Academic Credentials
  • Ph.D., Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2014
  • M.A., Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2012
  • B.S., Mathematics, University of Rochester, 2008
Licenses & Certifications
  • Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (CSSGB)
Professional Affiliations
  • American Statistical Association
  • American Society for Quality – ASQ
  • Society of Automotive Engineers – SAE

Dr. Brown provides consulting services related to statistics, reliability, data analysis and data visualization. He has experience with measurement system analysis, warranty analysis, manufacturing data, medical devices, environmental data and health outcomes data, and he has particular specialties in dashboard development and automotive statistics. 

Dr. Brown's areas of statistical expertise include reliability analysis, design of experiments, sampling plans, regression, response surface modeling (RSM), spatial analysis, time-series analysis and statistical modeling.

Dr. Brown has experience using large databases including NASS CDS/CISS, NASS GES/CRSS, FARS, NEISS and NHTSA VOQ. He has expertise in harvesting and cleaning large volumes of data files with various formats including Word, text, PDF, Excel and csv. He also has expertise in gathering data through web scraping. He is highly proficient with statistical computing programs R, JMP and SAS, and the dashboard building program Tableau. He also has experience with SAS, Matlab and Python.

Before joining Exponent, Dr. Brown attended the University of Michigan where he served as a graduate student consultant at the center for statistical consultation and research (CSCAR). His thesis research is on the analysis of spatial data in a Gaussian framework.