Dr. Tani has assisted a wide variety of clients in R&D portfolio management, new business entry strategy, overseas capital investment decisions, and new product planning. His clients have included companies in the pharmaceutical, heavy industrial equipment, electric power generation, timber, petrochemicals, and office equipment industries. In 2004, Dr. Tani was named SDG Fellow, a new title created to distinguish those whose extraordinary contributions to analytical disciplines allow the firm to maintain its competitive advantage in those domains. He has led many seminars and workshops in decision analysis and for two years served as the manager of the Decision Analysis Seminar Program at SRI International. Before joining SDG, Dr. Tani was part of a small firm in London that develops dealer support software for the foreign exchange and money markets. He holds a PhD and an MS in engineering-economic systems and a BS in engineering science, all from Stanford University.