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  • STUDY EXPLORES KEYS TO MAKING COMPETENCIES WORK

    A survey of practitioners uncovered the competency practices that yield the best talent management outcomes.

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  • Metrix Matrix

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    Consulted on long term survey projects and mentored team on survey design and analysis.

  • Analytics Consulting for the Channel Group

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    Responsible for leading large scale statistical and predictive anlaytics consulting and training. Channel Group is a leading IBM Partner in the provision of predictive solutions and services. Servicing hundreds of accounts and thousands of customers, our client base spans across public and commercial organizations. Whereas business problems differ across industry, our clients share the vision of using their customer or citizen data to make more accurate evidence based decisions in their…

    Responsible for leading large scale statistical and predictive anlaytics consulting and training. Channel Group is a leading IBM Partner in the provision of predictive solutions and services. Servicing hundreds of accounts and thousands of customers, our client base spans across public and commercial organizations. Whereas business problems differ across industry, our clients share the vision of using their customer or citizen data to make more accurate evidence based decisions in their respective organizations.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • German

    Limited working proficiency

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  • Leanlab

    Reasearch Advisory Board Member

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    LEANLAB EDUCATION is an organization that builds communities and launches transformational innovations into K12 schools. By listening to parents, teachers, students, and administrators, we are able to pinpoint specific problems that hinder students’ achievement. Informed by this data, we find education entrepreneurs with promising innovations and help them develop their product through direct, community feedback.

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    “I’ve been a psychometrician at Kaplan for the last two years where John has served as Vice President (VP) over my department. This gives me an excellent bottom-up perspective about his skill sets. Additionally, I’ve been in the testing industry for nearly 30 years and I have served under many wonderful administrators. Therefore, I have an established frame of reference against which to judge John. John has been among the best VPs I’ve ever worked for. Many factors go into forging a successful administrator. Two are certainly prior education and work experience. John received his Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology with a specialization in Quantitative Psychology in 2007 from New York University. After receiving his Ph.D., John joined Caliper Management where he remained until 2011. Although he began as a Senior Research Scientist at Caliper, he was quickly promoted to Senior Vice President of Research and Development. The fact that John moved so quickly up Caliper’s hierarchy says something very positive about him. John spent the next two years as President of I/O Solutions (an organization that works in the public-safety testing space). During his tenure, John helped stand up computer-based testing and scoring-analytics capabilities. John has been Vice President at Kaplan for the last eight years. John was surely among the first VPs whose functional groups integrated data science and psychometrics units. John adeptly melded both worlds to benefit Kaplan’s mission. John’s rich experiences in these fields enable him to speak on many issues to a variety of audiences. John has unique perspectives that allow him to consider not only the theoretical underpinnings of his opinions but also how statistical and psychometric decisions relate to more practical applications. His ability to see the “big picture” would surely make him a valuable asset to any organization. John’s communication skills are excellent. His technical writing is definitely at a professional level as is his informal communications (e.g., emails). During presentations, he focuses on essential ideas and conveys difficult concepts in easily understandable terms. John has personal qualities that make him a good administrator as well. In his interactions with others, he is sensitive (though not overly so), cooperative, and pleasant. He has a wonderful sense of humor. While John is not a micromanager, he definitely keeps tabs on the progress of key projects and provides positive support to his team members along the way. In summary, John is an exceptional individual who will be a great asset to many organizations. He will be a tireless advocate for the inclusion of analytics and psychometrics in organizational decision-making and will make compelling business cases for the importance of levering analytics for positive organizational outcomes. I have no reservations about giving him my strongest recommendation. ”

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    “I had the pleasure of working closely with John for more than five years at Kaplan. His expertise in learning science and psychometrics played a critical role in Kaplan's development of leading next-gen digital learning solutions, and his partnership was invaluable to several marketing campaigns and branding initiatives. John has a keen understanding of the ever-changing learning landscape and data science field. He is a great colleague and a pleasure to partner with.”

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