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Ohio Department of Education Career Technical Education Computer-Based Assessments• Helped manage a $1 million+ a year contract with Ohio Department of Education• Monitored item statistics for item banks for career technical education courses• Utilized statistics from item analysis, content validation sessions, and field test results to create equivalent pre-test and post-test pairs• Coordinated with ODE staff, internal content development staff, project managers, and stakeholders to create test design plans • Led and interpreted outputs from item writing workshops, standard setting and content validation session, and alignment workshops• Collaborated with information technology staff to improve computer-based item bank maintenance and test administration system• Designed test blueprints from content standards by creating, conducting, and analyzing the results from verification surveysOhio State University Skilled Trades Training Program• Served as sole psychometric consultant for two-year large-scale employee training and job placement assessment program• Edited and utilized job task analyses to create test blueprints and plans for skilled trades job classifications at the Ohio State University• Performed item analysis and other data analysis on live field test data from knowledge and performance assessments• Determined appropriate cut scores by conducting, and interpreting data from standard setting workshops• Created plans for item revisions and partial rewrites of item banks following changes to job classifications and feedback from clientCertification Test Consulting Services• Met with clients maintaining and developing accredited certification tests to determine needs and create a test development plan• Conducted agreement analyses, item analysis, and other data analysis using custom syntax• Refined job task analyses through task verification surveys• Designed test blueprints utilizing job task analysis and task verification survey results

• • Created and validated standardized self- and other-rated measures of educational assessments of interpersonal competencies for undergraduate and graduate students• Interpreted item analysis and other data analysis to edit and refine assessment forms• Developed and utilized comprehensive competency frameworks to validate assessments and learning modules for students• Presented results of educational assessments to students, young professionals, and faculty using approachable tables, figures, and other visuals• Reviewed and summarized literature on leadership competencies to make recommendations for future and current leadership development projects

METABUSHigh Inference CoderCSX TRANSPORTATIONTalent Management ConsultantFormatted interview guidesAssisted in subject matter expert interviewsDeveloped and administered surveys for long-term employee development projectsAnalyzed free-response and quantitative data from applicant surveysSummarized data in PowerPoint presentations for stakeholdersValidated employee selection tests using linear regression models in SPSSAutomated survey administration and managed panels in Qualtrics and SurveyMonkeyGraphically summarized qualitative data in Excel through graph, line, and pie chartsSummarized relevant trends in selection and assessment research for benchmarking purposesDesigned and led survey design training sessions for employees from multiple departmentsCITY OF LAKELANDSelection and Assessment SpecialistPiloted Assessment Center In-Basket ExercisesEntered and organized data from Assessment CentersScored performance on In-Basket ExercisesEntered and organized test center validation dataAssisted in the development of various other assessment tools such as interview guides, rating scales, etc.Proctored selection tests performed in the City of Lakeland Assessment Services DepartmentAssisted with performance tests for positions in the Lakeland Fire Department, Lakeland Police Department, and various other departments within the City of Lakeland

• Co-authored three papers based on original research ideas and exploratory analysis of a dyadic diary data set• Utilized SQL integration in SAS to restructure datasets for more efficient longitudinal data analysis• Used confirmatory factory analyses, exploratory factor analyses and general psychometric principles to assess and improve the construct validity of three newly designed latent trait measures to determine suitability for a longitudinal data set• Employed predictive modeling techniques to assess the impact of parental intervention and adolescent coping behaviors on PTSD symptomology using custom SAS code• Used R to model the interactive effects of coping behaviors, risk type, and risk frequency on predicting adolescent PTSD

• Developed and validated personality measures and situational judgment tests using custom syntax in SAS, SPSS and LISREL • Served as the project lead on projects related to leadership development, emotional competencies, survey and assessment design, talent management, talent acquisition, and performance improvement• Performed exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in SPSS and LISREL• Determined the most suitable and legally defensible measures of emotional intelligence for performance improvement initiatives using substantive validity analyses in Excel• Prepared summaries of research results for conferences, general audiences, and other venues

Planned and led review sessionsAnswered student inquiries in person, through email, and through web forumsGraded papers and provided detailed feedback to studentsUsed common office equipment to create copies of tests and other classroom materialsCreated test questions in Microsoft Word 2010