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The Statistics Formers Students Network (SFSN) of Texas A&M University Invites you to a webinar presentation.
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM – NOON (CST)
Speaker: Dennis W. King, PhD
Founder and President, STATKING Clinical Services
Presentation Title: My Career as the STATKING
ABSTRACT:
Dr. King's career path in statistics is somewhat unique. He went from not knowing that careers in statistics existed to managing his own company with tens of employees whose services were all built on statistics and statistical methods. Although he started out in a most traditional training program for statisticians, he became a great "adapter" to his surroundings and to the opportunities that were presented along the way. This talk is a summary of his experiences as a statistician over the past 40 years. From learning about experimental design to learning a lot about medicine, to learning about balance sheets, this talk will cover his winding journey through the past four decades. Dr. King will talk about how he became a statistician, how he became a businessman and how he became the STATKING. And, oh yes, he accumulated many good stories along the way that he will share.
BIO:
Dennis W. King received a PhD in Statistics in 1988 under the advisement of Dr. Michael Longnecker. He was the Founder and President of STATKING Clinical Services (SCS), a contract research organization (CRO), located in Cincinnati, OH, from 1989 until the sale of the company in December 2020. Dr King's most outstanding accomplishment in his career was the building of STATKING into a nationally known and marketed, full service CRO. His management expertise in the areas of clinical process implementation, contracting of CRO services and sales and marketing were instrumental in the success of the company. He has sold millions of dollars of CRO services over the past three decades of operation of STATKING Clinical Services. Dr. King and his staff have provided clinical trial services on over 450 clinical trials for drugs and medical devices. STATKING was honored by the TAMU School of Business as being one of the top 100 Aggie owned companies in terms of net income gained for the years 2019 and 2020. Dr. King was the 2001 recipient of the H.O. Hartley Award. He has also authored or co-authored over 40 technical papers in a number of scientific journals. His expertise in the use of SAS software consists of SAS programming for all types of statistical methods.
Register in advance for this webinar:
Please register in advance to attend this webinar at https://tamu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAscOitqTojHdOWjIvy0xSF-rdynPDf6QGR. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join the Zoom meeting. If you have any questions about the registration, please contact Ana Ferreira (aferreira@tamu.edu).
Marcy Johnson
SFSN President
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Marcella Johnson
Director , Quantitative Research
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
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