Staff

Patrick Burden, M.S.
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Marcus Hartley, M.S.
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Jonathan King, M.S.
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Joel Ainsworth, B.A.
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Alexus Bond, M.A.
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Leah Cuyno, Ph.D.
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Mike Fisher, MSPM, MBA, PMP
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Michelle Humphrey, B.S.
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Cal Kerr, MBA, M.S., PMP
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Terri McCoy, B.A.
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Alejandra Palma, M.A.
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Diane Sauer
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Bill Schenken, MBA
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Don Schug, Ph.D.
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Trina Wellman, Ph.D.
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Mike Fisher

Mike Fisher joined Northern Economics in 2001. He holds graduate degrees in Business Administration and Project Management, as well as a Project Management Professional certification.

Mike has worked on a wide variety of projects at Northern Economics, ranging from feasibility studies for Alaskan ports and harbors to statistical analyses to market studies and business plans. He has also given presentations at a number of conferences held by the Alaska Association of Harbormasters and Port Administrators and a session on business planning at the Alaska Sea Grant's Marine Advisory Program's Public Seafood processing and Cold Storage Facility Workshop.

One of the tools Mike helped to develop at Northern Economics is the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities' Harbor Economic Impact Model. The model allows harbormasters to estimate the economic impacts of their harbor based on fleet composition and characteristics. More information on the model, including a downloadable copy, is available at Mike's personal website at http://www.harbormodel.com/.

In addition to his work at Northern Economics, Mike is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Alaska Anchorage, where he teaches graduate courses in Operations Research, Cost Estimating, and Project Cost Management, as well as sections of PMP certification prep courses.

Mike published a book, Cost Estimation and Management: A Practical Approach, in December 2011, which he wrote for his Cost Estimating course. He is already hard at work on a significantly expanded, enhanced, and revised second edition, which he hopes to have completed by late 2012.

Mike provides strong quantitative and analytical skills, a broad business background, and the ability to communicate results effectively to Northern Economics' clients.

Mike's answers to life's more important questions:

Claim to fame: During my MBA studies, I wrote a report for Saturna Capital that predicted the closure of the Georgia Pacific paper mill in Bellingham, Washington and described the economic effects a closure would have on Bellingham and Whatcom County. When fluctuating power prices did, in fact, cause the mill to close temporarily, I got my fifteen minutes of fame in the Bellingham Herald. The mill has since permanently closed.

Great escape: The backcountry of Alaska and Utah.

Why Alaska: I am a lifelong Alaskan. There's nowhere else I'd rather be.

Idea of fun: Getting outside! The profile picture to the left was taken on the eastern peak of Gunsight Mountain.

Memorabilia: I have a mini desert scene I constructed using sand collected from Utah. Yes, I have a sandbox.