Steve Sashihara#Work
{{short description|American business consultant and author (born 1957)}}
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Steve Sashihara (born December 13, 1957) is an American business consultant and author who writes about optimization, business process improvement and IT-driven innovation. He is the president and CEO of Princeton Consultants, which he co-founded in 1980 after graduating from Princeton University.{{cite news|last=Figge Fox|first=Barbara|title=The Science & Art of The Optimization Edge|url=http://princetoninfo.com/index.php?option=com_us1more&Itemid=6&key=8-24-11sashihara|newspaper=U.S. 1|date=August 24, 2011}}
Work
Because optimization spans multiple technical fields, it can be labeled as mathematical optimization, advanced analytics, operations research or artificial intelligence.
Sashihara wrote that The Optimization Edge: Reinventing Decision Making to Maximize All Your Company’s Assets:
{{quote|uses non-technical language to explain to executives what optimization is, the opportunities and challenges it poses, and why it should be an important item on their agendas.}}
{{quote|Some industries have made extensive use of optimization software for specific business problems, such as supply chain optimization, transportation management, and price optimization for retailers. But Sashihara argues businesses have barely begun to tap the potential of the technology to be applied to any problem of limited resources — whether those resources are people, fuel, space on a shelf or in a truck, hours in the day, or dollars in the bank.|The Optimization Edge|David F. Carr of Forbes{{cite news|last=Carr|first=David F.|title=Don't Just Analyze Your Company, Optimize It|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcarr/2011/07/21/dont-just-analyze-your-business-optimize-it/|newspaper=Forbes|date=July 21, 2011}}}}
{{quote|In the book and his practice, (Sashihara) shows clients how to squeeze every ounce of value from their company, even under the perfect storm conditions of the last few years.|Consulting Magazine{{cite news|title=Q & A: A Real 'Optimization Imperative'|url=http://www.consultingmag.com/article/ART853183?C=NLGHFrCuRwTBuWo|newspaper=Consulting Magazine|date=August 22, 2011}}}}
Brian Deagon of Investor's Business Daily wrote:
{{quote|Sashihara, president and CEO of Princeton Consultants, a consulting firm specializing in business optimization, says the approach employs mathematics and algorithms packaged with specialized software to sort and organize data. They use it to make recommendations faster and better than humans can.{{cite news|last=Deagon|first=Brian|title=The Art Of Aligning Companies From Head To Toe|url=http://news.investors.com/management-managing-for-success/072211-579187-the-art-of-aligning-companies-from-head-to-toe.htm|newspaper=Investor's Business Daily|date=July 22, 2011}}}}
Sashihara has contributed articles to The European Financial Review and M World, The Journal of the American Management Association.{{cite news|last=Sashihara|first=Steve|title=From Big Data to Big Optimization: What Every Executive Needs to Know|url=http://www.europeanfinancialreview.com/?p=4948|newspaper=The European Financial Review|date=April 17, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Sashihara|first=Steve|title=Teaming Man & Machine to Optimize|url=http://www.optimizationedge.com/MWorld.article.pdf|publisher=M World|accessdate=7 September 2012}}
He has been interviewed for video news outlets such as CFO Studio and Soundview Executive Book Summaries.{{cite web|title=Interview: Steve Sashihara – Driving Greater Performance through Optimization from a CFO's Perspective|url=http://cfostudio.com/stevesashihara-interview/|publisher=CFO Studio|accessdate=7 September 2012}}{{cite web|title=Steve Sashihara Interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRh2gGxV75I|publisher=Soundview Executive Book Summaries|accessdate=7 September 2012}} He is a frequent guest speaker on the subjects of optimization and Big Data at events conducted by the Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF),{{cite web|title=Gallery of AMCF Events, "Big Data & Business Analytics," New York City June 20, 2012, Chicago March 15, 2012|url=http://amcf.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=299&Itemid=101|publisher=AMCF|accessdate=7 September 2012}} the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS),{{cite web|title=5 Steps to a Successful Optimization Project|url=http://nymetro.chapter.informs.org/archive/01-2012%20index.html|publisher=INFORMS New York|accessdate=7 September 2012}}
• {{cite web|title=INFORMS Annual Meeting 2011|url=http://www.analyticbridge.com/group/conferences/forum/topics/informs-annual-meeting-november-13-16-charlotte-nc?xg_source=activity|publisher=INFORMS|accessdate=7 September 2012}}
• {{cite web|title=INFORMS Roundtable Meeting 2011|url=http://www.informs.org/ORMS-Today/Public-Articles/August-Volume-38-Number-4/INFORMS-News-Roundtable-members-enjoy-company-presentations|accessdate=7 September 2012}} IBM{{cite web|title=IBM Event: The Power of Optimization in Government Agencies|url=https://www-950.ibm.com/events/wwe/grp/grp004.nsf/v16_agenda?openform&seminar=8B4UXKES&locale=en_US|publisher=IBM|accessdate=7 September 2012}}
• {{cite web|title=IBM Event: SmarterCommerce Global Summit 2011|url=https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/commerce/Roles_ExecutiveEducation.pdf|publisher=IBM|access-date=7 September 2012}}
• {{cite web|title=IBM Event: SmarterCommerce Global Summit 2012|url=https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/sca/entry/smarter_commerce_2012_in_orlando_sep_5_7_hear_ge_healthcare_and_other_supply_chain_tracks4?lang=en|publisher=IBM|date=November 2017}} and other organizations and businesses.
He is currently a director of AMCF and an officer of the INFORMS Roundtable.{{cite web|title=AMCF Staff & Board of Directors|url=http://amcf.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=21|publisher=AMCF|accessdate=7 September 2012}}{{cite web|title=INFORMS Roundtable Officers|url=http://www.informs.org/Community/Roundtable/Officers|publisher=INFORMS|accessdate=4 September 2012}}
Bibliography
- {{cite journal | ref=tefr
| last=Sashihara | first=Steve
| title=From Big Data to Big Optimization: What Every Executive Needs to Know
| journal=The European Financial Review
| date=April–May 2012
| url=http://www.europeanfinancialreview.com/?p=4948
}}
- {{cite journal | ref=mworld
| last=Sashihara | first=Steve
| title=Teaming Man & Machine to Optimize
| journal=M World, the Journal of the American Management Association
| volume=10
| issue= 3
| date= Fall 2011
| url=http://www.optimizationedge.com/MWorld.article.pdf
}}
- {{cite book | ref=mcgraw-hill
| last=Sashihara | first=Steve
| year=2011
| title=The Optimization Edge: Reinventing Decision Making to Maximize All Your Company's Assets
| page=288
| publisher=McGraw-Hill
| isbn=978-0-07-174657-1
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.optimizationedge.com The Optimization Edge book website]
- [http://www.princeton.com Princeton Consultants website]
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