Dr. Joe Atwood
- Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics,
Montana State University.
- Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics - University of Nebraska, 1985.
- Sixteen years experience in risk management research. Nine years of experience in crop policy research, product development, and fraud detection.
- Principal developer of method and computerized implementation tool now used by RMA-Compliance to mass screen producers to detect potential fraud.
- Experienced in managing large data sets, sophisticated mathematical and/or statistical packages, customizing and developing software as well as strong background in economics, quantitative methods, and statistical analysis.
- Principal Investigator for following USDA funded projects:
- Prevented Planting Study
- Multiple Year Coverage Risk Management Program
- Feasibility of Revenue Coverage Plans that Maximize Producer Revenue
- Reviewed Livestock Revenue and Livestock Gross Margin submitted products
- Cotton Boll Weevil Eradication Program Impact on Actual Production History Yields
- Applying Data Warehousing, Data Mining, and Data Analysis Techniques Toward Crop Insurance Loss Patterns Analysis Project
- Developing Catastrophic Rating Methodology and Incorporating CAT Coverage Data
- Ninety-five professional publications including fourteen articles in disciplinary-referred journals.
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Key Staff Profiles
Dr. Myles Watts
Dr. Joe Atwood
Dr. James Driscoll
Tim Watts
Steve Loar, MCSE, MCAD, MCSD, MCDBA
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