with applications to disease outbreak scenarios and agricultural policy analysis. Calibration required designing a semi-genetic optimization algorithm combining biological population dynamics with market equilibrium conditions, an approach I developed because standard methods were insufficient for the problem structure. The work required building complex models from scratch in an unfamiliar domain using real industry data. My working papers apply the same modeling philosophy beyond agriculture: start with the economics, build the framework carefully, and state plainly what the analysis can and cannot show. One studies profit-aware pricing in two-sided e-commerce marketplaces. The other develops a structural demand model and merger simulation for the blocked JetBlue-Spirit merger, using a constructed dataset calibrated to public case information.
During my previous tenure at Digonex, I worked as an economist and pricing advisor across 20+ client engagements in the U.S., U.K., and Canada, leading pricing strategy. The work involved conducting strategy sessions, presenting findings to executives, convincing skeptical clients to change how they priced their products, and remaining accountable for results across a portfolio of relationships over multiple years. My pricing recommendations contributed $27M in cumulative incremental revenue through demand estimation, experimentation, and pricing optimization. I returned to Digonex as an economist in October 2026.
I am based in Indianapolis and am open to Chicago-based, remote, and Indianapolis roles, and to relocation for the right opportunity.
Education
- PhD, Economics, Iowa State University
- MS, Statistics, Iowa State University
- MS, Information Systems, Iowa State University
- B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering, CVR College of Engineering
Outside of Work
Aside from building models and working with data, I enjoy vegetable gardening, cooking, reading, and listening to podcasts. I lift weights regularly and rock climb both indoors and outdoors. Some of my climbing trips have taken me to Joshua Tree National Park in California, Fern in Arkansas, and Devil's Lake in Wisconsin.
Some books I have enjoyed:
- Economics Without Equilibrium, W. Brian Arthur
- Causal Inference: The Mixtape, Scott Cunningham
- The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves, Matt Ridley
- The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge, Matt Ridley
- Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments: A Practical Guide to A/B Testing, Ron Kohavi, Diane Tang, Ya Xu
Podcast I return to regularly: EconTalk hosted by Russ Roberts.
Some of my outdoor climbing adventures
