Greg Stevens

Current

• Managing Partner at Green Plastics LLC
• Senior Staff Consultant at Idearc Media

Past

• Business Analyst at Idearc Media
• Data Analyst & Developer at Verizon Information Services
• Research Associate and Lecturer at University of California, Los Angeles

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Education

• University of Michigan
• University of Rochester

Connections

40 connections

Industry

Publishing

Greg Stevens’s Summary

I would like to use my skills to contribute to a team that helps a company (or its clients) to transform its business through the development of custom analytical tools, business processes and technical applications. I have a strong background in creating and managing large-scale web-based productivity tools and tracking and reporting applications, including ETL database warehousing and OLAP-style data presentation. I also have a demonstrated ability to work across functional lines (production, sales, marketing) to understand and manage requirements of enterprise-wide business needs and transform them into solutions.

Greg Stevens’s Specialties:

project management, business analysis, business intelligence, database marketing, network and systems models, customer behavior models, cognitive (decision and memory) models, agent-based simulation, comparative financial models, work-load projections, historical and predictive productivity models, trend analyses, technical (database and application) design, technology strategy and planning, technology solution development, research (experimental design and testing), training and presentation

Greg Stevens’s Experience

• Managing Partner

  Green Plastics LLC

  (Internet industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  Owner, developer and manager of a small set of internet resources that provide scientific information, professional networking, product-finding resources, and a sense of community for students, scientists and entrepeneurs, that is focused on the new technology of biodegradable plastics made from renewable resources.

• Senior Staff Consultant

  Idearc Media

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; IAR; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  As a senior staff consultant, my main project has been to build and manage a nationwide productivity tracking tool. I worked with over 70 managers to determine the scope of items to be tracked and monitored, and worked with development resources across the country to evaluate ad hoc tracking and reporting systems and develop an integrated web-enabled platform. The end result was a custom tracking and OLAP-style reporting system that was used at every level of operations, from providing performance evaluations for supervisors and their teams, all the way to an executive reporting system for costs and productivity. Other projects included database marketing (using SAS to predict customer behavior) and detailed financial reports (integrating data from multiple data warehouses).

• Business Analyst

  Idearc Media

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; IAR; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  April 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 9 months)

  As a business analyst for the West Region, I worked with manufacturing managers and the West Region Director to compile data and provide analyses to determine best practices to streamline processes and reduce costs. This included developing work-load projections, comparative financial models, detailed trend analyses, and historical and predictive productivity and cost analysis tools.

• Data Analyst & Developer

  Verizon Information Services

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2004 — April 2005 (1 year 4 months)

  As data analyst for the Director of Publishing for the West Region, I produced a large number of automation tools and analytical reports, and integrated regional ad hoc reports into a single unified reporting methodology. I created presentations and training documentation for newly developed automation tools, as well as providing one-on-one training to 9 regional managers. I also worked with regional managers to identify business needs and develop appropriate enhancements when required.

• Research Associate and Lecturer

  University of California, Los Angeles

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

  October 2000 — October 2003 (3 years 1 month)

  As a National Institute of Health (NIH) National Service Research Award (NSRA) research fellow, I supervised a research lab, training and overseeing undergraduate research assistants, designing and running experiments, analysing data, and writing up and presenting results. I also developed and coded simulation models, ran parameter sweeps and tests, and fit results to empirical data.
  
  As a Lecturer for Introduction to Cognitive Science and Introduction to Neural Networks, I planned course outlines, selected readings, gave lectures, held office hours, created and graded projects and exams.

Greg Stevens’s Education

• University of Michigan

  Ph.D. , Cognitive Psychology , 1995 — 2000

  Also received graduate certification in the Complex Adaptive Systems and Culture and Cognition programs.

  Activities and Societies:

  National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, Clyde Hamilton Coombs Scholarship in Mathematical Psychology, Rackham Graduate School Predoctoral Fellowship, Marquis "Most Outstanding Dissertation" Award

• University of Rochester

  B.A. , Cognitive Science , 1991 — 1995

  My undergraduate research lead to a series of publications in academic journals, including Sociological Theory and American Sociological Review, and a chapter in the book "Chaos, complexity, and sociology: Myths, models, and theories".

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa, Senior Scholars Program

Additional Information

Greg Stevens’s Interests:

ASP.NET (1.1, 2.0), VB.NET, PHP, Java, C++, Oracle, MySQL, xHTML, Javascript, CSS, AJAX, JQuery, XML, RDF/metadata, Silverrun, SAS (Windows and Linux), SPSS (Windows), VBA and Office Macro development. Some experience with: C#, J#, JSP.

Greg Stevens’s Groups:

•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Internet Technology Hub
•    Business Intelligence Professionals
•    .NET People
•    University of Michigan Alumni
•    The-Green-Group.com
•    University of Rochester Alumni
•    Green
•    Go Green Online

Greg Stevens’s Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa Honors Fraternity, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, Clyde Hamilton Coombs Scholarship in Mathematical Psychology, Rackham Graduate School Predoctoral Fellowship, Marquis "Most Outstanding Dissertation" Award, NIH Individual National Research Service Award