CURRICULUM VITAE
John J. Heim Telephone: (518) 450-8050
25 Lupine Drive
Malta, NY 12020 e-mail: heimjj12@gmail.com
EDUCATION
MPA - Public Administration Harvard University
MS, Ph.D. - Political Economy State University at Albany, NY
B.S. - History, English Education State University at Geneseo, NY
Certificate Programs:
Program for Senior Executives
In State and Local Government Harvard University
Construction Management Program State University at Albany, NY
Double Entry Governmental Accounting NYS Dept. Audit and Control
Audit Training Seminars Intergovernmental Audit Forum
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (After a 25 year career in research and government, I started a second career in university teaching and research in 1997)
Visiting Professor, SUNY Albany (2012 – Present)
Clinical Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) (2008 – 2012)
Clinical Associate Professor, RPI (2002 - 2008)
Clinical Assistant Professor, RPI (1999 - 2002)
Lecturer, RPI (1998 - 1999)
Lecturer, SUNY Albany (1997 - 1998)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate: Principles of Economics,
International Economics, Money & Banking,
Intermediate Macroeconomics, Statistics, Econometrics)
Graduate: Ph.D. level Advanced Macroeconomics I & II, MS level
Econometrics, MS level Large Scale Macroeconomic Modeling
Thesis Supervision: Roughly 100 Senior theses; 4 Masters theses; 3 Doctoral
dissertations
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(Teaching generally highly rated by both students and faculty.
Never less than 4.0 at RPI, and closer to 4.4 on average; “Exceptional” teaching
ratings by department head, 1998-2010; At Albany, a mix of low 4’s and high 3s)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Econometrician
NYS Education Department (1970 - 1974)
– Specializing in studies of the educational production function. Published a
monograph on the topic that sold thousands of copies.
Adjunct Research Faculty, Economics – (Educational production function)
Cornell Univ. School Of Industrial and Labor Relations (1973)
Senior Education Evaluator – (Educational production function)
NYS Governor’s Program Evaluation Office (1974)
Director of Budget and Fiscal Research (1975 - 1978)
NYS Senate Minority
– general fiscal & budgetary control research, especially into ways to
finance NYC and NYS budget deficits without recourse to bonding
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Publications
Four books (one endorsed by Nobel Laureate Robert Solow) and 20 articles published in peer-reviewed economics and business journals the past ten years. My research has focused on development of a 56 equation econometric model of the U.S. economy whose parameter estimates are highly robust to time period sampled, econometric method used in testing, and differences in details of model specification. Models are Cowles Commission structural, following the approaches of Klein, Fair, etc.
In addition, prior to returning to academic life, I completed over 40 additional earlier research publications or reports dealing with the economics of education, government finance, procurement costs, productivity improvement, cost effectiveness and program evaluation (available on request).
Applied Science Research: Renewable Energy Engineering Systems:
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Patent awarded 2015 for a renewable energy machine that converts the mechanical energy of waves on lakes and oceans to electrical energy. (A contribution toward a goal of sustainable economic development.)
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Patent awarded 2017 for second renewable energy machine more suitable for use in deep water.
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Current research and development efforts focus on refining the operational prototypes, submitting a third patent application for a wireless technology for transmitting electricity from production facilities in the ocean to land sites.
EXECUTIVE & MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE – A large portion of my pre- academic career
was spent in high level management
positions:
The Dormitory Authority of the State Of New York (1995 - 1997):
Internal Audit Director/Special Projects Manager
The Facilities Development Corporation (1980 - 1995):
Assistant Executive Director (1980 - 1985)
Director, Upstate Design and Construction (1986 - 1987)
Director of Internal Audit (1988 - 1993)
Heim Industries, Inc. (1985 - 1992):
President and Treasurer
(Responsible for writing and marketing Statistics and Accounting Software)
The City of Buffalo, NY (1978 -1980):
Commissioner of Administration and Finance
Treasurer, Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
(Responsible for Finance, Labor Relations and the Efficiency of Public Service
Delivery. Introduced Fixed/Variable Cost Budgeting systems and negotiated Incentive
Systems into Union Contracts to Share with Employees Any Savings from Cost Cutting
Areas They Identify)
Birds-Eye Corporation (1964):
Production Supervisor (3 Assembly Lines, 76 Employees)
REFERENCES
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Faye Duchin Former Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, RPI
Director of Wassily Leontief’s Research Institute at NYU 1985-96
Currently Professor of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute;
Paul Hohenberg Emeritus Professor of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Chair, Dept. of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2000-02
President, Economic History Association