About The Instructor

Sam L. Savage, , received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale University, then spent a year at General Motors Research Laboratory. He then joined the Management Science faculty of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 1974. In 1990 Dr. Savage moved to Stanford where he is a Consulting Professor of Management Science and Engineering. He has also been a Fellow of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge since 2005.

Dr. Savage's primary focus is on enterprise wide communication and management of uncertainty and risk. In 2006, he formalized the field of Probability Management, and is the Chairman of ProbabilityManagement.org. In 2008, in collaboration with Oracle Corp., SAS Institute, and Frontline Systems, Dr. Savage led the development of the DIST™ Distribution String.

Dr. Savage consults widely in industry, with clients including Royal Dutch Shell, Merck & Co., and Wells Fargo Bank. He has been published in both academic journals and the popular press, appearing in the Harvard Business Review, Journal of Portfolio Management, Washington Post and the Journal of Forensic Accounting.