Alan Bester

Professor of the Practice of Economics @ Georgetown University

About

After a two year hiatus in esports, I've returned to full time academia at Georgetown, where I'm currently teaching undergraduate econometrics and intermediate micro. I am still interested in projects in esports and the gaming industry as well as empirical projects in economics, finance, and strategic consulting.

Country

United States

City

Falls Church

Industry

Higher Education

Skill

University Teaching, Higher Education, Lecturing, Science, Teaching, Qualitative Research, Research, Theory, Statistics, Student Affairs, Academic Writing, LaTeX, Data Analysis, Econometrics, Economics, Stata

Experience

Professor of the Practice of Economics

Georgetown University

2019-1 - Present · 7 yrs 9 mos

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Freelance Esports Consultant & Broadcaster

Self-Employed Contractor

2017-7 - Present · 9 yrs 3 mos

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I'm available for consulting work in gaming and/or economics, broadcast gigs (hosting or panel preferred), and interested in developing video and written content. I co-direct datdota.com, a website for competitive Dota 2 statistics, and am interested in collaborating on data collection, visualization, and analysis for competitive gaming. I'm also open to part-time lecturing opportunities with MBA and undergraduate economics, finance, or statistics programs in the D.C. area. I've worked as broadcast talent for numerous Dota 2 events including The International 2015, The Frankfurt and Manila Majors, ESL One Hamburg 2017, ESL One Frankfurt 2015-16, and the MLG World Finals 2015 as a panelist, and the DreamLeague Season 8 Major and StarLadder/i-League Invitationals Seasons 1&2 as desk host. I coached Complexity's Dota 2 team at The International 2016. I've worked with developer/publishers on esports business development, competitive structure, and monetization. I publish videos on competitive Dota 2 (Stats Don't Lie*) as well as the business side of esports (Esports Economist) on my channel at youtube.com/nahazdota. I've written online columns for ESPN, JoinDOTA, and other sites.