DECISION INNOVATION - Key Persons


Aaron Gerdts

Job Titles:
  • Research Analyst
As a Research Analyst Aaron is responsible for helping to develop. manage, and analyze data and solutions to assist clients in making informed and strategic business decisions. He is responsible for writing reports and articles, performing economic impact, contribution analysis and maintaining agriculture trade and agriculture production data...

Alexandria Jacobs

Job Titles:
  • Marketing and Communications Intern
As the marketing and communications intern at Decision Innovation Solutions, Alexandria Jacobs is responsible for implementing our social media strategy...

Cindy Harwood

Job Titles:
  • Research Staff Member
  • Consulting Business Operations Manager
As our Consulting Business Operations Manager at Decision Innovation Solutions Cindy Harwood is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company and ensures project operating procedures are in place, work is organized, well-coordinated and ...

David Miller

Job Titles:
  • Chief Economist, Contracts With Decision Innovation Solutions
David Miller, Chief Economist, contracts with Decision Innovation Solutions to provide economic analysis and business development services. He is responsible for building, maintaining and enhancing business relationships, developing new product lines and service offerings, collaborating with the Decision Innovation Solutions team on project development and fulfillment, and identifying prospective clientele ...

Jing Tang

As a Statistician for Decision Innovation Solutions, Jing Tang is responsible for analyzing data to help clients to make better strategic business decisions, and to assist coworkers in improving model prediction and model estimation preference ...

Kade Grafel

Job Titles:
  • Research Analyst
  • Research Analyst at Decision Innovation Solutions
As a research analyst at Decision Innovation Solutions, Kade is responsible for conducting economic impact and contribution analysis, writing reports, and data management and analysis. These are all utilized to assist clients in making informed and strategic business decisions ...

Mary Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
As an Administrative Assistant for Decision Innovation Solutions, Mary provides excellent office support by coordinating meetings, scheduling calendar events, greeting visitors, communicating with clients and partners, and providing administrative support to the DIS staff...

Michael J. Doherty

Job Titles:
  • Consulting Business Development Manager
As a consulting Business Development Manager for DIS Mike is responsible for developing relationships with current and prospective clients, proposal writing, closing contracts, post project follow-up, and monitoring Requests for Proposals (RFPs)...

S. Patricia Batres-Marquez

Job Titles:
  • Research Staff Member
  • Senior Research Analyst
As a Senior Research Analyst for Decision Innovation Solutions, S. Patricia Batres-Marquez is responsible for conducting economic data analysis and modeling to evaluate agricultural policies relevant to clients to make informed decisions. Using her research expertise in the analysis of agricultural economic policies and agricultural trade, Patricia provides economic insight applying appropriate methodologies to address clients' needs ...

Spencer Parkinson - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founding Member
  • President
  • Research Staff Member
As President, CEO and Founding Member of Decision Innovation Solutions (DIS), Spencer Parkinson is responsible for business generation, fulfillment, ensuring client satisfaction and managing the overall operations of the business. He seeks to understand clients' data challenges, propose potential solutions and works with clients to enhance their decision making processes ...