Original Equipment Suppliers Association

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My career has taken me from academic researcher developing position papers on health care, trade flows and value chains, to equity analyst following small- and mid-cap stocks, to forecaster creating sales and production outlooks and performing general management with a trade association. While the positions are varied, there are two common denominators: the auto industry and business economics. The complexity, dynamics, and scale of the auto industry have provided the need for analyzing and forecasting industry trends from a wide range of perspectives. My grounding in business economics has given me the ability to question, model, and interpret these trends for use by a wide range of final customers.

First, let me describe my job. I currently apply business economics that I learned at Miami University (Ohio) and my professional experiences with the Original Equipment Suppliers Association. OESA was created in 1998 and is a market sector association of the 101-year old Motor Equipment Manufacturers Association. In eight years, the Association has grown to represent nearly 400 members who supply components and services to the companies that manufacture passenger cars and light trucks. In a typical calendar year, the nine other professionals I work …