John Schuyler

John Schuyler

John R. Schuyler
B.S. and M.S. in Engineering Physics, Colorado School of Mines
MBA (management science emphasis), University of Colorado at Boulder
Professional Enginner (PE, Colorado)

Former longtime societies' member and holder of seven professional certifications in:

administrative, inventory, production, and project management
cost engineering
management acounting and consulting

Principal or sole author of:

Numerous articles in professional journals
This website, maxvalue.com (with substantial help from IT wizard Mike Salvidio)
Two printed books, each in multiple editions, and a bound collection of selected papers
Three 1-week courses and six online training modules

Presented

Over 300 3- to 5-day public and in-house courses in 34 countries
Occasional conference and chapter meeting presenter
Capital Investments • Corporate Planning • Corporate Planning • Portfolio Optimization • Decision Policy • Project Planning • Project Risk Management • Business Modeling • Engineering Modeling

PetroSkills, LLC, hosts John's two petroleum industry courses and the online training modules. These courses and tailored versions are now taught and embellished by Tim Nieman. PetroSkills is now part of the RelyOn group.

Course comparisons and selection guide

"Risk and Decision Analysis" course brochure
2018. This 2-sided pdf document was intended to be printed and folded in thirds.

PetroSkills^® Live and On-Line Instruction — public sessions or private course at your location

"Advanced Decision Analysis with Portfolio and Project Modeling" - ADA

"Economic Evaluation of Prospects and Producing Properties" - EPP

"Petroleum Risk and Decision Analysis" - PRD

for more information about PetroSkills^® and other courses"

PetroAcademy Online Instruction

"Decision Analysis Process (DAP-1)"

"Decision Policy and Value Calculations Fundamentals (DPV-2)"

"Judgments and Biases Fundamentals (JBC-2)"

"Monte Carlo Simulation and Distributions Fundamentals (DIS-2)"

"Value of Control (VCC-2)"

"Value of Information and Bayes' Rule Fundamentals (BRC-2)"

PetroAcademy 'home' page for more eLearning courses and information

Planning Press^TM

Softcover and Kindle full-sized books available from Amazon.com:

Decision Analysis for Petroleum Exploration, 3.0.6 Edition

Risk and Decision Analysis in Projects, 3.1.0 Edition

Decisions with Risk: What Every Executive Should Know about Decision Analysis
(online e-book, under development. DWR is intended as a quick guide and reference for executives.)

Evaluation Tips

Index to Evaluation and Modeling Tips, Books and Articles

Bayes' Rule and Covid-19 Tests (pdf file)

Is modern economic theory wrong? Check out "Ergodicity and Investments":

Ergodicity and Investments, Part 1 (pdf file)

To maximize your learning and enjoyment, please carefully condider the problem presented in Part 1 before downloading and continuing to Part 2.

Ergodicity and Investments, Part 2 (pdf file)

Most-recent Tip's:

Tip 134  Tim's Yacht—Betting (Investing) for a Potential Huge Payoff
Tip 133  Goal Seek Method for Fast IRR Solutions
Tip 132  "For Forecasts, Bet on Monte Carlo Methods" by Jo Craven McGinty
Tip 131   Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina
Tip 130   Brain Bugs by Dean Buonomano
Tip 129  $3 million watermelon (fun with IRR)
Tip 29  Monte Carlo Stopping Rule, Part 2 (revised)

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