I am a PhD economist with 21 years of University-level teaching experience. I have taught economics, statistics, and professional writing at Harvard (4 years, as graduate student), Duke (2 years, in firstyear writing program), and SUNY Albany (13 years, as faculty in public policy and MPA director;... (read more)
Hi, I'm Jon! I hold a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering with a minor in Marketing, a Master's in Quantitative Finance, and an MBA, all from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After a successful career on Wall Street, I launched my own hedge fund, which I continue to manage today. (read more)
...My students always tell me that I explain topics clearly and thoroughly. I've taught business calculus, probability / statistics, operations / supply chain management and decision analytics (linear programming, integer linear programming, Monte Carlo simulation, decision trees) courses from freshman to MBA level. For statistics / analytics courses, I use Excel and R in my classes. (read more)
...In my 3 semesters as a teaching assistant I've helped students one-on-one and in group settings during office hours.I have completed my undergraduate degree in Mathematics from SUNY Buffalo. During that time I also tutored in various college level courses including lower level mathematics course... (read more)