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Bill Campbell, III, CFA
Founder and Principal

Bill has an extremely varied background, giving him the expertise needed to be able to analyze complex situations in a variety of industries. A mathematician by education, his career has allowed him to use his analytical abilities in engineering, finance, and education, developing both hardware and software.

In engineering environments Bill has been a warhead hardware designer, a weapons system program manager, a computer-aided design software designer and developer, an analyst of weapons system effectiveness and lethality, a risk analyst for satellite and weapons systems, and a cost estimator for satellite systems, weapons systems, and oil production facilities.

In finance, Bill has been a mortgage securities analyst, a computer graphics designer / developer, and a computer algorithm developer.

In education, Bill has taught college-level mathematics courses in algebra, calculus, statistics, differential equations, topology, linear algebra, and abstract algebra. He is currently on the faculty of California State University, Fullerton where he teaches mathematics, and the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Extension where he teaches courses in risk management, asset allocation using the Markowitz efficient frontier model, and review courses for the Chartered Financial Analyst^® (CFA^®) exams.

In addition, Bill is a professional, performing magician.

Expertise
Bill's unique combination of experience in industry gives him insight into a wide variety of industries and applications for his consulting work. As a mathematician Bill has developed skills in abstract thinking that he puts to good use in analyzing risk in any application. Apart from the obvious use of mathematics in quantifying risk statistically, Bill's background gives him the expertise to look into abstract, uncommon areas and help his clientele discover potential risks that might otherwise have been overlooked.

Through his teaching experience, Bill has developed a unique and entertaining lecture style that makes his seminars and lectures enjoyable and memorable. Bill has the ability to make complex subjects associated with risk analysis, such as statistical modeling, probability, and Monte Carlo simulation, easy to understand. Bill's enthusiastic, energetic presentation style - punctuated by the occasional magic trick to illustrate an important point - ensures that his clients will remember the principles of risk analysis when they need to apply them to their own programs.

For more information about Bill's risk management background, or to contract for training or consulting services in risk management, please go to his Risk Mitigation Associates website.