Austin Fossey, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Copenhagen, DK

København, Capital Region, Denmark

• Identified key trends and consulted with stakeholders to talent strategy decisions
• Collaborate across departments on strategic, organizational change management
• Authored road maps for BioCryst corporate culture and values imperatives
• Created evidence-based KPI’s to measure corporate values, operational effectiveness, and organizational growth
• Designed and led leadership and executive development assessments, feedback, and action planning

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

• Led rewards research resulting in a proposal for an innovative rewards marketplace
• Validated the impact of leadership trainings on team engagement scores over time
• Uncovered hidden "engagement gap" between high and low engagement teams
• Conducted research leading to peer-learning engagement support between leaders
• Coached data subject matter experts across Danske Bank HR
• Measured where employees go after Danske Bank for our retention and growth strategies

Rochester, New York, United States

• Developed custom organizational culture metrics for BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
• Authored gamified cognitive assessment items for the mobile technology company Bending Spoons
• Developed hierarchical linear model for Yale University’s Office of Development to improve donor response rates
• Designed psychometrics training materials for the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE)
• Data mined clusters of bikeshare stations based on riders’ behaviors for the District Department of Transportation

• Led high-visibility talent research studies for Amazon Global Talent Management & Compensation (GTMC)
• Mentored research scientists and people experience project managers
• Studied the effects of inclusion, collaboration, and productivity on innovation
• Led return-to-office research (during covid-19) that informed the senior leadership team's policy decisions
• Measured perceptions of fairness in the promotion process, leading to changes in promotion process and policy for all Amazon employees
• Led career development research, identifying 20 dimensions of career development milestones that informed talent evaluation and advancement improvements

Rochester, New York, United States

• Reviewed exam questions and prompts to evaluate and measure the validity, reliability, and fairness of each item.
• Provided feedback to subject matter experts about any changes and revisions for content.
• Conducted psychometric analysis of item response data and interpreted the results for non-technical stakeholders.
• Developed and documented technical operating procedures and statistical guidelines for various assessments.

Rochester, New York Area

• Directed team of psychometric and I/O psychology researchers working across assessments and product initiatives
• Developed the first-of-its-kind PI Strategy Assessment, aligning business strategy to leadership behavior and culture
• Spearheaded research and reports that led to certification from DNV-GL auditors under the EFPA Test Review Model
• Developed and maintained behavioral, cognitive, and engagement instruments used in clients’ workplace applications
• Conducted psychometric and fairness analyses and maintained technical documentation of instruments
• Used regression and multilevel modeling to conduct validity studies for clients

Rochester, New York Area

• Consultant to Assessment, Education, and Research Experts for psychometric analysis
• Managed quantitative analysis for clients’ research projects, primarily focused on credentialing, licensure, workforce, and education assessment
• Led job task analysis (JTA) studies, standard setting studies, item writing workshops, and item review sessions
• Responsible for item analysis, form equating, and other psychometric analysis
• Designed project plans for RFPs
• Presented at industry meetings and conferences

Boston, MA

• Advised clients on test development and test delivery, including conceptual assessment frameworks, domain modeling, item development, field tests, standard setting studies, and psychometric analysis
• Trained clients on topics in psychometrics and test development through conference seminars, webinars, and workshops
• Authored white papers and bimonthly articles for the Questionmark blog on topics of psychometrics and assessment best practices. Authored weekly articles for Questionmark Communities to elicit feedback from clients.
• Worked as Certified Product Owner for requirement gathering, design, and specifications of client-facing reporting products, including psychometric reports and assessment score reports
• Led initiative to implement OData protocol for client data access and ad hoc reporting. Designed proof-of-concept reports, developed online tutorials, and conducted trainings with clients worldwide.
• Prioritized biweekly development work in TFS backlog by communicating with clients, assessing risks, researching competitors, and following best practices and standards in the assessment industry

Washington, DC

• Managed project requirements and client requests for online and paper accountability reports for NCLB assessments and value added model (VAM) reports.
• Worked with states’ education departments to enhance the use of accountability assessment data for instructional decisions
• Collaborated with Delaware Department of Education staff to design and deliver accountability data training for district and school administrators after the launch of the Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS)
• Presented assessment reporting systems and VAM reports to clients, stakeholders, and technical advisory committees for seven states' projects.

Washington, DC

• Developed and maintained credentialing assessments for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Professional Credentialing program
• Conducted psychometric analyses and statistical research to improve assessments and to help document ANSI 17024 requirements
• Developed content and specifications for exam registration and credentialing maintenance processes for GBCI’s user platform built by Cyzap
• Built electronic rubrics to standardize and streamline evaluation of candidate applications
• Authored security and accountability protocol for handling financial data and client identity records
• Managed a team of three Test Development Associates

Washington, DC

• Supported Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) with data operations and maintenance
• Updated IEG’s SAP database with equipment and personnel information
• Served as the Director General’s technical support liaison at the Brazil Development seminar
• Disseminated time-sensitive IEG reports about program evaluation and measurement to agents working at international offices and in the field
• Organized, cataloged, and maintained archives of IEG publications
• Developed tracking system to record and analyze recipient information for thousands of reports disseminated over a three year period

Boston, MA

• Cultivated and maintained donor relationships
• Managed Donor Relations staff
• Met with corporate donors to create long term donation strategies for materials
• Provided data architecture for CRM system so that users can generate summary reports of inventory, donor activity, and pecuniary information associated with material donations.
• Represented the BMRC on the Boston Building Materials Co-op’s CORE Strategic Planning Board which created a 5-year business plan for web-based services
• Facilitated the diversion of approximately 500,000 lbs. of material from New England landfills.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Measurement, Statistics, And Evaluation (Edms)

Dissertation title: An Evaluation of Clustering Algorithms for Modeling Game-Based Assessment Work Processes

Ma, Measurement, Statistics, And Evaluation (Edms)

Ba, Mathematics, Sociology