News Archive: 2012
December 17, 2012
Steve Sashihara Elected to 2013 INFORMS Roundtable Board
In 2013 Princeton Consultants CEO Steve Sashihara will serve as treasurer of the INFORMS Roundtable, a group representing top-level leaders in applied optimization for large businesses. The complete board is comprised of:
Read MoreDecember 12, 2012
eWeek Reports on AWS Spotathon and OptiSpotter
Princeton Consultants was a winner of the first AWS Elastic Cloud Computing Spotathon for helping a startup hedge fund greatly accelerate its research and reduce costs, and compete successfully against some of the world's largest funds, Amazon Senior Product Manager Stephen Elliott said.
Read MoreDecember 10, 2012
Princeton Consultants Wins Amazon Web Services' first Spotathon
"Princeton Consultants' OptiSpotter is an exciting, innovative application taking advantage of AWS Spot Instances that dramatically improves the speed and cost-effectiveness of big data quantitative research. The judges of our first Spotathon coding challenge were impressed with their creative approach."
- Matt Wood, Chief Data Scientist, Amazon Web Services
Read MoreDecember 5, 2012
Big Data & Analytics Explored with CFOs
Princeton Consultants CEO Steve Sashihara moderated a roundtable discussion of Big Data, Business Analytics and Optimization at the headquarters of Financial Executives International (FEI) in Morristown, NJ.
Read MoreNovember 15, 2012
Optimization Opportunities in Supply Chain Management
The West Jersey chapter of APICS hosted a dinner meeting on optimization with Princeton Consultants CEO Steve Sashihara as the guest speaker.
Read MoreNovember 13, 2012
INFORMS Philadelphia Presentation
Princeton Consultants CEO Steve Sashihara (left) with INFORMS Philadelphia President Neil Desnoyers. Steve was the guest speaker; his topic was "the two sides of successful optimization."
Read MoreOctober 14, 2012
Princeton Consultants Honors Originators of Algebraic Modeling Language
Sponsored by Princeton Consultants, the INFORMS Impact Prize is awarded biennially for lifetime achievement in operations research and analytics. This year’s honorees created Algebraic Modeling Languages, which effectively translate mathematical models into computer languages, and helped move optimization from the classroom to the boardroom.
Read MoreSeptember 20, 2012
Steve Sashihara Q & A with Rodger Dean Duncan
“How to Optimize, Reinvent and Maximize Your Business.” Princeton Consultants CEO Steve Sashihara was interviewed by Rodger Dean Duncan, PhD, an author, speaker, trainer, and executive coach known for his expertise in the strategic management of change.
Read the interview here.
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2012
Optimization Training Session at Merrill Lynch
Princeton Consultants CEO Steve Sashihara was a guest speaker on the subject of optimization at a training session of the Analytics group of Bank of America / Merrill Lynch.
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2012
Chess Match: Princeton Consultants' Jon Crumiller v. Magnus Carlsen
Princeton Consultants COO Jon Crumiller (right), a U.S. chess master, recently played Magnus Carlsen, the world's top-rated player, one-on-one at the Marshall Chess Club in New York City. It was the second time Jon has played against Magnus.
Read MoreSeptember 6, 2012
IBM SmarterCommerce: Optimization Sessions
For the second consecutive year, Princeton Consultants CEO Steve Sashihara was a featured speaker at IBM’s SmarterCommerce Global Summit, held this week in Orlando. Steve presented “The Executive’s Guide to Optimization” and “Reinventing Decision Making with Optimization.”
Read MoreAugust 7, 2012
IBM seminar: The Power of Optimization in Government Agencies
Princeton Consultants CEO Steve Sashihara was a featured speaker at an IBM-sponsored Washington, DC seminar where experts discussed why many agencies are moving toward optimization tools to meet their federal missions.
Read MoreJuly 6, 2012
CFO Studio Video Interview: Developing a Portfolio of Optimization Opportunities
June 20, 2012
AMCF Big Data Dinner Event
For the Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF), Princeton Consultants CEO Steve Sashihara led a roundtable discussion of Big Data and its impact on management consulting.
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April 20, 2012
European Financial Review: "From Big Data to Big Optimization"
April 18, 2012
Princeton Chamber of Commerce Presentation
April 11, 2012
Impact Prize Call for Submissions
March 15, 2012
AMCF Big Data Roundtable
Princeton Consultants CEO Steve Sashihara was a lead speaker at the Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF) event "Business Analytics, Big Data, and Optimization: The New Frontier in Management."
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2012
Consulting Magazine’s 2012 Executive Outlook
January 30, 2012
Optimization, the Executive’s Trusted Advisor
January 18, 2012
INFORMS New York City
January 12, 2012
Princeton Consultants Pulse Survey Shows Asset Optimization Top Priority for Intermodal Industry
Read the Survey Results here
Read MoreJanuary 1, 2012
Steve Sashihara elected Treasurer of INFORMS Roundtable.
Princeton Consultants CEO Steve Sashihara was elected Treasurer of the Roundtable of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) for 2012.
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