A.E. Rodriguez is professor and chair of the Department of Economics & Business Analytics in the Pompea College of Business of the University of New Haven. Dr. Rodriguez is an expert in forensic economics, competition policy and regulation.

Dr. Rodriguez is the founder of the University’s Economics Collective, an online, student-run blogging and teaching space and social network that aims to be a catalyst for creative solutions to today's economic challenges; and founder of the Economic Performance Laboratory (EPL), the Department's teaching laboratory; the EPL publishes the New Haven Economic Performance Index. He created the University of New Haven’s bachelor’s degree program in business analytics and the University’s B.A. in behavioral economics.

Co-author of the book The Limits of Competition Policy, Dr. Rodriguez is widely published in refereed journals, law reviews, and professional periodicals. A member of the National Association of Forensic Economists and the American Economic Association, he has lectured nationally on competition policy and regulation.

His publications include "The Causes of Competition Agency Ineffectiveness in Developing Countries" in Law and Contemporary Problems, "Something Old, Something New: MBA Program Evaluation Using Shift-Share Analysis and Google Trends" in Research in Higher Education, "Hacking’s Day in Court: Do Adjustments for Multiple Comparison Raise Ethical Concerns in Forensic Testimony?" in the Journal of Ethical and Legal Issues, and "On the Art of Slaying Dragons: The Case Against the International Competition Network" in Competition Law Insight.

A former U.S. Federal Trade Commission economist, Dr. Rodriguez served as an antitrust adviser to the office of the then Attorney General of the State of Connecticut Richard Blumenthal. He also previously was a senior manager with both KPMG and PwC. As an associate economist with (now) Sobel Tinari Economics Group, Dr. Rodriguez worked on forensic economic reports on wrongful death – including 100 wrongful cases for individuals killed on 9/11 – wrongful termination, and discrimination cases.

For the last 18 years, Dr. Rodriguez has been a principal in A.E. Rodriguez Consulting, providing economic services in support of litigation including domestic and international antitrust liability and damages, franchise termination, wrongful termination, race and gender discrimination, and other contractual disputes. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

John Rosen is executive director of MCAworks, a leading global marketing and strategy consultancy, where he is responsible for new business creation, branding, new product development, and channel management for clients in consumer products and services, healthcare, technology, financial services, and retail.

An expert on revitalizing consumer brands, Professor Rosen has over 25 years of sales, marketing management, and strategic consulting experience, revitalizing consumer brands and helping firms deliver real unit growth domestically and globally across a wide range of industries, including consumer packaged goods, financial services, telecommunication, small business software solutions, apparel, retailing, electronics, beverages, consumer durables, and automotive and industrial products.

He also is executive director of NewTechHaven, a company that partners with small businesses and start-ups to help them accelerate growth, energize investors, or secure funding.

He is co-author of the book, Stopwatch Marketing: Take Charge of the Time When Your Customer Decides to Buy, which takes a close look at the ways businesses can capture "a consumer’s attention at precisely the right time and hold it through the purchase decision." Stopwatch Marketing is a "method of adjusting a business’s marketing strategies to match the shopping styles of their customers."

A former senior partner at FutureBrand and the Marketing Corporation of America, Professor Rosen was vice president of marketing at Simon & Shuster and CBS. He worked in brand management for Quaker Oats, Coors Brewing Company, and Mattel Toys. He is treasurer and a board member of The Drake Group, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is "to defend academic integrity in college athletics." As an adjunct professor and member of the faculty of the Department of Economics and Business Analytics at the University of New Haven, he also serves on the advisory board for the New Haven Economic Performance Laboratory and the university’s Liberty Initiative.

He received his B.S. in Commerce, Economics, and Politics from Washington & Lee University and an MBA from Northwestern University.