Dr.
Sam Sugiyama
Dr. Sam Sugiyama, President and Founder of EC RISK USA & EUROPE, LLC
(1990 to Present), is an economist with over 36 years of training
and industry experience in developing solutions to client problems
using applied quantitative analysis and modeling. He has also provided
on-site and regional training seminars in the U.S., Europe and Australia.
Since 1990, he has been assisting clients in a variety of industries
to effectively control risk using techniques he has refined over
the past 18 years. Dr. Sugiyama was Director of Training and Consulting
Services and Senior Consultant at Palisade Corporation (2002-2003),
where he formed and grew the department. He has moved his professional
services to EC RISK USA & EUROPE, LLC.
SUMMARY
- President and Founder, EC RISK USA & EUROPE, LLC, 1989 to Present.
Provide risk management training and consulting services.
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Led the risk analysis portion of 9 Cost Risk Analyses (CRA/CEVP) performed for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), 2006 to present.
- Led interviews of experts to elicit their judgments regarding key risks associated with the 9 construction projects
- Documented expert opinion, including quantifying the likelihood and extent of each risk, risk dependencies and also strategies for mitigating the key risks.
- Performed the risk analysis and developed reports and recommendations regarding key risks.
- Provided guidance to the WSDOT staff on how to perform sound risk analyses. Many of these ideas are now incorporated into their guidelines for performing sound risk assessments.
- Provided guidance to staff in the development of in-house analytic tools.
- Director, Training & Consulting Services and Senior
Consultant, Palisade Corporation, 2002-2003.
- Ph.D. economist with 31 years experience in applied
quantitative analysis and modeling, 20 years in the utility
industry.
- Beta tester of @RISK and other Palisade products, 1990-2003.
Dr. Sugiyama is an @RISK Expert.
- Proven experience in modeling uncertain phenomena in
a spreadsheet environment using @RISK.
- Provide elementary and advanced risk analysis training
and consulting services using @RISK, BestFit, RISKview,
and RISKOptimizer. Also provide training services using
@RISK 4.0 for Microsoft Project.
- Provide training and consulting services on performing
deterministic analyses in Excel.
- Proven experience in bridging the gap between the needs
of both technical analysts and management.
- Beta tester of Forecast Pro, from Business Forecast
Systems since 1993.
- Assisted Business Forecast Systems with their annual
conferences in 2000-2002. Also presented papers at each
of the conferences.
- Provide elementary and advanced forecasting training
using Forecast Pro XE.
- Expert witness in Electric Utility Rate Proceedings:
1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996.
- Expert witness in judicial proceeding on risk valuation
of an oil company's prospects.
- 21 years teaching experience at the university/college
level: courses taught include elementary probability and
statistics, graduate level econometrics, elementary and
intermediate microeconomic and macroeconomic theory. Taught
at Weber State College (1972-1976), University of Utah
(1981-1982), Lewis & Clark College (1985-1991), Portland
State University (1982-1992).
- 18 years experience as an analyst at the Bonneville
Power Administration (a Federal Power marketing agency):
Developed short-term electric load forecasting models;
developed industrial long-term load forecasting models;
was an industry advisor on industrial load forecasting
model development for the Electric Power Research Institute;
developed short-term risk assessment models; participated
in developing risk assessment for spot market pricing;
managed the Industrial Forecasting group for 5 years.
Technical troubleshooter in the Business Strategy and
Assessment Group for 5 years.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. University of Utah. Economics, 1981.
- B.A. Western Washington University. Economics &
Mathematics, 1971.
EXPERIENCE: PROJECTS
RISK ASSESSMENT:
November 1990 - Present
EXPERIENCE: TRAINING
- 1997 to Present: Delivered over 35 regional beginning and
advanced training seminars in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia.
- 1997 to Present: Delivered over 30 on-site tailored training
seminars in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia.
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