Lyle Wallis

Current

Partner at Decisio Consulting

Past

Senior Consultant at McKinsey & Company
Director, Business Planning and Modeling at Symbios Logic
Business Unit Director at AT&T Information Systems

Various at NCR Micro-Electronics
Member Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories

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Education

University of California, Berkeley
University of Missouri-Columbia

Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

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Lyle Wallis’s Summary

I build and apply dynamic system simulation models to explore, describe, and improve business, social, and natural systems.

Because these are "Complex Dynamic Systems" they often generate surprising and unpredictable behaviors that are difficult to manage or direct. Traditional static analytic techniques are ineffective in uncovering the underlying drivers of their behavior.

I use Agent-Based Modeling and System Dynamics techniques to map out the causal structures that lead to this complex pattern of events. The resulting system simulations support understanding and effective action in the face of uncertain and complex system behaviors.

Lyle Wallis’s Specialties:

I am an expert user of Anylogic, Vensim, Repast, Powersim, and IThink simulation modeling tools. I use mathematical optimization techniques in conjunction with dynamic simulations. I am skilled in the integration of Java with these simulation and modeling tools. I use Mathematica for general mathematical and statistical computing. I am conversant with web technologies such as XML, HTML, building web pages and sites, etc.

Lyle Wallis’s Experience

Partner

Decisio Consulting

(Management Consulting industry)

January 1999 — Present (10 years 11 months)
Senior Consultant

McKinsey & Company

(Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; McK; Management Consulting industry)

April 1998 — February 1999 (11 months)
Director, Business Planning and Modeling

Symbios Logic

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Semiconductors industry)

January 1995 — April 1998 (3 years 4 months)
Business Unit Director

AT&T Information Systems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)

January 1991 — January 1995 (4 years 1 month)
Various

NCR Micro-Electronics

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NCR; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 1984 — January 1991 (7 years )

Positions include Applications Engineer, Applications Manager, Marketing Manager, Regional Sales Director
Member Technical Staff

Bell Laboratories

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)

June 1980 — February 1984 (3 years 9 months)

Lyle Wallis’s Education

University of California, Berkeley

MS , Electrical Engineering/Computer Science , 1980 — 1981
University of Missouri-Columbia

BS , Electrical Engineering , 1976 — 1980