Gill Eapen is the founder and CEO of Decision Options ®, LLC. Mr. Eapen has over 30 years of experience in strategy, finance, engineering, risk and general management. Decision Options pioneered advanced analytical techniques to inform and guide decisions to enhance shareholder value in companies ...more

Gill Eapen is the founder and CEO of Decision Options ®, LLC. Mr. Eapen has over 30 years of experience in strategy, finance, engineering, risk and general management. Decision Options pioneered advanced analytical techniques to inform and guide decisions to enhance shareholder value in companies of all sizes. Mr. Eapen has advised clients over a broad range of industries including life sciences, healthcare, energy, aerospace, high technology, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, manufacturing, consumer goods, financial services and legal services. Mr. Eapen has been involved in the area of computer-aided decision-making, starting with his graduate thesis in 1986 at Northwestern that demonstrated one of the first applications in Artificial Intelligence. Later in the 90s, his team created one of the largest predictive models to forecast and manage all resources needed for worldwide R&D at Pfizer, with annual investments exceeding $4 Billion. He also developed an automated trading platform to manage a long/short equity fund showing consistent alpha over an extended period of time. Decision Options Technology (DoT) incorporates machine and deep learning techniques as well as market-based economic modeling capabilities and is a unique software that improves decision-making in organizations to enhance shareholder value. Mr. Eapen is the author of two textbooks. The first book, Decision Options: The Art and Science of Making Decisions, provides the theory and practice of real options. The second book, Flexibility: Flexible Companies for the Uncertain World is a discussion of the structure, systems, and strategies needed for companies to survive and succeed in an increasingly uncertain world. His Blog, “Scientific Sense,” and associated books are followed by people in over 150 countries. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide on subjects of strategy, innovation, economics, and analytics.less