Lakshmi Bloom

Lakshmi Bloom is the Founder and CEO of Data for Decisions, LLC, a boutique consulting firm based in the Greater Boston area.1 With over 30 years of experience in data analysis, Lakshmi specializes in analyzing large, complex databases for decision-making, policy design, and litigation.12

Professional Background

Lakshmi founded Data for Decisions in 2003 and has been leading the company for over 21 years.1 The firm focuses on bringing strategic insight, analytic rigor, and clarity to complex issues in employment and health economics, demographics, and economic valuation.12

Expertise

Lakshmi's areas of expertise include:

• Analyzing data from payroll and human resource information systems
• Designing and analyzing surveys
• Economic modeling
• Collecting and processing quantitative and qualitative data for policy analysis and executive decision-making
• Employment-related litigation support23

Education

Lakshmi Bloom holds the following degrees:

• Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) in Economics from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
• Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Mount Holyoke College1

Personal

Outside of her professional life, Lakshmi enjoys being a first-time grandmother and has a love for travel.3 She is bilingual, with native or bilingual proficiency in English and limited working proficiency in Hindi.1

Company Overview

Data for Decisions (DfD) is described as a boutique economic consulting firm specializing in labor & employment and life sciences. The company provides services such as economic and statistical expertise in employment discrimination disputes, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) studies, and economic damages calculations.2