Teaching & Research Interests
Strategic Decision Making, International Political Economy, Sustainable Development, Economics, Growth, Econometrics, Computational Modeling, Data Analytics and Predictive Analytics.

Dr. Mark Abdollahian delivers advanced analytics for data driven decision-making. His global experience spans national policy, corporate strategy, economic development, finance, public-private partnerships, M&A and business process reengineering. He creates, architects and implements enterprise class data and strategy analytics used by McKinsey, Booz Allen, the US Government, the World Bank and the United Nations as well as private sector companies worldwide, including Arthur Andersen, Motorola, McKinsey, Raytheon, British Aerospace, Chevron & DeBeers. Dr. Abdollahian develops, manages and applies predictive modeling to strategic and operational issues across government and business, focusing on bringing to market next generation innovations today.

 Dr. Abdollahian is author of dozens of articles and two books on data driven strategy across business, politics and economics, lectures to audiences worldwide and a board member for several private and nonprofit enterprises. He is a Full Clinical Professor at the School of Politics & Economics, Claremont Graduate University, and also cofounder and Chief Operating Officer at Sentia Group. In addition to Bachelors degrees in Political Science, History, and French from Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Abdollahian holds a Master’s degree in Foreign and Defense Policy and a Ph.D. in Political Economy and Mathematical Modeling from Claremont Graduate University.

 Dr. Abdollahian is a principal or co-principal in the following research grants:

• From Stewardship to Sustainability: Sustainable Energy Modeling (SEMPro)” Edison International in 2010.
• “Computational Political Economy Experimentation” Defense Advanced Research Project Agency in 2009.
• “Integrated Crisis & Early Warning Systems” Defense Advanced Research Project Agency in 2007.
• “Pre Conflict Anticipation & Shaping” Defense Advanced Research Project Agency in 2005. 

 Click to view his books:

• Power Transitions; Strategies for the 21^st Century
• The Performance of Nations

Curriculum Vitae