He says he is not a lot of things, but OR person isn't one of them. In fact, what he does do sounds very much like OR to me. Do you think OR is a scary term for the masses? I find saying I do Operations Research works with many people.
It is a good time to be in the IE/OR job market. Predictive analytics is very big, even as supply chain has decreased a bit since the glory days. One firm I consult with is hiring a person like you, for example (http://www.firstfuel.com/home/staff_scientist).
I am not proud of its length, a by product of the poor vocabulary that summarizes my skills. Instead I have to list the words that are most likely to be associated with my skills. http://youtu.be/qiPc1mbRCxs
It is a good time to be in the IE/OR job market. Predictive analytics is very big, even as supply chain has decreased a bit since the glory days. One firm I consult with is hiring a person like you, for example (http://www.firstfuel.com/home/staff_scientist).
That's quite the search query by the way.