ALTUM
Group
Advisors
Who We Are
Altum Group Advisors injects capability into your organization, works with you to solve problems, and ensures you have the tools to manage effectively going forward.
We push consulting beyond its conventional boundaries. Our services won't stop at a PowerPoint presentation. We meet our clients on the ground, roll up our sleeves, and get into the trenches with them to IMPLEMENT what we ADVISE.
Areas of Expertise ​
Industries
While Altum Group Advisors is industry-agnostic, we have an outstanding track record of success in the following three clusters:
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Transportation and Transit
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Warehousing and Storage
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Trucking and Distribution
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Automotive
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Retail and E-commerce
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Wholesale Trade
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Energy & Natural Resource & Renewables
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Environment
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Water Management and Distribution
Trusted by
Prices Surveillance Authority
General
Motors
Company
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction
and Recovery
The
World Bank Group
Cintra USA
Federal Highway Administration
Thomas H. Lee Partners
American Plastics
AlphaSights
Georgia-Pacific
Moshanir Consulting Company
Federal Trade Commission
nuLOOM / RugsUSA
Leadership
Arash Beheshtian, Ph.D.
Founder
Arash Beheshtian has an undergraduate degree in Civil Eng. and master's degrees in Planning, Transportation Eng., and Systems Eng. He earned his doctoral degree in Planning from Cornell University. He has been a post-doctoral fellow at Cornell University and a research fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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​He started consulting right after his undergraduate studies and since then, he has accomplished over a dozen projects in a large variety of industries such as transportation and logistics, energy, and retail. Aside from the private sector, Arash has been serving public sector and institutional NGOs in risk analysis and resilience capacities.
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Arash has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on infrastructure management and risk modeling. ​He is an adjunct Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York. He has also taught courses in Risk Analysis, Planning Methods, and Mathematics at Cornell University.
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Arash is a Fellow at Physical Security Committee of Critical Transportation Infrastructure Protection, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Rick Geddes, Ph.D.
Managing Principal
Rick Geddes has an undergraduate degree in Economics and Finance. He holds both masters and doctoral degrees in Economics from the University of Chicago. He is a Professor in the Department of Policy Analysis & Management and in the Department of Economics at Cornell University. Rick is also Founding Director of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy (CPIP).
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​Rick has consulted on a wide range of projects in infrastructure space. He has completed projects for United Parcel Service, the Federal Trade Commission, the Conference Board, and the Australian Price Surveillance Authority, among many others. Richard has testified before both House and Senate Committees over a dozen times.
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​Rick has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics. He has taught classes in Economics and Infrastructure at the University of Chicago, Cornell University, and Yale.
Shirin Hejazi, Esq.
VP / General Counsel
Shirin Hejazi is a graduate of University of California Berkeley where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Legal Studies. She received her law degree from USC Gould School of Law and is admitted to practice before all state courts in California.
Shirin has consulted on a wide range of projects including retail and supply chain.
Shirin is a Vice President Corporation and Business Development and General Counsel at Altum.