About Dr. Jack Homer
Dr. Jack Homer is a management consultant and expert in System Dynamics (SD) simulation modeling. His models assist organizations looking for a formal yet flexible approach to strategic planning and policy design.
In 1997, Dr. Homer received the Jay W. Forrester Award from the International SD Society (SDS) for best recent scholarly contribution to the field (US Cocaine Epidemic model). In 2008, as lead modeler of a 9-person team (CDC, Health Protection framework), he received the inaugural Applied Systems Thinking Prize of the ASysT Institute. In 2011, as lead modeler of an 8-person team (CDC-PRISM model), he received the Applications Award from the SDS for best recent real world application of SD. In 2012, as one of 5 co-authors (CDC, Health Affairs 2011), he received AcademyHealth's 2012 award for Public Health Services Research Article of the Year. In 2023, as lead modeler of an 8-person team (ReThink Health model), he received the Applications Award. In 2025, as a member of the FDA Opioid modeling team, he shared in the Forrester Award. Also, in 2025, as a member of the Climate Interactive En-ROADS modeling team, he shared in the Applications Award. In all, he has won the Forrester Award twice and the Applications Award three times.
Since 1990, Dr. Homer has developed original models for companies including AEP, AT&T, Aventis, BellSouth, BP, Campbell Soup, CIGNA, CSX Transportation, Deloitte, Dow Chemical, Eastman Chemical, Educational Testing Service, Ford Motor Co., Georgia-Pacific, GlaxoSmithKline, Harley-Davidson, Hughes Aircraft, KLA-Tencor, Mars, Nortel, Novartis, and Standard & Poor's; for think tanks including the Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Research, ReThink Health, Climate Interactive, and the Wellesley Institute; and for public agencies including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, National Institute of Justice, Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment, Minnesota Dept. of Health, Texas Dept. of Health, Academy for Educational Development, and National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors.
In addition to his consulting work, Dr. Homer writes extensively with many refereed journal articles to his name. He has been a Research Affiliate at MIT Sloan since 2013. His books, "Models That Matter: Selected Writings on System Dynamics 1985-2010" (2012), "More Models That Matter: System Dynamics Writings 2011-2017" (2017), and “The Base Case” (2026) are available at Amazon.com.
Areas of Expertise
Population health and health care dynamics
Dynamics of market growth and competition
Dynamics of production and capacity management
Dynamics of service delivery
Dynamics of project and program management
Systems thinking/modeling facilitation and training
Employment
1990-present......Sole Proprietor, Homer Consulting, Barrytown, NY (formerly Voorhees, NJ).
1984-1989..........Assistant Professor, USC, Los Angeles, CA.
1980-1981..........Program Analyst, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
1977-1981..........Research Associate and Teaching Assistant, MIT, Cambridge, MA.