M.B.A., D.B.A., Harvard Business School; B.S. University of Nevada

Dr. Helfert is Managing Principal of Helfert Associates, where he is involved in executive development and consulting in finance and strategy, including tailored shareholder value management seminars for Fortune 100 and technology companies. He is also a frequent public speaker on financial/economic management issues. Prior to his current activity, Dr. Helfert was Vice President, Corporate Planning at Crown Zellerbach Corporation, where he served twenty years in a variety of high-level positions involving strategy and portfolio planning, financial/economic analysis, and senior management development. Before entering the corporate environment, he taught finance and controllership at the Harvard Business School for seven years, including course development and consulting activities. Dr. Helfert is the author of "Techniques of Financial Analysis", the best-selling and most widely published text on financial analysis since 1963, appearing in its 11th edition in July 2002, and which has been translated into ten languages. He has also authored and co-authored several other books on finance, and recently published his first literary work, "Valley of the Shadow".