Vose Consulting - Risk analysis consultants

Vose Software is pleased to announce that ModelRisk for Insurance and Finance Standard Edition is now available. The Standard Edition includes all of the great functions available in the Professional Edition but does not include the developer’s pack.

Finally, there is an affordable advanced quantitative risk analysis software solution that works in conjunction with any Microsoft Excel add-in Monte Carlo simulation package such as Crystal Ball or @RISK. ModelRisk for Insurance and Finance Standard Edition allows for advanced stochastic analytics without having to go outside of Microsoft Excel via a high-priced stand-alone software package or without having to invest in time-consuming custom programming. With ModelRisk, you now have everything you need for building accurate, state-of-the-art risk analysis models in a fraction of the time previously required.

Please, contact us if you also like to see an online demo of ModelRisk or make contact with a local reseller of our software.

Vose Software has recently started building a network of resellers for our ModelRisk software. Each reseller has been selected based on their proven ability to support our customer`s requirements for risk analysis tools. Vose Software is providing them with as much support and training as possible so that they can perform as effective local representatives. With these partners, Vose Software is destined to continue growing while maintaining a high level of customer service and support. For contact details of ModelRisk Reseller in your area or any general questions concerning our reselling activities please feel free to contact Stijn Vanden Bossche at stijn@vosesoftware.com.

Vose Consulting has a number of great courses scheduled for 2009. To encourage early registration we will be offering a special discount. Any organization that registers three attendees at the normal price will receive a fourth registration free. Hurry - this offer expires at the end of January 2009.

(Note: This offer does not apply to the May course: Quantitative Risk Analysis for Pharma)

We are looking forward to teaching the following risk analysis courses over the next coming months:

For questions regarding courses or to sign up, please contact Tony Gurule at Vose Consulting. Ph: 303-768-8669 Email: Tony@voseconsulting.com.

Here are three examples of interesting projects Vose Consulting has recently completed.

Cost Estimation
A well known design/build construction firm was interested in understanding better the risks and financial impacts associated with encountering unplanned events. Examples of these risks might be previously unknown underground obstacles, weather, contaminated soil, escalation, client changes, etc. Vose Consulting constructed a user friendly and transparent template model in which the client can capture and quantify, in collaboration with other stakeholders, the known project risks and their possible impacts. The client now employs this model as a tool for understanding their overall risk as well as identifying which risks have the most potential for serious project impact. In addition to building and delivering the model, Vose conducted a 2-day workshop with client personnel so that they fully understand how to apply and run the model. The client now has the knowledge and experience to not only use the model but make modifications if needed without re-engaging us.

Pharmaceutical Forecasting
Vose Consulting was approached by a pharmaceutical firm who needed a sales forecasting application that would allow them to forecast sales for new drugs. The client wishes to not only understand the expected sales of their different pharmaceutical product candidates but also the uncertainty and risk around those sales. The probabilistic model that Vose Consulting developed not only included all of this uncertainty, but also included medical risks as well as uncertainties around pricing in different geographical regions. Vose Consulting produced a high-quality model on budget and within time.

Food safety
One of the world's leading food producers has commissioned us to study the potential human health risk that could be associated with a natural bi-product of some of its foods. The aim of the project is to produce a scientific paper explaining our findings. No similar risk assessment has been published before and data in certain areas are quite limited. Our focus is to figure out what can be said that is supported by scientific opinion and data, and that provides useful information to the consumer and regulator.

David Grace

David Grace joins Vose Consulting as Senior Risk Analysis Consultant focusing on Pharmaceuticals, where we have built up an impressive industry practice over the years. David has held numerous positions in the pharmaceutical industry over a 15 years period working freelance as Expert Partner in Catenion Strategies in Berlin, a consultancy focused on pharmaceutical portfolio management, as Director of Portfolio Management at Lundbeck, a mid-sized Danish pharmaceutical company, and as Director of Forecasting & Market Research in the same company. He also worked as a consultant in the Copenhagen office of McKinsey & Company. David has a BA in Business Studies from Kingston University and an MA in Marketing from Lancaster University, England.
You can read more about David here: about_david_grace.htm

Koen Mintiens

Koen has joined Vose Consulting as a senior risk analysis consultant specialized in epidemiology and risk analysis related to animal health management. With a background in veterinary epidemiology and biostatistics, Koen has been providing science-based expert advice to national and international authorities related to the control of animal disease for more than 15 years. He has been involved in the follow-up and optimization of many endemic livestock diseases control programs (pseudorabies, salmonellosis, etc) using descriptive, explorative and analytical epidemiology and risk analysis. Koen has been consultant for the European Commission (DG SANCO), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
You can read more about Koen here: about_koen.htm

Munmun Nath

Munmun Nath has joined our Belgium office as a Risk Analysis Consultant. Munmun recently completed studies at The London School of Economics and we are very excited about the skills and experience that she brings to our organization. Please read more about Munmun here: about_nath.htm

For additional information or to make suggestions, please feel free to contact us:
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Phone (Toll Free, US only): 1-866-259-7434
Phone (From outside US): 1-303-440-8524