Aaron Cromar

AARON CROMAR is a mountaineer and snow enthusiast previously based in Salt Lake City, Utah, but currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona, and is the MODERNIST ECONOMIST (ME).

The belief that business should be smarter is at the heart of modern economics. As a modernist and an economist, there is a strong belief that making connections — between people, systems, structures, ideas, and resources — is the key to leveraging change or adaptation to challenges while maintaining consistent operational excellence. With a background that is extensive and non-traditional, it is what has made for the successful building of robust and resilient teams, connecting with people, and designing sustainable environments of antifragility in today's globalized world. It is what allows ME to help us all become better.

Aaron has made a name for himself in business, marketing, healthcare, and consulting by making or increasing the strength of connections between people, structures, systems, ideas, resources, and technology. With experience in building, training, and leading high-performance teams, he is passionate about the effectiveness of building trust and shared purpose in organizations. He is an experienced Project Lead who advises senior leadership on improving internal communications and developing organizational alignment. Aaron leads consulting engagements, working with client organizations on leadership, managing cultural change, effective systems management, advanced technology integrations, and creating cross-functional high-performance teams. Some of his contemporary focus areas are client engagements in the healthcare and technology industries.

Broadly, Aaron's research investigates the complex causes and consequences of how technology usage is associated with adolescent mental health outcomes. His work involves complementary study systems, which allow us to probe questions central to human health, complex adaptive systems science, and evolutionary biopsychopathology. Aaron completed graduate work at Gonzaga University, earning a Master of Art in Organizational Leadership specializing in Integrating Technology, Learning, and Psychology that integrates psychology and sociology with technology, instruction, and learning to inform research. Aaron completed his undergraduate work at the University of Utah with dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Political Science and Sociology with minor emphases in Criminology & Deviant Behavior, Economics, History, Classical Civilizations, and Geography. He has also attended various executive-level or certificate courses at Harvard University, Stanford University, MIT, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.