Management Team and Department Heads Our management team and department heads oversee a dynamic group of thinkers comprised of PhD statisticians, mathematicians, economists, and other professionals. This unique group enables Minimax Consulting to deliver high-quality solutions on research projects of virtually any size and complexity. P.C. Chabot Chief Executive Officer; Head of Portfolio and Game/Decision Theory Barron Gati Chief Operating Officer; Head of Mathematical Finance Anthony Santa Barbara Chief Administrative Officer Martin Barugel Director of Quantitative Research; Head of Theoretical Statistics and Econometrics Charlotte Chabot Founder and Director of Communications Brian Goodhart Director of Business Development Victoria Chiongbian Head of Psychometrics Daniel Teitelbaum Head of Engineering and Operations Research Logan Heslip Head of Methodology and Experimental Design Lawrence Paul Head of Biostatistics Casey Marks Head of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

P.C. Chabot Chief Executive Officer; Head of Portfolio and Game/Decision Theory

P.C. was a childhood mathematics prodigy who received much notice in the press at age 12 when he was the primary subject of a PhD dissertation dealing with the social behavior of gifted youth. He eventually did graduate work in mathematics at Harvard, and has since specialized in both mathematical economics (portfolio theory), theoretical statistics, and game/decision theory. He spent 7 years as a quant on Wall Street, beginning his career specializing in interest-rate swaps and working with the arbitrage desk of one of the best firms on the Street at just 22 years old. Since 2005, his work has centered primarily on pro-bono assignments in medical research, and he has been (slowly...) writing a textbook on avoiding data-snooping bias in the econometric analysis of relative value and arbitrage trading strategies. He is a member in good standing of the American Statistical Association's section on statistical consulting.

Daniel Kleinman Intern

Daniel grew up in Oakland, CA, before moving to Providence to attend Brown University. He began working for Minimax in 2008 shortly after graduating from Brown with a degree in English Theory. He currently works as an editor and formatting consultant for client dissertations. The avid cat-lover uses his spare time to work on short works of fiction, spend time outdoors, and remain politically active. Chocolate is his Achilles' heel.

Ken McKinley Intern

Ken grew up and went to school in Danville, Pennsylvania. He has graduated from Harvard University with a degree in social anthropology. At Harvard, he is involved in the Kirkland Drama Society, the Alaska Klub, and volunteers at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter. He will begin medical school at Harvard University in August.

Victoria Chiongbian Head of Psychometrics

Victoria completed her PhD at Columbia University in 2001. After graduating, she worked as a Research Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University for two years, conducting statistical analyses and writing several papers on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution with her former dissertation adviser. Victoria is married to Ramon and has two daughters, Sofia (age 8) and Amanda (age 5). Victoria specializes in structural equation modeling and other types of mediation/moderation analyses, and is proficient with AMOS, LISREL, and EQS.

Logan Heslip Head of Methodology and Experimental Design

Logan is the Head of Methodology and Experimental Design at Minimax, and is the primary project manager overseeing all complex methodological issues in our client projects. In addition to running our DOE and Survey Methodology divisions, he is well versed in biostatistics and environmental statistics. Prior to joining the Minimax team he enjoyed a long career with the Canada Center for Inland Waters, for which he primarily directed the temporal and spatial analyses of pesticide residues in the surface waters of southern Ontario. Logan graduated from the University of Guelph with a M.Sc. degree in statistics.

Daniel Teitelbaum Head of Engineering and Operations Research

Daniel received his PhD in engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 1998. He has published extensively in computational mathematics and organization theory, and prior to Minimax worked for over a dozen years on the creation and testing of arbitrage trading models for a large global hedge fund. Before grad school, Daniel worked for Merck as a market analyst. He currently oversees all projects involving engineering, simulation, and/or data mining.

Martin Barugel Director of Quantitative Research; Head of Theoretical Statistics and Econometrics

Martin completed his MSc in econometrics from the Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2003, and remained there as an assistant professor of economics and statistics. He then went on to do his MPhil and PhD in econometrics at Cambridge. Prior to pursuing his graduate studies, Martin worked on currency trading models for 2 prominent hedge funds, KB Forex Management and Horizon Management. Martin was promoted to the Director of Quantitative Research role at Minimax in 2007, and is retaining his previous role (as Head of Theoretical Statistics and Econometrics).

Casey Marks Head of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence

Casey is the Head of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at Minimax. He received his PhD in computer science from Brown University, where his dissertation research was in game-theoretic artificial intelligence. At Brown, he also studied programming language theory and did research in the Education Department on cognitive styles. Casey has extensive industry experience in database design, and worked as an analyst at Goldman Sachs before joining the Minimax team. He also did his undergrad work at Brown, studying applied mathematics.

Lawrence Paul Head of Biostatistics

Larry is the Head of the Biostatistics department at Minimax, and has extensive experience in statistical and epidemiological analysis of scientific data involving prescription and over-the-counter drugs, industrial chemicals, dietary supplements, and consumer products. He holds a PhD in Experimental Psychology from Purdue University and MS and BSEE degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and the University of Maryland. Larry previously spent 23 years as a human factors (ergonomics) and statistical expert at Bell Laboratories, and taught statistics as an assistant professor at Lehigh University. In the course of his work he has received ten U.S. patents.

Rebecca Wagaman Data entry

Rebecca earned her BSc in molecular biology from Millersville University in 1997. She went on to manage the Biomaterials Research Study Center at the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. She is currently working on finishing PhD work in biology at Brown University. At Minimax, she assists with our clients' data entry needs (e.g., when the data to be analyzed is supplied in a non-digital format).

Sam Nofzinger Intern

Sam joined Minimax Consulting in April 2008. He is currently pursuing an A.B. in Economics at Brown University (2009) and is a recently elected member of the Rhode Island Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa. His particular areas of interest are finance, quantitative investment, and Russian literature. He also enjoys reading the Wall Street Journal, playing golf, and frequenting Rhode Island farmers' markets.

Barron Gati Chief Operating Officer; Head of Mathematical Finance

Barron graduated from George Washington University with a dual degree in Economics and International Affairs in 2002. After graduation, he worked as an Economist for the Department of Labor for two years, where he authored several papers for the department's Office of Policy and Research. In 2006, Barron received his masters in Mathematical Finance from Washington University. He went on to work as an Investment Associate for Bridgewater Associates, the world's third largest hedge fund, before joining Minimax in January, 2008.

Charlotte Chabot Founder and Director of Communications

Charlotte is the founder and Director of Communications at Minimax Consulting. It was her idea (on Pi Day, March 14th) to start a firm which could act like a think tank and provide services to businesses and other researchers in need of complex quantitative modeling, and she has worked to grow Minimax from that thought to where we are today. Born in Paris and raised in London, Charlotte moved to the States to study at Brown University, creating the third generation of Brown alumni in her family (her father, mother, uncle, and maternal grandfather all also attended Brown). She recently won the Ladies Event at the World Poker Tour tournament at Foxwoods, and was the subject of a front page story in the Providence Journal on the connection between mathematics and poker.

Anthony Santa Barbara Chief Administrative Officer

Anthony graduated Brown University with degress in economics and history, and then went on to law school at Columbia, earning his JD. He had a diverse Wall Street career, working between Paris, Belgium, and London at both Lazard and Citibank. He is an expert in tax and business law, and wrote a textbook titled "Internal Revenue Service Practice and Procedure". His current role at Minimax is in overseeing all administrative procedures, managing the internal operations of our main office, and interfacing with the appropriate individuals at our client companies.

Brian Goodhart Director of Business Development

Brian is the Director of Business Development at Minimax. He completed his BA and MBA from Penn State University, and then worked in various capacities as an independent business consultant in diverse fields such as agriculture, retail, technology and real estate. Brian directs the majority of our corporate development, and prior to his current position was the Director of our Business Valuation and Corporate Finance divisions. In his spare time, Brian enjoys mentoring students as an Adjunct Instructor at Wilson College teaching Advanced Financial Management.

Chloe Poston Client Relations Assistant

Chloe has a degree in Chemistry from Clark Atlanta University. Currently she is enrolled in the doctoral program in Chemistry at Brown University, where her research is focused on mass spectrometry based proteomics. At Minimax, Chloe assists with Client Relations and administrative issues, ensuring that our clients receive the fastest turnaround possible for their questions and suggestions.

Daniel Colwell Technical Support

Daniel Graduated from New England Institute of Technology with a degree in Electronics Engineering in 2004. He continued school at the New England Institute of Technology and went on to receive a degree in Networking Engineering in 2008. He was born in Providence, RI and lived there his entire life. Daniel is the Head of Minimax's IT department, which handles all technical support issues, and manages our network, data warehouse, and encryption protocols used to store our clients sensitive information.

Amelia Springer Office Administrator

Amelia has been a resident of Rhode Island for 22 years. Before joining the Minimax team in April of 2008, she attended Katharine Gibbs College for paralegal studies. She was a legal assistant for 6 years at numerous law offices in Rhode Island and then went on to obtain Associate’s Degrees in Office Administration and Business Management . Amelia is currently continuing her education at Johnson & Wales University for a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management with concentration in International Business. In the last 6 months, Amelia and her mother, Linda, have conducted genealogical research on their English lineage from Pilgrim John Howland, and together, they are in the process of becoming members of the Rhode Island Society of Mayflower Descendents.