Aaron Vance, Analyst, Programmer

As manager of research at Age Wave Impact Aaron developed dozens of predictive regression models for state and national health plans, and then helped the plans assess the effectiveness of the resulting mailings.  This gave him a valuable opportunity to fine-tune his regression methods, working his rigorous academic statistical background into the traditional business approach.

As he got more experience in the research department, and agency world, he found that he could do more and more of each research and analysis project himself, until he was making proposals, doing all of the work, and presenting the results.

Once Age Wave Impact succumbed to the Dot Com Bust, founding a small research/analysis agency was a logical next step.  As president of Advance Analysis, Inc. Aaron has continued to conduct regression analyses for companies like Wellpoint/Anthem and Shea Homes, conduct research for businesses like Boeing and the Northern California Cancer Center, and analyze in-house research for the likes of McKesson, PayPal, and Bank of America.

Because Web sites have always been ideal platforms for collecting consumer data, and because Aaron had a background in computer programming, in the late 1990s Aaron began to develop Web sites in order to allow clients to test marketing approaches.  Later as Web sites became legitimate – and then in some cases necessary – communication and sales channels, Aaron developed conventional Web sites (while still offering custom visitor analysis).  Managing a programming team working in ASP.NET, or programming in PHP himself, Aaron has developed well over 100 Web sites.

Aaron received his BA from Haverford College, his MA in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and continued graduate coursework at Harvard University while an employee there.