Resume

• 1993

  Ph.D.

  Dissertation: Characteristics of Biodata Keys as a Function of Scaling Method

  Sample Size

  and Criterion

  Quantitaive Psychology

  1. American Psychological Association (APA)\n2. Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)\n3. Psychometric Society\n4. National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)

• 1987

  Master of Science (M.S.)

  Thesis: Positive and Negative Affect as Moderators of the Job Characteristics-Job Satisfaction and Job Characteristics-Organizational Commitment Relationships

  Industrial and Organizational Psychology

  1. Graduate Business Students Association; 2. WESL - English as a Second Language Program; WIUS 88.3 FM

  Western Illinois University

• 1981

  BS

  Biology (major)

  Chemistry

  Psychology

  Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity

• 1977

  English

  French

  Diploma

  Science and Mathematics

  National Honor Society

  Belleville West

• Participated in activities designed to foster international graduate student participation in campus activities and in socializing to study in the U.S.\n1. Annual new student welcome orientation - committee member and activity volunteer\n2. Annual Spring International Festival - Food and Cultural Activities

  International Programs - Western Illinois University

  District Roundtable Commissioner

  Led monthly roundtable meetings for adult volunteer leaders representing 20 BSA groups including Venturing Units

  Boy Scout Troops

  and Cub Scout Packs.

  Boy Scouts of America - Chickasaw Council

  Loosahatchie District

  Conversational English Instructor

  Provided instruction and practice in American conversational English for non-native speaking international undergraduate and graduate students.

  Western Illinois University - English as a Second Langauge Program (WESL)

  Vice President for Service (Chi Omega Chapter - McKendree College)

  Led the fraternity's service mission and activities. \n1. Organized seven (7) campus-wide blood drives

  including correspondence with the local office of the American Red Cross

  securing space on campus for donation

  procuring supplies

  and scheduling volunteer labor.\n2. Managed McKendree College's Meals-on-Wheels program

  providing meals to shut-in elderly and disabled citizens.\n3. Organized ad hoc volunteer activities and ensured volunteer labor.\n4. Completed annual chapter service report for Alpha Phi Omega's national office.

  Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity

  Founding Chair (Oct 2012 - May 2016); Member (May 2016 - Present)

  Our profession exists to help organizations improve their functioning and make better decisions through research-based principles. Our committee fosters relations between locally-base I/O groups and with the Society for Industrial and Organizational Society.

  SIOP Local I/O Group Relations Committee

  Cubmaster

  Led all activities for a 50+ youth member Cub Scout pack that consisted of 15 adult volunteer den leaders.

  Boy Scouts of America - Cub Scout Pack 452 (Chickasaw Council)

  Reader for the Visually Impaired

  Read newspaper articles on the air for visually impaired citizens.

  Western Illinois University - WIUS 88.3 FM

  Data Analysis

  Statistics

  Instructional Design

  Succession Planning

  Organizational Effectiveness

  Technology Needs Analysis

  Performance Management

  Organizational Development

  Survey Design

  Executive Coaching

  Leadership Development

  Research

  Psychometrics

  Psychology

  Coaching

  SPSS

  Career Development

  Talent Management

  360 Feedback

  Job Analysis

  Farmer

  Farmer

  MetricsOne

  LLC

  FedEx

  U.S. Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy Personnel Research

  Studies

  & Technology

  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  Christian Brothers University

  The University of Memphis

  FDA

  Psychological Associates

  SIOP Local I-O Relations Committee (ad hoc)

  MetricsOne

  LLC

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  * Manage the FDA's Certification programs for Food and Drug Investigators.\n* Provide technical and policy guidance on credentialing and testing.\n* Provide psychometric support for certification and training initiatives within the Office of Training

  Education

  & Development.

  Manager

  Certification Programs

  FDA

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  * Direct Training Evaluation

  Assessment

  and Certification activities. \n* Provide strategic and policy guidance on training evaluation and assessment.\n

  Director (acting)

  Division of Testing

  Measurement

  & Certification

  FDA

  • Led the development/maintenance efforts for the Express component of the EDS Talent Management/Succession Planning for officers and directors initiative.\n• Coordinated and reported executive assessment activities

  including individual-level feedback and aggregate reporting\n• Led Express Performance Management initiatives

  inc. serving as system SME

  for Officers and Directors.\n• Led the development and maintenance efforts for FedEx’s crew member pilot selection program.\n• Provided support as FedEx’s primary technical contact for efforts associated with Fortune 100 administration within PRISM companies and across all FedEx operating companies.\n• Was accountable for maintaining FedEx’s internal web-based competency modeling system

  eCompetencies

  within Express and Services.

  Sr. Industrial Psychologist

  Greater Memphis Area

  FedEx

  Develop course materials and teach HR Staffing policy/practices

  Organizational Training & Development

  and Compensation policy to undergraduate students in human resource management.

  Adjunct Professor

  Greater Memphis Area

  Christian Brothers University

  Our Mission is to:\n1. Promote the growth of Industrial and Organizational Psychology as a profession at the local/regional level.\n2. Promote Community Outreach\n3. Promote Professional development (including CEU’s)\n4. Provide a conduit for networking and information exchange between local groups.\n -Within the U.S.\n -Internationally\n5. Serve as a primary resource for tools that will aid the growth and maintenance of local groups.\n6. Facilitate linkages with SIOP.

  SIOP Local I-O Relations Committee (ad hoc)

  FDA

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Direct testing

  organizational assessment

  and certification activities.

  Director

  Division of Testing

  Measurement

  & Certification

  Instructor in research methods and statistics.\n\nDevelop course materials and teach courses in research methodology

  statistical analysis

  aviation psychology

  and human resource development to master’s-level graduate students in aeronautical education.

  Adjunct Professor

  Greater Memphis Area

  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  • Chair

  BUPERS/NPRST Institutional Review Board. This body evaluates and approves all human subjects’ research that comes through BUPERS for protection of human subjects rights. We are directly responsible to the Bureau of Naval Medicine & Surgery (BUMED) as a command agent of the Department of the Navy Human Research Protections Program (DON-HRPP). \n•Lead the Navy’s technical consulting efforts to ensure that the Navy’s Enlisted Sailor Advancement program is psychometrically sound and legally defensible. This involves continual interface and hands-on consultation with both the Navy’s Selection & Classification Policy Office (OPNAV N132G) and the Navy Advancement Center (NAC)

  the operational component of Navy Education & Training Professional Development Technical Center (NETPDTC).\n•Lead the Navy’s ongoing evaluation and validation of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship selection program. This necessitates ongoing consultation with the Naval Service Training Command

  Office of Officer Development (NSTC/OD) and my counterparts at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA).\n•Manage RDTE 6.2/6.3/6.5 funded program focusing on the development of a non-cognitively based predictor battery (NCAPS) for Navy personnel selection and classification. This also includes efforts to combine NCAPS with the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) in predictive selection algorithms.\n•Serve as the Navy’s technical back-up to the Military Accession Policy Working Group (MAPWG) and the Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing (DACMPT).\n• Lead RDTE 6.5 funded program developing the psychometric foundation for the VCNO-launched Navy Leadership Development Continuum initiative.\n•Led human capital management team

  responsible for development

  implementation

  and maintenance of in-house performance management and employee development program.

  Personnel Psychologist

  Greater Memphis Area

  U.S. Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy Personnel Research

  Studies

  & Technology

  Greater Memphis Area

  Instructor in industrial psychology

  statistics

  and measurement.\n\n• Develop course materials and teach research methodology to doctoral and master’s-level graduate students in psychology.\n• Serve as participating member of doctoral/master’s committees.

  Adjunct Professor

  The University of Memphis

  HR Consulting Services\n\nProvided full range of services to private-industry clients pertaining to selection/employment activities. Activities include job evaluation and analysis

  criterion/predictor development

  system implementation and evaluation (which includes qualitative and quantitative validation procedures)

  and organization information gathering (including surveys).

  Co-Owner

  Greater New Orleans Area

  MetricsOne

  LLC

  Psychometrician for FDA's Inspector Certification Program.

  Industrial Psychologist/Psychometrician

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  U.S. Food and Drug Administration

  •\tProvided full range of services to private-industry clients pertaining to selection/employment activities. Activities include job evaluation and analysis

  criterion/predictor development

  system implementation and evaluation (which includes qualitative and quantitative validation procedures)

  and organization information gathering (including surveys).

  Consultant

  Greater Memphis Area

  MetricsOne

  LLC

  • Provide senior-level personnel consulting services in the areas of talent management

  succession planning

  performance management

  and leadership development.\n• Provide psychometric consulting in the areas of testing

  test development

  and survey research.\n• Provide executive

  management

  and personnel assessment consultation to client companies.\n• Build client roster through networking

  professional contacts

  and proactive relationship building.

  Vice President

  Organizational Consulting

  Greater St. Louis Area

  Psychological Associates

  Fouding Committee Chair (SIOP); Secretary-Treasurer

  Program Coordinator (MIOP)

  Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP); PTC-MW; MIOP