W. Brian Lambert, Ph.D.
Mineral and Energy Economics

• Division of Economics and Business
• Colorado School of Mines
  Golden, CO 80401
  USA

Education

• Ph.D. Mineral and Energy Economics,
  Colorado School of Mines, 2012
• M.S. Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, 2001
• B.A. General Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1989

Current Research

• Applied optimization - mixed integer and linear programming
  • Open pit mine production scheduling
• Decision and project portfolio analysis
  • Competitive bidding for offshore petroleum leases

Software Exposure and Competency

• AMPL, CPLEX
• VBA, MS Excel, MS Access
• Crystal Ball, @Risk, Precision Tree, OptQuest
• Arena, Extend
• Java, Bash scripting
• Mathematica, E-views
• LaTeX, Beamer, Paraview, MS Word, MS Powerpoint

Professional Experience

• Consultant / Senior Manager - Kromite (2006-2008)
  • Portfolio and decision analyst for Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and agricultural clients
  • Decision analysis trainer for domestic and international corporate finance personnel
• U.S. Marine Corps Representative / Operations Analyst - Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) (2001-2005)
  • Independent duty representing the Marine Corps in a civilian research organization
  • Perform analyses both independently and alongside senior analysts, in headquarters and deployed environments
• Graduate Student in Operations Research - Naval Postgraduate School (1999-2001)
  • Coursework in optimization, stochastics, simulation, probability, statistics, data analysis
• Instructor / Curriculum Developer / Student Control Officer - Naval Aviation Schools Command (1995-1998)
  • Instructional and leadership positions at flight school, training 2,500 junior officers annually
  • ~1,000 hours instructing courses of 45-60 students in technical flight subjects (e.g., aerodynamics, navigation)
  • 1996 Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) Academic Officer Instructor of the Year
• U.S. Marine Corps Aviator (CH-46) (1990-1995)
  • Aircraft commander, Section and Division Leader, TERF and NVG Instructor, 1,000+ flight hours
  • Planner and real-time coordinator of flight operations between multiple agencies

Publications

• Lambert, William B., A Multi-Commodity Network-Based Heuristic for the Ship-To-Objective Maneuver.
  Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, March 2001
• Lambert, William B., Total Cost for Non-Aviator Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) Policy.
  CNA Research Memorandum D0010247.A4/1Rev, Center for Naval Analyses, August 2004
• Quester, A.O., Jareb, A.M., Lambert, W.B., Lee, L.G., Kimble, T.H.,
  Manpower Critical Indicators Study: Final Report.
  CNA Research Memorandum D0006494.A2, Center for Naval Analyses, August 2002
• Hattiangadi, A.U., Kimble, T.H., Lambert, W. B., Quester, A.O.,
  Endstrength: Forecasting Marine Corps Losses Final Report.
  CNA Research Memorandum D0011188.A2, Center for Naval Analyses, February 2005

• Lambert, W.B., Brickey, A., Eurek, K., Newman, A.M. Open Pit Block Sequencing Formulations: A Tutorial.
  Under revision with Interfaces
• Lambert, W.B., Newman, A.M., Tailored Lagrangian Relaxation for the Open Pit Block Sequencing Problem.
  Submitted, Annals of Operations Research, December 2011
• Lambert, W.B. Techniques to Reduce the Solution Time of the Open Pit Block Sequencing Problem.
  PhD Dissertation, Colorado School of Mines, January 2012
• Lambert, W.B., Newman, A.M., Analyzing Solutions of the Open Pit Block Sequencing Problem Obtained via Lagrangian Techniques. Submitted, Mining Engineering, February 2012

Working Papers

International Experience / Travel

• Japan and Okinawa (4+ years)
• Korea, Philippines, Thailand
• Australia, New Zealand
• France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy
• Kuwait, Iraq
• Chile

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