Dominic Lusinchi
• Curriculum Vitae:
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
CURRENT
- Director of Statistical Consulting, partner (statistical data analysis & modeling, data mining, design of experiments), Far West Research, San Francisco
- Statistical adviser, (review quarterly revenue data reported by member companies, publish quarterly report) Market Statistics Service Committee, EDA Consortium, San Jose, California
PAST
- General Manager of Research, partner, Collett International Research, Inc. (surveys of electronics hardware engineering teams; benchmarking engineering organizations of electronics companies, statistical data analysis & modeling), Cupertino, California
- Research assistant and interviewer, Field Research Corp., San Francisco
- Enumerator, Bureau of the Census, San Francisco
- Research assistant and data analyst, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva
FIELDS OF MAJOR STATISTICAL ACTIVITY AND INTEREST
- Application of statistics to diverse fields of human activity, data analysis, data modeling, sampling theory and practice, survey research, questionnaire design, evaluation of nonresponse bias on survey estimates, design of experiments, teaching statistics, SPSS training, SPSS programming.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Statistical Association (Survey Research Methods Section, Section on Statistical Consulting)
- American Association for Public Opinion Research
PROFESSIONAL AWARD
- Statistics (University of California Extension, Santa Cruz)
· Professional Achievement Award Certificate, Statistical Measurements and Tools
OTHER CURRENT ACTIVITIES
- American Statistical Association, SF Bay Area Chapter, Member
- California Soccer Association-North (an affiliate of the U.S.A.S.A., the U.S.S.F., and F.I.F.A), Executive Board, Member at Large
EDUCATION
Graduate
· Ph.D. (c), Applied Statistics (University of Paris)
· First Year Doctoral Diploma (Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies), Sociology
· Masters, Sociology
(Department of Economics and Mathematical Methods, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris; Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales)
Undergraduate
· Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy (University of California, Berkeley)
PRESENTATIONS - PAPERS
CONFERENCE PAPERS:
Increasing Response Rates in Web Surveys: Pre-Notification and Questionnaire Paging Format
Paper to be presented at the 2007 Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference, November 2007.
Web-Based Survey Research: Is It Coming of Age?
Paper presented at the 2003 Berkeley Conference of BASE (Bay Area Survey Evaluators/researchers/statisticians), hosted by U.C. Berkeley's Survey Research Center, June 2003.
Respondent-Generated Intervals: Do They Help in Collecting Quantitative Data?
Paper presented at the 58th Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, May 2003, Nashville, TN.
Survey Research on the Web: A Progress Report
Paper presented at the 2002 Berkeley Conference of BASE (Bay Area Survey Evaluators/researchers/statisticians), hosted by U.C. Berkeley's Survey Research Center, June 2002.
Surveying a High-Tech Occupation: An Attempt to Increase the Cooperation Rate to a Web Survey
Paper presented at the 2001 Conference of the Pacific Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, October 2001.
Conducting Survey Research Over the Web: Issues and the Quest for Solutions. A Review of Current Research
Paper presented at the 2001 Berkeley Conference of BASE (Bay Area Survey Evaluators/researchers/statisticians), hosted by U.C. Berkeley's Survey Research Center, June 2001.
Recent Research on Web-Based Surveys: A Review of Papers Presented at the 2000 AAPOR Annual Conference
Paper presented at the annual Berkeley Conference of BASE, hosted by U.C. Berkeley's Survey Research Center, June 2000.
PUBLISHED PAPERS:
Respondent-Generated Intervals: Do They Help in Collecting Quantitative Data?
Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Survey Research Methods Section, Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association (2003)
The Demographic Impact of the Great Leap Forward Policies. A chronology of political and economic events in China between 1958 and 1962
Published by Cerf/Maspero Publishers, Paris (1977).
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
DFY (Design for Yield) Benchmarking - Best Practices in the Semiconductor Industry
Electronic Engineering Times, with Mark Rencher (President, Pivotal Enterprises), September 2004
Book review: Advances in Cross-National Comparison: A European Working Book for Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables (Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik and Christof Wolf (eds.). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2003.) Journal of Official Statistics (Vol. 21, 3, Sept. 2005).
Charts and Statistical Analysis in Excel (2003) Published by IGI Development (San Jose, Calif.).
SOME REFERENCES
I used Dominic Lusinchi of Far West Research to assist me in thinking through
some complex statistical anaylyses. His ability to quickly conceptualize theory
and work the numbers to produce applicable results was astounding.
Harly Neuman, Ph.D. HR Manager, 4Cs
I have known Dominic for several years in a professional capacity. In technical conversations
I have found him to be scientifically precise and a creative thinker.
Karl Feld
Research Manager
D3 SYstems, Inc.
Dear Mr. Lusinchi:
On behalf of University of California Extension, Santa Cruz, I would like to thank you
for contributing to the market research/competitive analysis section of Extension's
2002-2003 Annual Marketing Plan.
Your research provided us with valuable data on education trends, our local market, and
our various competitors. The findings and recommendations, based on grounded data
and your objective perspective, have been particularly helpful.
Your commitment, professionalism and hard work made a significant contribution to UCSC
Extension's marketing program.
Again, thank you for your efforts and the outstanding research you provided UCSC
Extension.
Brian Smith
Marketing Director
University of California Extension, Santa Cruz
April 2002
In my experience Mr. Lusinchi has always been very professional, accurate,
and timely in delivering his analyses.
At Collett International we worked on many projects together. Dominic was
responsible for the creation of our Engineering Population Database. This
required the development of a methodology for surveying in great detail the
preferences and practices of electronic design engineers around the world,
and merging those results with Engineering Population projections, which he
also created and maintained. The result of this was an industry-standard
tool that allowed us to provide very valuable strategic consulting services
to our clients.
I must emphasize that management consulting is very difficult and stressful
work, and credibility with our clients and the industry as a whole is very
important. Dominic's work always helped our efforts in providing extremely
credible research services to our clients.
Michael Abeyta
Sr. Project Manager
Inktomi Ltd.
Aldwych House
81 Aldwych
London WC2B 4HN
March 2000
The EDA Consortium's Market Statistics Service (MSS) has a team of
people who participate by contributing their expertise, in reviewing the
compiled data and draft reports. They also write individual sections of
the year-end reports. Dominic Lusinchi, through his association with
Collett International, has been a vital member of this team. In the last
four years he has contributed his knowledge and skills to help make the
MSS the respected report it has become.
Dominic's contribution has been particularly valuable in helping us
streamline the publication of the report. He set up linked spreadsheets
in Excel that can be automatically updated to publish the MSS quarterly
report. His ongoing contributions include his expert knowledge of
statistical data calculations and in his eagle eyed ability to find
errors in our draft reports.
Pamela Parrish
Executive Director
EDA Consortium
April 2000
Mr. Dominic Lusinchi worked for me at Collett International, Inc. fulfilling the role of statistician and market
researcher, which included the development of market models used to determine
the size and growth of market segments within the electronics industry.
Mr. Lusinchi demonstrated a very high level of competency and proficiency in his
tasks, which included the use of various software programs including the
statistical package known as SPSS, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and
Microsoft Word. Of equal importance was his dedication to the position.
Mr. Lusinchi devoted as much time as was necessary to complete assignments,
including working above and beyond the normal working hours during the week.
I found Mr. Lusinchi to be a team player, which included coordinating with other
members of the staff, offering assistance when asked and seeking assistance when
needed.
Furthermore, Mr. Lusinchi worked exceptionally well with customers of the
firm. This included development of project specifications and delivery of
project results to the customer.
Ronald Collett
President & CEO
Numetrics Management Systems, Inc.
September 2000
