RRC Staff

Permanent Professional Staff

The permanent professional staff at RRC consists of individuals trained in economics, statistics, business, computer science, and finance. Currently there are eight members of the professional staff at RRC and four members of the supporting staff. These individuals form the core work force for consulting and research projects. Assisted by the associated professional staff, these individuals provide a capability which responds readily to clients' needs.

Thomas R. Saving, Ph.D.

Vita (PDF)

Dr. Saving is Chairman of the Board of RRC, Inc. and is Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center at Texas A&M University. He served as President of RRC for ten years and has served as President of the Southern Economic Association, the Western Economic Association, and the Association of Private Enterprise Education. A University Distinguished Professor of Economics at Texas A&M, he also held the position of Head of the Department of Economics at Texas A&M for six years. He is currently co-editor of Economic Inquiry, as well as Medicare Reform: Issues and Answers (1999). He co-authored The Economics of Medicare Reform (2000). In addition, he has many articles in professional journals and two influential books on monetary theory. His current research emphasis is on the benefit of markets in solving the pressing issues in health care and Social Security. In 2000, Dr. Saving was appointed by President Clinton as a Public Trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds. Then, in May 2001, President Bush named Dr. Saving to the bipartisan President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security. He has testified in a number of trials and developed economic testimony and argument in numerous cases involving questions of antitrust and other complex litigation. His litigation experience covers a broad range of industries, including automobiles, tetracycline, asphalt, concrete pipe, crude oil, oil extraction equipment, coal slurry pipelines, natural gas pipelines, retail gasoline, cement, health insurance, health care, business interruption, real estate, steel, air transportation, photo processing, and others. Large corporations, national associations, and government agencies have benefited greatly from Dr. Savings' more than 35 years experience in economic research and analysis.

Donald R. House, Ph.D.

dhouse@rrc-inc.com

Resume (PDF)

Dr. House is President of RRC, Inc. He joined the firm in 1978. Previously, Dr. House served on the faculties of Texas A&M University and Auburn University. His consulting experience includes work in litigation support, health care consulting, business consulting, and survey research. He has many publications in leading professional journals and has also testified in a number of trials. In the area of litigation support, his experience includes matters of antitrust, breach of contracts, theft of proprietary business information, product warranty violations, failures of financial institutions, exclusive dealerships, and others. His antitrust experience includes a variety of industries such as retail gasoline, crude oil, air transportation, aircraft simulators, health insurance, cement, construction, pipelines, health care, computer hardware and software, plumbing fixtures, ready-mix concrete, medical equipment, photo processing, advertising, pneumatic tools, and others.

Additionally, Dr. House is a respected researcher and consultant in the area of health economics and has been involved with dental surveys and research for over 30 years. He was introduced to this area in the late 1970's as a senior staff economist at the American Dental Association and has continued an active research agenda through an Assistant Professorship at Texas A&M University, as a Senior Lecturer at the Texas A&M University Medical School and as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Texas School of Dentistry. In addition to numerous scholarly publications in the area of dental markets, he has also performed a significant amount of research in the broader health care arena. Dr. House currently serves on the Dental Economics Advisory Committee which reports to the ADA board on dental economics issues.

Clifford L. Fry, Ph.D., A.V.A.

cfry@rrc-inc.com

Resume (PDF)

Dr. Fry is Executive Vice President at RRC, Inc. A native Texan, Dr. Fry received his Ph.D. in Economics from Texas A&M University in 1972. He is also certified in business valuation.  Regarded as an expert in economics and finance, Dr. Fry's strong combination of business and academic experience has proven vital in commercial damage determinations in disputes involving breach of contract, intellectual property theft, copyright and patent infringement, and other civil claims. Dr. Fry has a variety of litigation experience, including antitrust market analysis, analysis of investment risks and management of investment funds, banking issues, business interference, trade secrets, monopsony, price fixing, and predatory pricing. Dr. Fry's extensive teaching experience enables him to be very effective in communicating with jurors. Dr. Fry has testified in state and federal courts, arbitration panels, and in regulatory proceedings.  He brings to a case useful research experience when financial complexities are in dispute.

Dr. Fry earned the Accredited Valuation Analyst certification from the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.  Business valuations are often necessary for estate settlements, business stock sales, family limited partnerships issues, mergers, and divorce settlements.  Dr. Fry’s experience in litigation and regulatory testimony distinguishes him from other accredited business valuation analysts.  He is accustomed to providing a solid basis for all of his work.  He is used to cross examination and is experienced in testifying.  An attorney or other client must know that the business valuation analyst can testify, if need be, with work capable of holding up under scrutiny by adverse parties.

Dr. Fry is a former Chairman of the Department of Finance at the University of Houston. He has published a variety of peer reviewed research papers in leading finance and economics journals. In addition to his position at RRC, Dr. Fry has taught Antitrust Economics and Macroeconomics as a Visiting Associate Professor of Economics at Texas A&M University.  Dr. Fry's business experience includes service as Financial Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Vice President and Director of the U.S. Economics Division at Crocker National Bank in San Francisco, and as a member of the Board of Directors of four financial institutions and a retail business.

Dr. Fry's litigation support capabilities have been augmented by a well-rounded variety of business and regulatory consulting engagements. He has directed the economic analysis for Environmental Impact Studies.  He directed the socioeconomic analysis for the State of Texas’ bid for the FutureGen Project with the U.S. Department of Energy.  He has performed the required economic analysis for the extension of a lignite mine by Alcoa. His efforts have been instrumental in determining the economic impact of various industries on the economy of the state of Texas. He has prepared forecasts of national economic changes, forecasts of interest rates, forecasts of property taxes, and estimates of the future profitability to banks of making student loans. 

Dr. Fry’s charity work is extensive. Dr. Fry has for years volunteered on high level committees and boards of the International Rett Syndrome Foundation.

Donald R. House, Jr, Ph.D.

dhousejr@rrc-inc.com

Dr. House is the newest Senior Economist at RRC, Inc. He joined his father Donald, Sr. and Dr. Fry full-time in June of 2009. Previously, he was assistant professor of economics at Hardin-Simmons University as well as a research economist at RRC. He has assisted RRC economists in a broad scope of litigation matters over the past several years. He conducts primary research in relevant market issues for use in antitrust, patent infringement, and market foreclosure litigation. Dr. House has an extensive background in litigation support in a variety of industries, with special focus in health care products and health care professional labor markets.

 

Michael Lang, M.S.

mlang@rrc-inc.com

Mr. Lang is an Economist at RRC. His responsibilities include research and assistance in the preparation of solutions for clients who engage RRC for its litigative economics or management consulting expertise. He participates in the preparation of expert reports and exhibits, the analysis of industries and markets, and collection and study of financial data. Mr. Lang also assists in the examination of opposing expert's reports and damage calculations.

 

 

Blaine Buenger, B.S.

bbuenger@rrc-inc.com

Mr. Buenger has been an integral part of litigation and business consulting services at RRC, Inc. since he joined the firm's economics staff in July 2000. His expertise extends across a wide range of business, quantitative, and financial economics issues. Mr. Buenger conducts market research and financial analyses and valuations. Mr. Buenger assists in the development of models to analyze data and calculate damages, including the valuation of lost business opportunities. He participates in the research and analysis of case documents, academic literature, and market data and in the preparation and analysis of expert reports and exhibits. Mr. Buenger assists in statistical and econometric analyses and performs complex spreadsheet calculations. His work experience at RRC includes a variety of industries such as oil and gas, medical devices, telecommunications, dental equipment and services, power mobility equipment, and heavy truck sales, among others. Mr. Buenger often works directly with business and attorney clients of RRC to ensure information is received and analyzed in a timely manner. Mr. Buenger graduated Summa Cum Laude from Texas A&M University in 1995 with a B.S. in Economics.

Kristy Becker, B.A. 

kbecker@rrc-inc.com

Mrs. Becker is Director of The Survey and Forecasting Division at RRC. Mrs. Becker's econometric work includes development and maintenance of large forecasting models designed for particular client needs. Among the models currently in use are national and state models for forecasting dentistry manpower for the American Dental Association. Mrs. Becker is also directly responsible for all of RRC's survey operations. Her work includes supervising and training in the areas of coding, code checking, data entry, and data verification. Additional duties involve the maintenance of time schedules, preparation of reports for clients detailing progress and response rates, and coordination with client staff. She also shares responsibility for the analysis of data and preparation of special reports, and she also provides periodic assistance to the business analysis and litigation staff.

Gary Petersen, B.S.

petersen@rrc-inc.com

Mr. Petersen is Director of Computing Services at RRC and is responsible for the maintenance of RRC's computing facilities and for the development of client databases and data management software. Mr. Petersen has managed many large complex databases in support of litigation cases and survey data collection. He also provides analysis assistance with his programming skills in econometric and database software. Mr. Petersen handles RRC's data importing, exporting, and conversion services through which data in various formats and electronic media are exchanged and deployed in efficiently usable forms. Mr. Petersen has been employed with RRC since 1983.

 

Marilyn Franer, B.A. 

mfraner@rrc-inc.com

Ms. Franer is the Office Manager at RRC and is responsible for organizing and filing all documents received from our clients. She also assists the staff in research, data entry, and graphics, and she manages the day-to-day operations of the office. Ms. Franer assists with formatting and proofreading of reports, affidavits, and declarations.

 

 

 

Kathy Hall

khall@rrc-inc.com

Ms. Hall has over 20 years experience in our Survey Division as the Assistant Director of Survey implementing and assisting in coordinating survey processes, supervising and training data entry and telephone survey staff and processing survey results. Additionally she catalogs, retrieves and manages large survey data sets, is responsible for coding, keying, verifying, editing and cleansing various survey data sets and conducts research to ensure the highest quality and most accurate data is extracted for processing and analysis.

 

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Associated Professional Staff

The associated professional staff at RRC represent a core of highly skilled individuals who assist in the development of a project and, when necessary, provide expert testimony before courts and administrative proceedings. Each has worked closely with RRC's permanent staff and remains available for additional engagements.

Kent D. Nash, Ph.D.

Dr. Nash is President, Nash & Associates, Inc. and former Director of the Bureau of Economic and Behavioral Research for the American Dental Association in Chicago. Dr. Nash has numerous publications in the area of health care economics. He has designed large survey data collection projects and prepared statistical and analytical presentations from computer survey files for courts. His expertise in health economics includes applications in the medical, dental, and hospital industries. Living now in the Bryan/College Station area, Dr. Nash is a visiting professor in the Economics Department at Texas A&M, and he works closely with RRC on economic and statistical analysis of health issues.

Jeff A. Compton, CPA, CFE, ABV

Mr. Compton is President of J.A. Compton & Co., a CPA firm licensed to practice in Texas. Mr. Compton has competency in several areas, including analysis of accounting and financial reporting data, retrieval and restoration of data from computer systems, the analysis of federal and state tax matters, the investigation of suspected fraud, and bankruptcy. The firm is peer-reviewed as a member of the Private Company Practice Section of the AICPA. Mr. Compton can assist RRC, Inc. on projects in which reconstruction of accounting or financial data is desirable, or on other projects involving intensive examination of accounting data, such as claims involving accounting fraud.

William R. McCleave, PE, D.Eng.

Dr. McCleave has over twenty-five years of experience in the distribution industry. He served as President of the Association of High Technology Distributors for two years and headed a subsidiary of Duke Power Company for ten years. Dr. McCleave is a frequent speaker before distributors throughout the U.S. and has served as a consultant to a variety of Fortune 500 firms, such as Texas Instruments, Tektronix, Exxon Chemical, Southern Company, Crane Supply, IBM, Square D, and Siemens. He has served on the Graduate Faculty of Texas A&M University and as a faculty member in its Industrial Distribution Program.

Robert L. Sielken, Jr., Ph.D.

Dr. Sielken is a Biostatistician and President of Sielken & Associates Consulting, which does statistical research and consulting primarily in the area of quantitative health risk assessment. Dr. Sielken has published more than 50 papers on cancer, non-cancer, and ecological risk assessment and co-authored a book regarding tools for assessing cancer risks. He serves as a statistical consultant to professional societies, industry, and state and federal governments and provides litigation and advocacy support. Dr. Sielken is available to assist RRC, Inc. with any statistical issues and complex modeling issues that should arise in large project analysis.

Michael Workman, Ph.D.

Dr. Workman specializes in industrial distribution and presently consults with over sixty major companies and over thirty national associations located throughout North America. His experience spans many industries, such as steel, power transmissions, machine tools, electrical supplies, plumbing supplies, chemicals, electronics, computers, and industrial gases. He serves as the Harvey Hubbell Endowed Professor in Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University and is often a keynote speaker for national association meetings. Dr. Workman has worked closely with RRC as an industry expert in several litigation projects.

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