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 Our Business Who We Are Client List
Our Business STG provides industry-specialized consulting services to support clients as they strive to meet business objectives in the aircraft, transportation and energy industries. In addition to its headquarters in San Francisco, STG maintains offices in Washington and Tokyo. The company is committed to provide manufacturers, operators and all manner of related service providers, distinct value-added services in such management consulting disciplines as:
In developing comprehensive and practical solutions for its clients, STG draws heavily on the experience of its staff and the multi-functional capabilities we provide through teams comprised of our own staff and a network of outside specialists. The typical STG professional has more than 20 years of industry and/or consulting experience in the transportation or energy industry as well as advanced academic credentials. Businesses come to us to obtain one or more advantage. Their reasons typically include:
Who We Are STG was founded in 1995 by managers and professionals departing SRI International as it chose to exit the management consulting business. Since that time, STG has grown with the addition of other professionals. STG has retained many of the clients relationships developed at SRI and expanded our business as we have developed a reputation for quality research without the overhead and costs of large consultancies.
Mr. Gerald W. Bernstein is Managing Director of Stanford Transportation Group. He has 30 years experience in the solution of business problems for civil aircraft manufacturers and their operators. His clients have included the leading airframe manufacturers in North America, Europe and Asia, as well as major suppliers and government agencies from these same regions. The focus of his industry consulting has been on the regional, business and general-aviation industries. Prior to STG, Mr. Bernstein held progressively responsible positions at SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute) including that of Center Director responsible for all the firm’s commercial aviation and aerospace activities; following SRI, he was Vice President of BACK Associates, a specialized aviation data supplier and consultancy. Mr. Bernstein is Immediate Past Chairman of the U.S. National Research Council’s Transportation Research Board Aviation Economics and Forecasting Committee, and is a member of the Light Commercial and General Aviation Committee. He has been an invited speaker at such conferences as the FAA Annual Forecast Conference and SpeedNews on general, regional and business aircraft outlooks. Mr. Bernstein Is regularly quoted in both industry and general press on aviation issues. He holds a BS degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a MS in Civil Engineering Management from Stanford University. He is an instrument-rated private pilot, and is listed in various editions of Who’s Who in the West.
Dr. Claire Starry is STG's Senior Economist. She has more than 30 years research and consulting experience for corporate and government clients specializing in the areas of air transportation economics and forecasting. Dr. Starry’s specialty areas include economic impact studies; demand forecasting models and methods; cost benefit, life cycle and cost-effectiveness analyses; statistical and mathematical modeling; and industry financial and market analysis. She has undertaken studies for travel demand in North American, European and Asian markets and has prepared travel demand forecasts at the city-pair, regional, national and international levels. The US Federal Aviation Administration has used her regional/commuter forecast methodology in preparing their annual aviation outlook. While at SRI International, Dr. Starry was Director of the Transportation Economics program and currently is a principal at TDS Economics, an economics consulting firm. Her research findings have been published in trade magazines, peer-reviewed journals, and proprietary and government research reports. Dr. Starry holds an MA and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Washington, and a BA in economics from the University of Santa Clara (California). She has taught MBA courses at the University of Santa Clara and other universities and is former President of the Silicon Valley chapter of the National Association for Business Economics.
Douglas Abbey is considered one of the world's foremost experts on the regional airline industry based on more than 30 years of experience working in this sector. During this time, he has developed a uniquely comprehensive understanding of North American and European route development strategies. For almost two decades, he produced the Annual Report of the US Regional Airline Association (RAA); the information in this report became the statistical basis for the FAA's annual industry forecasts. He is widely cited on aviation industry issues in the general media and trade publications worldwide. In 1989 he founded the AvStat aviation consultancy which subsequently became one of the Velocity Group member companies. Prior to establishing a consulting practice, Mr. Abbey was Director of Market Research at Fokker Aircraft (USA) in Alexandria, Virginia. Before that, he worked as a consultant at Kurth & Company; at Simat, Helliesen & Eichner (SH&E); and as a Research Analyst with the U.S. Department of Transportation Mr. Abbey holds a B.B.A. degree from George Washington University and has completed air transport courses at the Royal Aeronautical Society. He is a member of the Washington Airline Society, National Academy of Sciences, Air Transportation Research International Forum and Transportation Research Board. Mr. Abbey was also a contributor to McGraw-Hill's Handbook of Airline Economics (1995), Handbook of Airline Marketing (1998), and Handbook of Airline Strategy (2001). In 2001, Mr. Abbey established the Regional Air Service Initiative (RASI) with the underwriting of industry manufacturers and suppliers with the goal of promoting free market growth of regional jet (RJ) service in North America.
Pamela V. Gutman leads STG's Competitive Strategies and Analysis activities. Ms. Gutman has been in general management consulting for the past 17 years, where her focus has been in the areas of scenario-based strategic planning, opportunity assessments, competitive and market positioning assessments, and financial risk analysis. Pamela was formerly with SRI International and DaVinci Healthcare Partners where she facilitated and lead scenarios-based strategic planning engagements. Her application of scenario development techniques have extended to many industries beyond the transportation and energy field; they include, as example:
In addition to scenario-based techniques, Ms. Gutman has lead studies with extensive competitive profiling and financial elements. Ms. Gutman holds a BA in Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles and an MBA in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management.
Douglas Culy leads STG Cost Analysis practice. He has more than 45 years experience in aircraft engine development engineering and consulting with corporate and government clients in the planning, costing, and risk assessment of high-technology programs. Of this, 33 years were working in the field of engine development, followed by over a decade of providing consulting assistance to clients. Mr. Culy has published technical papers on Monte Carlo modeling of cost and schedule risk in engine development, on life cycle cost analysis and trade studies with interactive airframe-engine re-sizing models, and on how to formulate parametric models for engine and aircraft development cost forecasting. He was chairman of the SAE Aircraft Engine Life Cycle Cost Committee. Mr. Culy has also published the results of his extensive historical research on engine and airframe development in historical journals and encyclopedias. His engine and airframe cost-estimating methodologies have been documented in SAE reports. Mr. Culy holds an MS in Industrial Engineering and an MBA, both from Arizona State University, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University.
Mr. Hitoshi Masuya is STG's Director of Energy and Technology based in Tokyo. He is a graduate of Tokyo University with 20 years experience in strategic and market planning for companies in the automotive, aircraft and industrial machinery industries, and for public utilities. Before joining STG, Mr. Masuya was a manager at SRI International- East Asia. Prior to SRI, he held a variety of senior staff positions at Marubeni Corporation, and later served as Project Leader for a Japanese Government-sponsored assessment of engineering manpower requirements in the Republic of Indonesia. His major strength is the ability to develop quantitative models for complex situations. Examples of this approach include: simulation of multi modal transportation in selected cities for a Japanese automotive manufacturer, demand forecast of utilities for a Japanese utility company, consumer behavior modeling using a Values and Life Style (VALS) metric, and the like.
Dr. Junichiro Shimosato is a senior consultant for variety of industry segments including aerospace, manufacturing, energy, materials, semiconductor, conducting numerous projects for the clients both inside and outside Japan in the past. He has worked with STG partners and staff on aerospace industry projects for Japanese clients since 1982 when all worked for SRI International. He has provided liaison and project coordination services on over 50 client-funded aerospace industry projects. The clients included the aerospace industry association, government office and aircraft manufacturers and other major manufacturers in Japan. The aircraft studied covered from motorized gliders and helicopters to regional jets and commercial transports. Most of the regions studied were US and Western Europe, while some of them were USSR, CIS and Asia. The types of the study covered the variety of the fields such as technology trend perception, market forecast and business strategy development. Client List The following Corporations and Organizations have been assisted by STG or by our predecessor companies with managers who are now part of STG.
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