Senior Consultant
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LUKE DAVIS TARBI
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EDUCATION
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, THE LEONARD N. STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS New York, New York
M.B.A., Finance, Economics 2015
Selected Coursework: Private Equity Finance, Corporate Finance, Risk Management, Statistics & Data Analytics
Club Membership: Management Consulting Association, Strategy Club, Military Veterans Club
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, THE FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY Boston, Massachusetts
M.A.L.D., International Relations (honors), International Political Economy 2011
Selected Coursework: Fast Companies, Political Economy of China, Technology & Innovation, Game Theory
Club Membership: International Business Club, Fletcher Consulting Club
BOSTON COLLEGE Boston, Massachusetts
B.A., Political Science (honors), Islamic Civilization & Society 2005
Club Membership: Political Science Honors Program (top 15 students per class)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012 – Present
FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC.
Senior Consultant – Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) New York, New York
• Technology Research & Strategy: Lead small teams in over $1 million dollars’ worth of market research and strategy projects
for Fortune 500 clients in the technology and telecommunications sector; deliver research reports, competitive assessments,
due diligence, and financial analyses for their products and services:
o Conducted valuation analysis and built pitch bo ok for a $60 million privatization of a government technology asset
o Sized the market opportunity for various tablet ‘smart’ cases for a Fortune 100 telecommunications provider
o Conducted a global competitive benchmarking analysis for a Fortune 100 manufacturer of networking technology
• Business Case Analysis: Retained by large technology vendors to conduct business case evaluations of their products and
services, and then deliver these studies via white papers, webinars, and public speaking events
Senior Consultant – Market Research Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Market Research: Assessed market attractiveness for Fortune 500 clients via macroeconomic indicators, survey data, and
interviews; conducted market-sizing and forecasting of emergent technology trends; recommended markets for prioritization,
entry, or further expansion. Fluent in SPSS, Minitab, MarketSight, and the Microsoft Office suite
2011 – 2012
DELOITTE CONSULTING L.L.P.
Consultant – Emerging Markets Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Trade Strategy: Co-wrote the new Foreign Trade Strategy as part of Saudi Arabia’s Ninth Five -Year Development Plan; served
on a long-term $1 million dollar contract embedded within the Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Industry
o Built econometric models in support of Saudi export basket diversification; identified new products and industries for
development; analyzed and recommended new markets for the Ministry to pursue via free trade agreements
• Trade Facilitation: Engaged with over 50 public and private stakeholders in order to identify key legal, regulatory, and policy
challenges that constrained export growth within the Kingdom; recommended improvements to the Saudi transportation
sector; benchmarked against the best practices of successful export-led economies
2005 – 2009
UNITED STATES NAVY
Future Operations Officer – Afghan Police Development & Training Kabul, Afghanistan
• Strategic Planner: Planned and coordinated future operations for U.S. and NATO forces regarding the reconstruction, training,
and equipping of the Afghan National Security Forces
• Monitoring & Evaluation: Performed over 50 mounted combat patrols throughout the country to review police mentor team
performance; part of a task force that successfully trained 20,000 new Afghan recruits in one year
Main Propulsion Assistant – USS CHOSIN Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• Engineering Officer: Led 35 engineering personnel in the maintenance and operation of the ship’s power plant. Top rated
engineering officer; directed the operations and maintenance of the ship’s gas turbine eng ines and main propulsion system
Electronic Warfare Officer – USS BLUE RIDGE Yokosuka, Japan
• Cryptology Officer: Led 20 cryptologic technicians in the maintenance, testing, and continuous operation of the ship’s
Electronic Warfare and Signal Exploitation Systems – providing critical intelligence reports in support of national tasking
NON-PROFIT & PUBLIC SERVICE
• Pro-bono advisor to several tech start-ups and non-profit organizations
• Officer in U.S. Navy Reserve since 2009; led foreign military training missions in Senegal and Gabon
• Carnegie New Leader and member at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
• Volunteer member of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and U.S. Naval Institute
HONORS & AWARDS
• Recognized as the top contributor at Forrester Research for FY13 on the Total Economic Impact™ team
• Decorated military veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan ‘08 -‘09) and Operation Unified Protector (Libya ‘11)
• Designated as a Trilling Society Scholar at The Fletcher School for achieving “exemplary academic records”
• Deans List Scholar at Boston College; Member of Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society (National Jesuit Honor Society)
• Awarded the ‘Student Leadership and Service Award’ by the Dean of Boston College upon graduation
• Competitive triathlete, cyclist, and long-distance runner, represented the U.S. Navy as a Military Athlete
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