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Robert F. Dieli is President and founder of RDLB, Inc. an economic research and management consulting firm based in Lombard, Illinois and established in 2001. For 23 years, Mr. Dieli provided on-target economic analysis and forecasting for major financial institutions in Chicago. Now, he brings this wealth of experience to firms in financial services, management consulting, trucking, and marketing. Mr. Dieli also contributes to Mr. Model, a web publication of RDLB, found at www.mrmodelonline.com. Mr. Dieli received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1977. He started his career in 1978 specializing in the analysis of inflation and short-term forecasting at Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, Illinois. As manager of the Portfolio Analysis Unit, he developed loan portfolio reporting and tracking systems. In 1987, he moved to the Northern Trust in Chicago where he coordinated the domestic economic forecasting program. When he left the Northern Trust in 2001, Mr. Dieli was a vice president responsible for $3.5 billion in discretionary short-term fixed income accounts for high net worth individuals and corporations.