Mr. Jim Stedt founded Hartley & Associates in 1984. The company has established services in recruiting, training and management consulting. The client base includes such companies as: Ingram-Micro, Broadcom, Tenet Healthcare, Rainbird, Fujitsu, Western Digital and AltaMed Health Services. In the engineering area he is co-inventor of the Computer Controlled Ultrasonic Cleaning System. Patent Number 6,047,246 Mr. Stedt has authored the following Books:• “Talent Balancing - Staffing Your Company for Long Term Success” by Praeger/Greenwood publishing. (Talent Balancing has been translated into Polish for the Polish business community)• “Re:Organize — Managing Your Computer” (Textbook)• “The Micro Computer Dictionary” (Textbook)• “Jokes, Quips and Ponderables - 28,027,000 bytes of humor for the technically touched.”• “Career & Human Resources” columnist for “Micro Times Magazine.”• Written articles for numerous business, computer and technology publications• Has been blogging since 2012 Mr. Stedt has served on the following Boards and Committees:• Business Education Statewide Advisory Committee (BESAC) for the State of California• California Community Colleges Professional Development Advisory Committee• Computer Information Science Advisory Board for Irvine Valley College• Business Program Advisor for Westwood CollegeHe has degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Technology, is certified in AIRS Internet Recruiting. Mr. Stedt was one of the founders, past President and Senior Advisor to the board of directors of the Human Resource Independent Consultants Association of Southern California (HRIC).Mr Stedt is also a partner at The Business SoftSkills Company that provides educational materials for Job Readiness and Soft Skills. Customers include, Community colleges, universities, trade schools, adult education, prison reform, businesses, libraries, employment development and military transitioning into civilian workforce.