Charles River Associates hires Steven Tadelis as senior consultant

Charles River Associates (CRA), a Boston-headquartered management consulting firm, has hired Steven Tadelis, PhD, as a senior consultant based in San Francisco.

Tadelis is professor of economics, business, and public policy and the Sarin chair in leadership and strategy at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. His research focuses on e-commerce and internet economics.

Tadelis has provided expert economic testimony in major US and Canadian litigation cases involving digital markets and has participated in FTC hearings on competition and consumer protection.

He joined the Haas faculty at Berkeley in 2005. Between 2011 and 2013, Tadelis served as distinguished economist at eBay Research Labs, and between 2016 and 2017 was VP of economics and market design at Amazon.

He has a doctorate in economics from Harvard University.

“Steve brings a rare combination of leading academic scholarship and practical Big Tech experience to clients, making him a uniquely qualified testifying expert in antitrust and consumer protection cases involving internet economics,” said Margaret Sanderson, vice president and global practice leader of the antitrust & competition economics practice at CRA. “His ability to clearly explain the economics of pricing and consumer behavior, backed by rigorous analytical methods, makes him highly valued by clients.”

CRA’s antitrust & competition economics practice provides economic analysis and testimony in competition matters around the world. The practice’s experts include members of leading academic, economic, and law faculties as well as former officials at government antitrust agencies.

CRA has more than 1,000 consultants across 20+ global offices delivering services in litigation, regulatory, financial, and management consulting.