Dave Schmidt Email & Phone Number

• Consult with organizations on employee selection procedures and processes• Work to establish or evaluate validation evidence and legal defensibility for selection tools/systems• Conduct independent expert reviews and audits of a wide range of selection tools to evaluate adherence to legal and professional standards• Provide expertise and thought leadership on algorithmic auditing (currently in the weeds with NYC Local Law 144)• Provide litigation support related to legal challenges• Conduct compensation analyses and pay equity studies• Bring expertise and experience in statistics, psychometrics, and analytics

I spent almost 11 years at DDI where I ... • Partnered with and managed activities related to supporting clients in defending legal challenges; helped DDI associates and clients when legal/validation questions arose.• Monitored activities and trends that are related to U.S. governing agencies and the overall legal landscape to shared internally as well as with DDI clients• Worked closely with others in DDI to shape best practices in areas such as job analysis, content validation, criterion validation, validity transportability, adverse impact reporting, disability accommodation• Provided I/O, technical, data analysis/statistical, and methodological expertise to DDI associates who were working with clients that were strategic/high-profile or had highly complex situations• Managed R&D activities related to DDI analytics; served as a senior member of the DDI Analytics Community of Excellence, with a focus on basic and advanced analytics, data and measurement integrity, and technology• Provided thought leadership on topics of expertise

I spent just over 11 years at Aon Consulting where I ... - Established, managed, grew selection testing capabilities- Was the primary business architect to develop, manage, grow web-testing platform (Applicant Central). - Served as one of the primary business architects in developing a leadership assessment and development technology platform and full array of assessment tools (LEADeR)- Was the primary business architect to develop streamlined assessment integration and report writing tool- Established and managed the Client Support and QA team- Served as key business representative on technology needs- Managed the Product Development team- Consulted in just about every industry and at every job level in employee selection and development contexts- Served as technical advisor on 100+ client projects for internal staff, providing input and expertise in identifying solutions for design and implementation for big and/or complex clients, as well as anything related to statistical, methodological, I/O, IT, or legal issues

Variety of projects with the Graduate Record Exam, including new types of items and tests and research to evaluate the capabilities of implementing the adaptive GRE that is currently in use.

Ph.D., Industrial And Organizational Psychology

Minor in Statistics

B.S., Psychology

Minor in Mathematical Sciences