Economist Kevin Caves joins Infotech Consulting

Kevin Caves, PhD, a noted expert in econometrics and microeconomics, has joined the team at Infotech Consulting, a Gainesville, FL-based provider of economics and statistical consulting services. He joins as data analysis director, and will be based in Gainesville.

Caves brings more than 15 years of consulting experience across antitrust, class actions, labor economics, mergers, price fixing, and regulation, among other areas. He has testified as an expert witness in US district court, government agencies, and arbitration, and has experience working on cases in a wide range of industries.

His work has been published in popular outlets and journals such as The Atlantic, Antitrust, Econometrica, and the George Mason Law Review, and econometric techniques he co-developed are taught to graduate students and integrated into popular statistics software Stata.

Caves previously spent two-and-a half years at Econ One Research, an economics consulting firm, where he was a partner. Before that, he spent nearly five years at Economists Incorporated, where he was a VP, and four years at Navigant Consulting, where he was a director.

Earlier in his career, Caves was a senior consultant at Deloitte. He holds a PhD in economics from UCLA and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Haverford College.

“I’m genuinely thrilled to be joining the Infotech Consulting team,” Caves said. “I know from experience what a deep and dynamic pool of talent, resources, and experience this company deploys for its clients.”

Founded in 1977 by James McClave, PhD, Infotech provides clients with services in statistical and economic consulting, expert witness testimony, econometric and statistical consulting, damage calculation, and class certification, among other offerings.

The firm’s more than 15 experts have deep experience working across cases in antitrust, mergers, labor discrimination, patent infringement, regulatory enforcement, and breach of contract, among other areas.

“Our relationship with our clients at Infotech Consulting is a true partnership, and it is important to us that we invest in top talent to continue to meet our partners’ growing needs,” said Jamie McClave Baldwin, PhD, president of Infotech Consulting. “We are excited to welcome Dr. Kevin Caves to our team, and we are eager to introduce his extraordinary skills and knowledge to our partners.”