Manager Engineer

N. ShirlenePearson, Ph.D.

Pearson Statistical Consulting & Expert Witness Testimony

P.O. Box 850365, Richardson, Texas 75085-0365

972-***-**** / 214-***-**** abp8b9@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Ph.D. Statistics Southern MethodistUniversity Dallas, TX 1979

M.S. Statistics Southern MethodistUniversity Dallas, TX 1975

M.A. Mathematics The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 1973

B.A. Mathematics The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 1971

PhD Dissertation: Time Series Analysis, MA Thesis: Algebra,

BA Minor: Biology, BA Minor: Chemistry

Teaching Experience

Statistics 6366 Statistical Consulting

Statistics 2301 Statistics for Modern Business Decisions

Statistics 2331 Introduction to Statistical Methods

IBM SPSS Workshops for SMU faculty, staff and students

Professional Affiliations and Activities

Member at Large, Section on Statistical Consulting, 2006-2008 Annual Joint Statistical Meetings

Program Chair, Section on Statistical Consulting, 2004 Annual Joint Statistical Meetings

Session Chair, Section on Statistical Consulting, 2004 Annual Joint Statistical Meetings

Session Chair, Section on Statistical Consulting, 2003 Annual Joint Statistical Meetings

President, North Texas Chapter, American Statistical Association (2000-2001)

Vice President and Program Chair, North Texas Chapter, American Statistical Association (1999-2000)

American Statistical Association

Managing Editor, Selected Tables in Mathematical Statistics (1983-1990)

Editorial Board, Selected Tables in Mathematical Statistics (1974-1990)

Honorary - Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of North America

Statistical Consulting Experience (selected examples)

Biostatistics and Clinical Trials chemotherapy study, eligibility analysis for hospice intervention,

catheter intervention study, analysis of psychiatric instruments, degenerative loss of visual function,

micro-array research, olfactory capacity modeling, physical therapy data analysis and modeling,

brainwave responses of patients with communication disorders, cardiac rehabilitation study, effectiveness

of cosmetic surgical procedures, cardiovascular risk study of a common type of antibiotic used in

hospitals; Expert Testimony, Litigation and Legal Support insurance fraud, employment discrimination,

inventory disputes between companies, contract disputes between companies, medical malpractice,

criminal probability modeling, sampling and extrapolation for cases involving audits and damage

calculations, election fraud; Business Statistics predictive analytics, financial analysis modeling, credit

risk modeling, sampling plans for auditing of large databases or inventories, forecasting methodology for

real-estate analysis, sampling plans for customer satisfaction surveys, healthcare insurance subscriber

trends; Anthropology - study of migratory patterns of ancient civilization in the Upper Karoo, South

Africa; Communications - study comparing preference for surround sound versus traditional cinema

sound technology; Education- assisted with exit survey of graduates to assess student satisfaction with

curriculum and experiences while attending SMU's Meadows School of Fine Arts; responsible for SMU s

online course evaluation reports and analyses of response data; study comparing language acquisition of

native English speakers learning Spanish and native Spanish speakers learning English, statistical support

for the President s Commission on the Status of Women at SMU, classroom learning outcomes modeling

and assessment.

Statistical Analysis and Computing

Extensive experience analyzing and modeling data using a variety of statistical software packages: SPSS, Splus, R,

Statistica, and SAS. Adept at implementing specialized software applications including tool development

in both UNIX and Windows environments: Visual Basic, Excel macros, Access, FORTRAN, RATFOR,

S interface language, FilemakerPro, graphical programming, the UNIX operating system, ksh/csh/sh,

awk/gawk,Javascript and html/xhtml.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 1999 - present

Statistical Consulting and Research Support, Academic Technology Services

Director, Center for Statistical Consulting and Research, Department of Statistical Science

Adjunct Professor, Department of Statistical Science

MCI WorldCom TelecommunicationsDallas, TX1997 - 1999

Sr. Engineer II, Network Design Standards, Network Reliability and Performance

The Applied Research Laboratories, TheUniversity of Texas at AustinAustin, TX 1991 - 1997

Research Scientist Associate V, Telecommunications Systems & Network Modeling and

Simulation, Radio Frequency Propagation Analysis and Optimization Methods,

Radio Frequency MissionPlanner

System Test Branch Manager, Fire Support Artillery Test System Consultant

Bell Communications Research Red Bank, NJ 1984 - 1989

District Manager, Operator Systems Analysis

District Manager, Analysis Systems District

Member of Technical Staff, Software Systems and Software Quality Analytical Methods District

Member of Technical Staff, Switching Processor and Field Performance District

Additional:

Bellcore Software Metrics Steering Committee Member

Center Technical Organization Contact for Ph.D./M.S. campus hires

Center representative to the Area Peer Group

Center alternate representative to Bellcore's Early Career Advisory Program Committee

Center Management Committee Member -address career development issues

Division Education and Training Coordinator

Session Chair, Army Research Office Workshop on System Reliability

Developed two modules of Bellcore's Reliability Workshop

Bell Telephone LaboratoriesNaperville, IL 1978 - 1983

Member of Technical Staff, System Analysis and Human Factors Group

Member of Technical Staff, Network and Processor Utilization Group

Additional: Bell Telephone Laboratories Statistics Day Committee Member (1980 - 1983)

SouthernMethodistUniversityDallas, TX 1973 - 1978

Department of Statistics

Research Assistant, Office of Naval Research Grant

Teaching Assistant

Teaching Instructor

Texas Instruments Dallas, TX 1976 (summer student intern)

Ecological Services Group, Statistical Consultant/Analyst

PUBLICATIONS

1. Kotsanis, Constantine A., MD, MD(H), CCN, Marge Woodward, and N. Shirlene Pearson, PhD,

IPTLD Quality of Life Broad Study, 2012 Tenth Annual International IPT/IPTLD Integrative

Cancer Conference. April 27-28, 2012.

2. Pearson, N. Shirlene, Introduction to Clickers & Test Questions Using Them (assessing

classroom learning outcomes in real time), Southwest Regional Conference Educause 2010:

Uncommon Thinking for the Common Good. February 17, 2010.

3. Numerous confidential reports in support of projects relating to statistical expert testimony,

statistical litigation support and other statistical consulting activities.

4. Pearson, N. Shirlene, Introduction to Clickers & Test Questions Using Them (assessing

classroom learning outcomes in real time), Southwest Regional Conference Educause 2010:

Uncommon Thinking for the Common Good. February 17, 2010.

5. Numerous confidential reports in support of projects relating to statistical expert testimony,

statistical litigation support and other statistical consulting activities.

6. Pearson, N. S. SONET Network Availability Models, MCI WorldCom, confidential technical

document, 1998.

7. Pearson, N. S. Dual Ring Availability Analysis, MCI WorldCom, confidential technical analysis

document, 1998.

8. Pearson, N. S. Availability Analysis Tool Requirements, MCI WorldCom, confidential technical

document, 1998.

9. Pearson, N. S. OC-48 Line Performance Study, MCI WorldCom, confidential study, 1997.

10. Pearson, N. S. Network Reduction, Applied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at

Austin. Internal document, 1997.

11. Pearson, N. S. Ellipsoidal Geodesy, Applied Research Laboratories, The UniversityofTexas at

Austin. Unpublished manuscript, 1995.

12. Pearson, N. S. Dynamic Allocation of Probability Thresholds for Radio Frequency Mission

Planner Acquisition Missions, Applied Research Laboratories, The UniversityofTexas at Austin,

White Paper, 1995.

13. Pearson, N. S. and P. Welton, Survey of Modern Optimization Methods, Applied Research

Laboratories, The University of TexasatAustin, Lab Report, 1994.

14. Chaddha, R. L., A. W. King, and N. S. Pearson, Providing Buyer Feedback on Digital Switch

Field Performance, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, October, 1988.

15. Chaddha, R. L., A. W. King, and N. S. Pearson, Providing Buyer Feedback on Digital Switch

Field Performance, IEEE International Conference on Communications, June 7-10, 1987.

Presenter: N. S. Pearson.

16. Pearson, N. S. and G. G. Brush, Framework for Software-Quality Life-Cycle Data and Metrics,

Bell Communications Research, Technical Memorandum, TM-TSY-008710, March 13, 1987.

17. Pearson, N. S., Several restricted publications of Reliability Review Forum activities for a major

telecommunications supplier and field performance studies of their large switching system. Bell

Communications Research, 1984 - 1986.

18. Pearson, N. S., Several Bell Communications Research Technical Analysis Reports of operator

services and telecommunications switching systems suppliers, Bell Communications Research,

1986 - 1989.

19. Pearson, N. S., 4 ESS - Preliminary Guidelines for Memory and Disk Engineering for 4E9

Features, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Memorandum for File, July 22, 1983.

20. Pearson, N. S., 4E9/APS Disk Engineering, BellTelephone Laboratories, Private Communiqu,

July 15, 1983.

21. Pearson, N. S., Proposed Expansion of S Graphics, BellTelephone Laboratories, Memorandum

for File, July 14, 1982.

22. Pearson, N. S. and J. L. Santee, T/C CPT Analysis System Measurement Requirements, Bell

Telephone Laboratories, Memorandum for File, April 28, 1982.

23. Pearson, N. S., No. 2BE3 Main Processor Simulator and Study Results, Bell Telephone

Laboratories, Memorandum for File, December 11, 1981.

24. Pearson, N. S., No. 2BE3-RSS Traffic Measurements Requirements, Bell Telephone Laboratories,

Memorandum for File, 1981.

25. Pearson, N. S., 2BE3 Post-cutover Capacity Determination - Requirements for

EADAS/NORGEN, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Memorandum for File, 1981.

26. Pearson, N. S., 2B-EF-2 and 2BE3 Register Requirements for EADAS/NORGEN, Bell Telephone

Laboratories, Memorandum for File, 1981.

27. Pearson, N. S., No. 2B-EF-2 Post-cutover Processor Capacity - Worksheets for a Semi-automated

Procedure, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Memorandum for File, 1981.

28. Pearson, N. S., No. 2B-EF-2 Post-cutover Processor Capacity Determination, Bell Telephone

Laboratories, Memorandum for File, 1981.

29. Pearson, N. S., No. 2B-EF-1 Post-cutover Processor Capacity Determination, Bell Telephone

Laboratories, Memorandum for File, 1981.

30. Pearson, N. S., No. 2ESS Percent Call Carrying Capacity, Bell Telephone Laboratories,

Memorandum for File, 1980.

31. Pearson, N. S., Proposed Revision of Line Scanning Strategy for No. 2B ESS, Bell Telephone

Laboratories, Memorandum for File, August 13, 1980.

32. Pearson, N. S., Post-cutover Processor Capacity Determination - No. 2B ESS Manual Procedure,

Bell Telephone Laboratories, Memorandum for File, March 28, 1980.

33. Pearson, N. S., Algorithmic Call Type Definitions for Current Local ESSs and Measurement

Specifications, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Memorandum for File, December 12, 1979.

34. Pearson, N. S., Generating Telephone Traffic, BellTelephone Laboratories, Private Communiqu,

June 18, 1979.

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