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James A. Sprigg Jr. 404-931-9132 |
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Objective: |
I seek to design and manage information-oriented initiatives to
support any manner of business, operational or policy decisions. I am also
interested in research of business, social and economic systems, and any
research of a quantitative or computational nature. I am married, in
excellent health, and willing to relocate and travel. |
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Education: |
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DOE |
Nov `04 –
Present |
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2003 |
3 hrs |
Statistics |
University |
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TS/SCI |
DoD |
Aug `98 –
Jan `00 |
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1998 |
9 hrs |
Statistics |
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DoD |
Dec `97 –
Aug `98 |
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1995 |
MS |
Mathematics |
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1993 |
MA |
Economics |
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1991 |
BA |
Physics |
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Work Experience
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Sandia
National Laboratories |
Apr`03 - Present |
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Principal Investigator |
$_____ (annual) |
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Problem domains: |
Economic simulation, regional instability analysis, modular agent designs |
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Methods: |
Agent-based simulation, object-oriented C++ programming, logistic regression |
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Responsibilities: |
Develop a prototypical code to simulate dynamic complex corporate
agents (i.e. business units, new ventures, scale dynamics, mergers &
acquisitions). Design, build, and test an agent simulation of an overlapping-generations model of households and firms interacting in labor, goods, and banking markets. Initiate and conduct subcontracts. Write statements of work. Conduct empirical research to extend published work in the theory and forecasting of national/regional instability. Serve as Principle Investigator on two projects. |
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UPS Capital |
Jan`00 – Feb`03 |
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Position: |
Underwriting Manager |
$_____ (annual) |
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Customers: |
UPSC Sales & BD Groups |
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Problem domains: |
Small-package insurance, legal documents, standards & automation |
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Methods: |
Mainframe programming, actuary, max-likelihood block logistic
estimation |
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Responsibilities: |
Design an underwriting unit for a newly-formed insurance company. Write language and legal templates for policies and special endorsements. Build data acquisition tools to draw from various databases (mainframe, remote server, etc). Build statistical/actuarial models to set premiums for customer-specific blended-risk policies. Write long-term requirements for automated online quotes and policies with supporting components to feed UPS client and billing systems. Design tools to automatically translate an RFQ into a set of declarations and endorsements. Perform both routine and ad-hoc risk analyses. Design and implement databases and query methods for ongoing sales and marketing analyses. Write project, task and career development plans for subordinates. Successfully propose needed enhancements to the global UPS enterprise technology architecture. Coordinate with sales, risk, legal, IT, operations, and customer service departments. |
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Booz-Allen
Hamilton |
Aug`00 – Sep`00 |
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Position: |
Consultant |
$_____ (annual) |
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May`98 – Jan`00 |
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Operation Research Analyst |
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Problem domains: |
Operations research |
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Methods: |
Agent-based simulation, linear programming, second-order linear
models, Monte-Carlo simulation |
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Responsibilities: |
Propose, facilitate and evaluate research contracts. Design and
build a distributed process for conducting sensitivity analysis on supply-chain network models.
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Naval |
Nov`97 – May`98 |
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Position: |
Mathematician |
$_____ (annual) |
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Problem domains: |
Pattern recognition, interactive simulation |
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Methods: |
Ridge regression, C socket programming |
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Responsibilities: |
Develop statistical libraries for image analysis software. Design
and implement a distributed interactive computer battle simulation. |
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UPS Corporate (F&A) |
May`96 – Oct`97 |
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Position: |
Econometrician |
$_____ (annual) |
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Customers: |
Corporate Pricing |
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Problem domains: |
Marginal cost analysis, inventory analysis |
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Methods: |
Ridge and SUR regression, statistical programming |
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Responsibilities: |
Develop a user guide of economic theory and methods for anti-trust pricing program. Successfully extend the use of multivariate polynomial estimation to crucial business questions. Write automated reusable routines to acquire data and estimate multi-product marginal cost. Coordinate efforts of team members and consultants to extend econometric capabilities. Perform ad-hoc analyses for the tax department and UPS airline. |
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Teaching Experience
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Graduate Instructor (Microeconomics) |
Jan`96 – May`96 |
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Graduate Instructor (Trigonometry) |
Aug`95 – Dec`95 |
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Adjunct Professor (Microeconomics) |
Jan`94 – Jul`94 |
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Teacher (Economics) |
Aug`93 – Jul`94 |
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Graduate Instructor (Micro, Macroeconomics) |
Jan`92 – May`93 |
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Teaching and Lab Assistant (Physics) |
Jan`90 – May`91 |
Recent Papers
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2005-xxxx |
(May) |
A Hierarchical Ontology for Network
Models |