People
Through its relationships
with George Mason University and the University of Maryland,
MRI utilizes a cadre of experienced Ph.D. candidates as research
assistants to supplement its staff of Ph.D.-level project managers
in 12 countries.
About the Founder
Edwin A. Fleishman, Ph.D., is internationally
known for his research on human abilities and the analysis of
work requirements. Dr. Fleishman has been a professor at Yale
University, and the University of California, is
Distinguished University Professor of Psychology Emeritus at
George Mason University, and is currently President of Management
Research Institute, Inc.
Dr. Fleishman is the author of numerous
journal articles, encyclopedia articles and books, including
Studies in Personnel and Industrial Psychology, Psychology and
Human Performance, The Structure and Measurement of Physical
Fitness, Current Developments in the Study of Leadership, Handbook
of Human Abilities, Human Performance & Productivity, and
Taxonomies of Human Performance. He has been editor-in-chief
of the Journal of Applied Psychology, and has served on the
editorial boards of the journals Personnel Psychology, Organizational
Behavior and Human Performance, Human Resource Management Review,
Leadership Quarterly and the International Journal of Cognitive
Ergonomics.
He has been elected president of three
Divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA), including
the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP),
the Division of Evaluation and Measurement, and the Division
of Engineering Psychology, and also served as Chair of
APA's Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment. He was
also elected president of the International Association of Applied
Psychology.
Honors he has received include the
American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific
Award for the Applications of Psychology and more recently its
Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement
of Psychology. He has also received the Distinguished Professional
Contributions Award from the Society of Industrial and Organizational
Psychology. In recognition of his contributions the University
of Edinburgh awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree.
About the Chief Operating
Officer
Jeffrey B. Fleishman, MGA, received
his Bachelor of Science at Cornell University and completed
his Masters of General Administration at the Graduate School
of Management and Technology, University of Maryland, College
Park. He has a twenty years experience in sales and marketing,
and successfully organized the startup and financing of a pre-IPO
telecommunications corporation.
With MRI, he has:
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Managed the business development of the government contracting
division of MRI, Inc. Initially capitalized with a Small Business
Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Department of
Defense (Army Research Institute), the division grew to a multi-million
dollar per year contract base. MRI provided research,
evaluation, training, expert witness, and human resource management
consulting services to the Social Security Administration (Disability
Insurance Program), Dept. of Labor, EEOC, NSA, Dept. of Defense,
NATO, Pennsylvania State Police, San Francisco Fire Dept., The
City of Richmond, Virginia, DuPont, Schering-Plough, and various
other commercial clients.
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Managed a multi-million dollar software development project
to produce a Windows based management development application
to help assess and train the leadership skills and executive
competencies required of senior military officers for the U.S.
Army. Utilized at the National Defense University.
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Managed the patent application process and marketed Metacognitive
Leadership Exercises©, a Web-based executive assessment
and coaching application. Marketed the F-JAS©, Functional
Job Analysis©, and other MRI publications.
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Negotiated and managed a multi-million dollar contract required
by appellate court consent decree for development and validation
of the selection and promotion exams for Pennsylvania State
Police officers. Approval and use of these exams resulted in
the settlement of the longest running litigation of a fairness
in hiring dispute in U.S. history.
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Arranged teaming agreements and sub-contractor agreements for
the use of MRI proprietary intellectual property by the Department
of Labor for the O*NET® Project, an interactive
Web-based occupational analysis methodology used to replace
the outmoded Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
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Managed MRI operations including supervising bid and proposal
development, team building, personnel management, project management,
total quality management (TQM), financial reporting and budgeting,
and compliance with federal regulations (FAR), accounting guidelines
(DCAA), and security clearance requirements (DISCO).
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