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Len Tashman, Director
Bill Wicker, Software
Review Administrator
Magazine Coverage
of the IFE
Len
Tashman, Director
Len
is Professor Emeritus of Business Administration at the University
of Vermont. For his excellence in teaching, UVM awarded him
the Kroepsch-Maurice Award for Outstanding Teaching. He also
received the MBA Association's recognition as Business Professor
of the Year on four different occasions. His research is recognized
for extending our knowledge of automatic forecasting, regression
modeling for forecasting, selection of exponential smoothing
methods and assessment of forecasting accuracy. Len's Golden
Retriever Mauzy (rhymes with Rosie) is shown here at almost
4 months of age. Check out the Mauzy Archive for other Mauzy
pictures, now including Samson, Mauzy's brother.
Since
June of 2005, Len has served as Editor of Foresight: The International
Journal of Applied Forecasting. For information on Foresight,
go to http://www.forecasters.org
Len's
Golden Retriever Mauzy (rhymes with Rosie) is shown here at
almost 4 months of age. Check out the Mauzy
Archive for other Mauzy pictures,
now including Samson, Mauzy's new brother.
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Bill Wicker,
Software Review Administrator
Bill
is a retired academic economist. He jokingly says he’s
a "recovering economist". After 15 years of teaching,
he tried the business world with a startup chain of bagel
bakeries. Since his 1993 retirement, he’s taught part-time,
most enjoyably with Len Tashman at the University of Vermont.
Besides coordinating the software reviews, Bill plays trumpet
in a dixieland band, and is an ardent student of the literature
of Sherlock Holmes.
Bill
now serves as Foresight's managing editor with responsibilities
for sales and marketing in addition to editing tasks.
Please
e-mail Bill at:
billwicker@forecastingeducation.com
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Magazine
Coverage of the IFE
IFE
Director Len Tashman has been a contibutor in recent publications
covering forecasting issues:
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Insight
Magazine article on forecasting software contains some
of Len Tashman's Forecasting Tips.
The article, "Crystal Ball Logic", written
by Robert J. Derocher, and published in the December 2001/January
2002 issue of Insight, describes how accounting and financial
professionals can benefit from modern forecasting software
packages. This article can be reviewed at:
www.insite-mag.com
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"Meet
the Prophets - Prominent analysts explain their forecasting
methods." The Spring 2002 Catalyst special issue
on forecasting is a comprehensive look into new strategies
and new resources for forecasting and marketing research.
The article, Meet the Prophets - Prominent analysts explain
their forecasting methods." contains interviews with
Kathryn Hale of Gartner Associates, Hans Timmer of the
World Bank, William Loomis of Legg Mason, Graham Molitor
of The World Future Society, Martin Hayward of the Henley
Centre and Len Tashman of the Institute for Forecasting
Education. The article can be found online at: amscatalyst.com |
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Time
Magazine's Global Business insert describes how smaller
firms can use forecasting software to predict demand and
cut costs. The article, entitled "A New Crystal
Ball" and written by Laird Harrison, can be found
in the Global Business insert of the April 22, 2002 issue
of Time Magazine pg. B23.or and online at: time.com
The article contains some of Len Tashman's Do's and Don'ts
of forecasting software. |
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