BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

                       PATRICK T. MAHER, Dr.  Crim.

                                       ASSOCIATE

Dr. Patrick Maher, a Principal Associate with Personnel and Organization Development Consultants, Inc. (PODC), specializes in test development and administration, in particular in the assessment center method, and in Fair Employment Practice. He also specializes in the administration of police and correctional organizations. He has lectured widely and testified in court as an expert witness on a myriad of topics, including personnel administration, EEO law, civil liability for managers, personnel evaluation systems, and other matters pertaining to human resource management. He and Dr. Willis have formed a strategic alliance and do work together for both of their firms.  He is also an associate of L.J. CRAIG & Associates, Inc.

He received his Doctorate in Criminology at August Vollmer University in Orange, CA and a Master of Public Administration from Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA. His undergraduate bachelor of science degree is in Criminal Justice from the California State University at Long Beach. In addition, he has over 23 years of experience in law enforcement, with most of that at the supervisory and management levels. He previously served as an affirmative action officer and commander of the pre-employment background investigations unit. 

Dr. Maher is also a correspondent for American Fire Journal, writing articles on all facets of human resource management, especially that pertaining to the fire service. 

His assessor training manual and videotape training program has been used throughout the world to properly train assessors and to develop assessment centers and tactical simulation exercises for training and assessment in the police and fire services. He was one of the first to use the tactical training simulators for promotional purposes in police and fire departments, and his monograph on this topic has also been purchased by police and fire departments world-wide. 

Dr. Maher's dissertation consisted of an empirical study of assessor proficiency related to length of assessor training. This study, the only one of its kind that has been reported in the literature, proved a statistically significant correlation between length of assessor training and assessor proficiency in key assessor tasks such as accurately recording behavioral observations and placing those observations into the appropriate dimensions/competencies. 

Dr. Maher previously served as a Staff Associate and Criminal Justice Consultant with the Public Administration Service, conducting many organizational and management studies throughout the United States. 

He is a regular presenter at professional conferences on assessment and other issues, presented innumerable workshops, and has been a sought-after speaker by many personnel assessment organizations on a myriad of subjects related to assessment and related topics.