EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS WHO CAN HELP YOU SUCCEED.
Our staff brings decades of collective experience in helping companies produce better results from their R&D, NPD, Innovation strategies. Our time-proven value-based management process, coupled with in-depth industry experience help you move beyond common practice to best practice. Our experience provides us with a practical view of what it takes to deal with the organizational realities of making improvements and achieving lasting benefits, guiding you carefully towards achieving your goals.
Our consultants include the founders of decision analysis, acknowledged leaders in management science and strategic decision making and published authors of management books, articles and papers in professional journals.
David Matheson
David has helped senior management of firms in the United States and Europe improve their results from portfolio management, product development, innovation, R&D, capital investment and strategy. He is an expert on measuring value and managing uncertainty. He is co-author of the best selling book, The Smart Organization: Creating Value through Strategic R&D (Harvard Business School Press) and has authored numerous articles on innovation, portfolio management and decision making. In addition to being at the helm of SmartOrg, he is a board member of Photozini, Inc. and a Fellow with the Society of Decision Professionals. His Ph.D. is from Stanford University where he teaches Strategic Portfolio Management at the Stanford Center for Professional Development.
Don Creswell
Since its founding in 2000, Don has lead sales and marketing for SmartOrg. In addition to directing domestic and international sales, he manages partner alliances, writes ValuePoint™, our monthly e-newsletter, directs webinar and conference programs and leads our partnership with SAP. He is currently a Fellow with the Society of Decision Professionals. Prior to founding SmartOrg, Don held senior management and executive positions at SDG Decision Systems, the Decision Quality Association, SRI International, Pan American World Airways and RCA Corporation.
Grant Steinfeld
Grant has been a driving force behind the development of Portfolio Navigator® from the original beta version to the present. His background in high performance systems and databases on Wall Street has infused SmartOrg systems with a high standard and progressive vision. He frequently works with customers to customize the software and integrate into their existing systems.
James Matheson
Jim is a world recognized leader in the development and application of decision analysis. At SRI, he co-founded and was a managing director of Strategic Decision Group (SDG). Jim regularly teaches courses and supervises graduate students at Stanford where he was awarded his Ph.D. He is a Fellow with the Society of Decision Professionals and a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS). With David Matheson, he co-authored the highly acclaimed book, The Smart Organization: Creating Value through Strategic R&D (Harvard Business School Press).
Melinda Gurman
SmartOrg turns to Melinda every day for everything to keep this team in line! She has been instrumental in managing the company’s website redesign, marketing and social media programs, creating and managing budgets. Melinda continues to be the “go-to” person for scheduling time with team members to handling all accounts payable and receivable questions. If you need something but are not sure who to go to, contact Melinda!
Peter McNamee
Peter has assisted senior management in decision making and value optimization in industries such as telecommunications, automotive, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, and electric power. He also specializes in training and developing software decision aids such as Portfolio Navigator™ and Supertree. He is co-author of Decision Analysis for the Professional, now in its fourth edition. And is an expert in the development and application of decision analysis software. Peter is a Fellow with the Society of Decision Professionals. His Ph.D. is in physics from Stanford University.
Ravi Kumar
Ravi is a data driven marketer with over a decade of multinational experience working for different brands. He is a thought leader in social media and online communication where he deep dives into metrics to get better insights. He has Bachelor’s degree in Law and Master’s in Business Administration.
Somik Raha
Somik Raha works at the intersection of strategy, technology innovation and organizational transformation. Prior to SmartOrg, Somik worked as an agile software development coach and founded the open-source htmlparser project. He received his Ph.D. in Decision Analysis from Stanford University conducting research on values-based decision-making, helping organizations align decisions with their core values. He is an active volunteer with ServiceSpace and blogs for the Huffington Post.