Hubbard Decision Research

Hubbard Decision Research (HDR) was founded by Douglas W. Hubbard, the creator of "Applied Information Economics" (AIE). Hubbard developed AIE as a practical application of scientific and mathematical methods to the most complex and risky decisions - even when they seem driven by seemingly "immeasurable" factors.

Doug Hubbard has applied these methods to Information Technology investments, military logistics, entertainment media, major policy decisions, and business operations. His customers have been businesses ranging from small businesses to Fortune 50 as well as military and civilian government agencies. Organizations which need to measure the immeasurable and make big decisions without perfect information have been using the methods of HDR since 1999.

The solutions HDR develops are both quantitative and practical and have been applied to problems like:

• Business cases for investments with many uncertain and intangible benefits
• Quantitative solutions to risk analysis and risk management
• Performance metrics that are based on objective measures and selected for measurable impacts on decisions

HDR is based in Glen Ellyn, IL but has clients all over the world. HDR offers consulting, seminars, webinars, and licenses to its specialized analytical tools and research. See Services and Products for more information.

HDR is pleased to be a vendor sponsor for two Chicago-area CIO groups

Technology Executive Network TEN is a community exclusively for CIO's and top IT (Information Technology) executives. TEN firmly believes that the best way for IT executives and CIO's to get trustworthy information is to get it from each other. What I like about them is the frequent number of events they organize. They separate member CIO's into small, medium, and large company sizes and they have at least a roundtable for one of the group nearly every week.

The Illinois CIO Exchange is a new for-profit technology industry association where IT leaders are brought together to assist in the identification, adoption and implementation of Illinois-based technologies. The association dues are economical and it focuses on practical services. It grand-fathered-in Society of Information Management members in the Chicago chapter, which boot-strapped them into a membership of over 100+. The Illinois CIO Exchange members have to be the senior IT managers and have to be a large employer in Illinois.