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Don N. Kleinmuntz
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Organization:
Strata Decision Technology LLC
Name of Rep:
Don N. Kleinmuntz
Title or Position:
Cofounder and Executive Vice President
Responsibilities:
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer, and Lead Research Scientist; Provide strategic direction and act as senior scientific advisor for software product research and development as well as consulting practices in financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
Relevant Website(s): www.strata-decision.com
Relevant Employment History:
Founding partner, Strata Decision Technology (since 1996). Also holds part-time appointment as Research Professor of Policy and Management affiliated with the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) at the University of Southern California (since 2006). Previous positions: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Full Professor, 2000-2006, Associate Professor, 1989-2000), MIT Sloan School of Management (Assistant Professor, 1986-1989), University of Texas at Austin (Assistant Professor, 1982-1986). Consultant to wide variety of corporations, public accounting firms,
and not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare systems.
Education:
PhD in Decision Research and Statistics (University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, 1982); MBA with specialization in Statistics (University of Chicago, 1980); BA in Statistics (University of Chicago, 1978).
Professional Interests:
Promoting the use of quantitative models to improve decision making by individuals and organizations.   Specific focus on decision analysis theory, methods, and applications in private, public, and not-for-profit organizations.  Recent projects: financial and strategic management applications in the healthcare industry, optimal risk-based resource allocation in homeland security, improving judgmental inputs for financial forecasting, business valuation, and planning models; and the interaction between economic and psychological models of managerial and investment decision making. 
Professional Affiliations and Experience:
INFORMS (previously ORSA/TIMS, member since 1981). Subdivision memberships: CPMS, Decision Analysis Society; Health Applications, Roundtable.  Significant INFORMS service: Treasurer (2003-2006); Founding Editor-in-Chief, Decision Analysis (2001-2006); Associate Editor, Management Science (1995-2001); Strategic Planning Committee (2007-2010); Investment Committee (1999-2009); Finance Committee (1998-2006);  Decision Analysis Society Council (1999-2002).  Other affiliations: Association for Psychological Science, Healthcare Financial Management Association, Society for Judgment and Decision Making.
Awards and Honors:
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science; University Scholar Award, University of Illinois; Fellow, University of Illinois Center for Advanced Study; Numerous awards for teaching excellence, including University of Illinois Executive MBA Program Outstanding Instructor Award three years in a row.
Personal Interests:
Cooking, travel (but neither as often as I would like—don’t start a company if you want to list many things here!)
Contact Info:

Don N. Kleinmuntz
Strata Decision Technology LLC
2001 South First Street, Suite 200
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217-531-2612
Fax: 217-359-8688
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