Mike Kimel
Mike earned a Ph.D. in Economics from U.C.L.A in 1996.  Prior to that, he earned a masters degree in Economics with an emphasis in finance and a BS in Economics and mathematics from U.C.S.B.
Mike has worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, run the Economic Policy, Strategic Marketing, and the Competitive Strategies groups for a Fortune 500 Telecom company, and has worked 10 years as a business consultant.  In addition, for five years, Mike also taught courses as an adjunct professor in Economics and Advanced Statistics at the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University.  He has also lectured at UCLA.
Mike is conversant in three languages including Spanish and Portuguese and is an expert in Latin American politics and history