Ken Burdett Appointed Chief Executive Economist at Revenue Management Solutions

TAMPA, Fla., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Revenue Management Solutions (RMS), the industry acknowledged expert in providing item level price recommendations to chain restaurants in the foodservice industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ken Burdett as Chief Executive Economist.  Dr. Burdett is a world-renowned economist with over 50 articles on economics and related subjects.

Dr. Burdett has been a member of the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania for the last 10 years.  He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and a Fellow of the Society of Labor Economists.  His academic credentials include a BA, CNAA from London, England, a MSc. from London University and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University.

In his new role, Dr Burdett will enhance RMS's ability to drive profit growth at the unit level, while providing new insights into economic conditions at the enterprise level. This will include forecasting at a local, national and global level.  He will be heavily involved in developing new techniques to analyze these situations.  

"We are excited that Dr. Burdett has joined us at RMS," said Tom Kelly, Chairman and CEO of RMS.  "Having someone of his expertise on the team further enhances our ability to provide well-founded insights and recommendations to our clients."

About RMS

RMS is an international consulting firm specializing in quantitative modeling and statistical analysis of data and is the global provider of strategic pricing advice in the foodservice industry.  Since 1994, RMS has been successfully providing revenue management recommendations to clients to increase gross profit and enhance brand value.  RMS currently assists brands in 34 countries around the world and its patented process of revenue management is used in over 50,000 locations globally. www.revenuemanage.com

SOURCE Revenue Management Solutions