Alfonso Berumen is a full-time, Practitioner faculty of Decision Sciences at the Graziadio Business School at Pepperdine University. Dr. Berumen teaches various quantitative and business data analytics courses across the doctoral program and masters programs at Pepperdine. He also serves on both the MS in Business Analytics and Part-time MBA graduate program committees to help lead innovation.

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Dr. Berumen has over 15 years of consulting experience providing data-driven economic, statistical, and analytical support to law firms, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and private companies operating in a wide range of industries.

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His areas of expertise include forensic data studies, construction of analytical databases, complex data analysis, and statistical methods. Dr. Berumen has managed project teams of Consultants and Analysts in the analysis of Business and Operations data from defining scope to providing deliverables to clients. As part of several engagements, he has provided deposition testimony related to the methodologies applied to collect and analyze data.

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Dr. Berumen has applied knowledge in Quantitative methods for both academic research and professional settings. In terms of Data Science and Analytics tools, he has extensive experience using R, Python, SPSS, SAS, and SQL to process and analyze data as well as apply various modelling techniques. Further, Dr. Berumen has taught numerous Data Science and Analytics courses at the graduate-level with R/R Studio and Python. He has expertise in leveraging Data Visualization tools including Tableau and Microsoft Power BI. Finally, he has a deep familiarity with business software systems, databases, and data warehouses including cloud platforms.

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He holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from Pepperdine University, Masters in Predictive Analytics from Northwestern University, Masters in Business Administration from the University of California, Irvine and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Occidental College.

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Education

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Doctorate of Business Administration, Pepperdine University

M.S., Predictive Analytics, Northwestern University

Master of Business Administration, University of California at Irvine

B.A., Economics, Occidental College

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Skills/Expertise

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• Data analysis and statistical modeling
• Business consulting
• Financial modeling
• Wage and hour audits
• Employment discrimination claims
• Economic damages analyses

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Professional Experience

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Los Angeles Data Analytics, LLC 2018-2024

Resolution Economics, LLC 2008-2018

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