NonZero Ventures, LLC

Dr. Özgür Özlük joins NonZero Ventures

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:11:22 +0000

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Özgür Özlük has joined NonZero Ventures as Principal, Decision Sciences. Ozgur will also be maintaining his position at San Francisco State University, and continuing his research activities in decision sciences. This ensures NonZero Ventures’ access to the latest developments in applied decision sciences.

Yosun Denizeri joins NonZero Ventures

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:01:14 +0000

We are delighted to have Yosun Denizeri join NonZero Ventures as Principal. Yosun brings the depth, breadth, enthusiasm, and patience our clients need in implementing innovative solutions. She has a knack for making complex algorithms easy to grasp, long working hours pleasant, and her teams high performing.

The Case for Dynamic Pricing

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:07:19 +0000

Mehran Farahmand and his esteemed colleague/friend Chat Chatterjee offer value propositions for dynamic pricing, and offer ideas as it relates to the hospitality industry. Published in the Hospitality Upgrade.

Revenue Management Circa 2020

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:01 +0000

Mehran Farahmand and his close friend Yuri Karadjov always enjoy a good discussion and bouncing ideas off of each other over a good ethnic food. Here was one more opportunity for them, by invitation. Mehran and Yuri discuss what revenue management solutions will be like by 2020. What is commonly charged as multi million dollar solutions, and integrated systems will in all likelihood be a given by then. Organizational and Change Management issues will in fact have even higher significance than now. Published by in the Journal of Pricing and Revenue Management.

Implementing Pricing Revenue Management Systems Across Globe

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:34:20 +0000

Mehran Farahmand is known for his interest in working across different cultures. Having lived and/or worked in over 20 countries, he is uniquely qualified about the many aspects of implementing solutions across the globe. This is an article he presented at AGIFORS conference in Bangkok.

David G. Frentzel joins NonZero Ventures

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:18:56 +0000

NonZero Ventures is delighted to announce that Dave Frentzel has joined us as a Partner. Dave has extensive global consulting and senior management experience. Prior to joining NonZero Ventures, Dave was a Vice President within DHL/Exel’s Supply Chain organization, the world’s largest third-party logistics (3PL) company, where was responsible for customer solutions, first in North Asia (Japan and South Korea) and then in the U.S. While based in Tokyo, he also served on the board of SCM Japan, K.K., a company providing transport services to retail stores. Before entering the 3PL industry, he was President of Manugistics Japan, K.K. and served in other executive management roles within the company’s U.S. business (now JDA). Dave also has over 15 years of management consulting experience, including Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman) and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). Dave can be reached on dave@nonzeroventures.com or 414.212.8635.

Partnership with T3 Dynamics

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:56:18 +0000

NonZero Ventures, LLC is happy to announce its partnership with T3 Dynamics, LLC, an LA based leader in application performance management life cycle.

Organizational Audit – German Manufacturer

admin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:29:11 +0000

Frankfurt, Germany. Mehran Farahmand paid a visit to our German manufacturer, auditing the progress made, and discussing further actions. Another satisfied client for NonZero Ventures.

Visiting a Polish Manufacturer

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:00:38 +0000

Warsaw, Poland. NonZero Ventures visits a manufacturer, potentially establishing a partnership for one of NonZero Ventures’ clients.

Optimization

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:44:58 +0000

Optimization is the great catch word of the day. What is it that we are optimizing? Past mistakes? Or future uncertainties?

Dwelling on optimization while losing the opportunities of the present is not a viable path either. At NonZero, we provide you with a step by step path, audit-able and measurable at short intervals. We provide you with simulation tools necessary to make real time decision based on empirical evidence.

Case Study: An air cargo company needs to make a decision on which markets to focus on, and which shipments to accept. Any thoughts? What kind of a tool would help this company? Should they go for a full-fledged Revenue Management solution? What should the scope of this engagement be?