Julia Tamm

I greatly appreciate the education I received at various levels of schooling and want to help high school students through the college search by using quantitative data to demystify the process.   

I was raised in Portland, Oregon where I attended public schools in a local suburb with the influence of a father that attended Caltech who worked as an electrical engineer and a German-born mother with education as a chemical analyst. When I was looking at colleges to study math, Harvey Mudd College was an interesting alternative to Caltech. I went through an Air Force ROTC program and spent time at USC while in LA, but then due to military cut-backs decided to pay back my ROTC scholarship and pursue advanced studies in Operations Research. Studying in sunny southern California was a welcome change to many rainy and gray months in Oregon. While in college I was able to travel to Denver, Colorado for Air Force training and experience a mountain climate and also get a peek at the Air Force Academy. Another summer was spent doing math research at Mt. Holyoke College in MA. Growing up we went on numerous trips to Europe and have continued that pursuit with our current family.

After completing my degrees, I went to work in the constantly evolving area of commodity and energy trading. I enjoyed using my math background alongside physics majors in the fascinating area of financial engineering. Then various energy and consulting firms provided different experiences utilizing my math and analytical skills. Raising my children has provided for different ways to apply my experience in data and planning tasks like creating school directories, helping design a new public elementary school, and analyzing fundraising and investment data. I greatly appreciate the education I received in my various levels of schooling and want to help high school students through the college search process with a quantitative viewpoint.

Certifications:

Certificate in College Access Counseling

Education:

Rice University, Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, Certificate in College Access Counseling

Colorado School of Mines, MS, PhD Operations Research

Harvey Mudd College, BS Applied Math (Minor German)

Employment:

Claritas College Counseling, LLC - Founding Member and Counselor

Risked Revenue Energy Associates, Houston - Senior Consultant

Strategic Decisions Group, Houston - Senior Consultant

Analytic Risk Solutions, L.L.C. Houston - Executive Vice President

Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P. Houston - Associate, Energy & Utilities Consulting

Unocal Corp, Sugarland - Coordinator Financial Engineering, Commodity Trading and Risk Management

Tenneco Energy, Houston - Financial Engineer, Gas Marketing

Atlantic Richfield Co., Dallas - Supply and Trading Analyst and Planning and Evaluation Analyst

Professional Memberships:

IECA (Independent Educational Consultants Association), Associate Membership

NACAC (National Association for College Admission Counseling)

TACAC (Texas Association for College Admission Counseling)

Volunteer Work:

Public and Private School – Room Parent, School Directory, New school building committee, Reading Program Awards

Foreign Languages:

German

Personal:

I have 3 children including a daughter and boy/girl twins. Lived in Houston since 1994 and studied in Golden, Colorado and Claremont, California. Enjoy reading, knitting, cooking/baking and traveling and analyzing interesting data (when I can obtain it).