Mr. Geckil a Senior Consultant with Anderson Economic Group, has a background in corporate finance, economics, and public policy. His work includes economic and financial analyses, business valuations, lost profits and commercial damages assessments, risk analyses, strategy consulting, industry studies, econometric analyses, and forecasting.

Mr. Geckil's work has been applied in a range of industries, with significant focus on automotive, franchise, retail, beer, wine and spirits. He provides economic forecasts for Bloomberg's monthly economic survey, and is working on the forthcoming book Applied Game Theory and Strategic Behavior, which will be published in 2008 by CRC Press. His recent papers include "A Game Theoretical Model of Corporate Average Fuel Economy," on regulation in the automobile industry published in Business Economics, and "Pocketbook Predictions of Presidential Elections," also published in Business Economics. The latter was awarded the Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) in 2004.

Prior to joining Anderson Economic Group Mr. Geckil worked as a Consultant for BBK, Ltd., a consulting company specialized in turnaround management, corporate finance, and strategy consulting, and as an Analyst for PDF Corporate Finance in Istanbul, Turkey, a consulting company specialized in merger and acquisitions.

Mr. Geckil holds a Master's degree in economics from the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University, and a Bachelor's degree in economics from Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. He is a member of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), and the Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA).

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