Knowledge. At The Speed of Mind

ESG’s sphere of expertise includes Economic Impact Analysis, Sports Analysis and Litigation Support, Environmental Sustainability, and naming to name a few. Our vertical expertise in the Sports, Transportation and Energy sectors come from years of experience with industry leading companies on the job.

Our experts and professional staff work diligently and effectively with legal experts, business leaders, and policy makers to provide unsurpassed strategic consulting services, including expert witness services and support. ESG provides its clients with research and deliverables of the highest quality.

Christopher T. Gillis, Managing Principal
A program manager who has administered numerous communications projects for major airlines, utilities, and communications companies. Mr. Gillis has also managed product development for high tech communications programs, including AMS and Mobex Communications.

Mr. Gillis is currently consulting on a wireless communications strategy providing cost and market analysis, ROI projections, system audit and design review, and strategic management perspectives.

Mr. Gillis has completed work on an aviation security strategy and works with federal and state government and biometric experts.

Daniel A. Rascher, Ph.D., Principal
A Ph.D. Economist who has managed numerous economic impact studies has provided economic analysis of the parcel shipping industry including hub locations, throughput forecasts, market definitions and market shares, has been a statistical analyst determining the likely use and use value of GPS systems and their impact on transportation flows, and has provided benchmarking consulting in the technology industry.

Dr. Rascher teaches, publishes research, and consults. He specializes in economics and finance and more specifically in industrial organization, antitrust, mergers & acquisitions, valuation, economic impact, feasibility research, damage analysis, strategy, and labor issues within many industries.

Dr. Rascher received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco, where he teaches Masters courses in applied Economics, Finance, and Research Methods. Prior to joining USF, Dr. Rascher was an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

George F. Gillis, Principal Mr. Gillis has thirty-seven years experience in operations and strategic management for United Airlines. He specializes in Cost Control, Revenue Generation and Production, and Quality Assurance. These duties have entailed managing airline

operations and customer service. In addition, Mr. Gillis was instrumental in establishing UAL bases of operations in the Pacific Rim and Europe.

His performance in every category at every station/department has earned him the "Award of Merit", UAL highest honor given for airline management.

E. Alan Scheik, Principal
Mr. Scheik has held various roles for well known corporate brands that include American Airlines, Nortel Networks, Bay Networks, and Sabre. Roles include Worldwide Partner Marketing, Business Development, Strategic Marketing and others. In addition, he held the VP of Business Development role for a 5000 person retail mobile content company working with the large wireless carriers and big box retailers. He currently sits as a board advisor to Odojo, a Social Media start-up and previously held a board position with the Connected Vehicle Trade Association. He supports One Good Turn Productions as a coordinating producer and has written whitepapers related to the transportation industry.

Alan D. Rozzi, Principal
A doctoral candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles with a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Chicago, Mr. Rozzi has completed long-term studies on energy pricing, the effects of changes in marginal tax rates on the behavior of upper income earners, and several analyses of the institutional and political dynamics of agenda setting within and across the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. federal government. All of these studies have entailed the construction of original theoretical models and data sets and extensive statistical and econometric analysis. He specializes in the political aspects of public policy making and has assisted in teaching numerous courses in American Politics and statistical analysis.