Instructors
Ralph A. Mortensen, Ph.D., ABPP
Chief Psychologist, HR/OD
Ralph A. Mortensen is board-certified in Organizational and Business Consulting Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. His doctorate degree is in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He belongs to the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and the Society of Consulting Psychology divisions of the American Psychological Association.
Ralph began his career within the human resources units of a bank and a public utility. After more than 20 years with his own consulting firm, Aon Consulting, YSC Ltd., and RHR International, Ralph joined IPAT in early 2009. He is an experienced trainer and speaker to local, regional and international audiences and also has experience as a university professor and an academic administrator.
Ralph's expertise is in the areas of consulting with decision makers facing strategic talent, organizational, and leadership issues. He has specialized in talent assessment and executive coaching for much of his career.
Ralph has created and managed employee selection systems for entry-level, professional, and managerial roles. This has involved analyzing jobs and job families, identifying competencies, choosing appropriate measurements, and investigating their predictive validity. In addition, he has completed thousands of individual assessments of executive, middle manager, and professional job candidates, including screening for CEO and other C-suite roles.
Ralph has also designed and delivered workshops on employment interviewing and employee performance coaching among other subjects. He led a talent management best practices study in 2001 and has provided regular support for several clients' annual talent review processes.
Michael R. Stowers, Psy.D.
Senior Consulting Psychologist
As Senior Consulting Psychologist, Michael's responsibilities include research, consulting, and product validation and testing within IPAT’s assessment portfolio. Michael also contributes to the development and maintenance of IPAT’s Public Safety and Security assessment batteries.
Before joining IPAT, Michael worked as an Associate Consultant for The Center for Sustainable
Solutions, where he developed surveys, implemented new technology solutions, and provided applied research support to fellow consultants. Michael has also worked on linking employee attitudes with customer satisfaction results for a large logistics software company.
Michael serves as an adjunct faculty member at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, where he teaches graduate seminars in Statistics, Foundations of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, and Data Management. He has also served as adjunct faculty at The Adler School of Professional Psychology where he taught Issues of Assessment in Police Psychology to officers from the Chicago Police Department enrolled in a Police Psychology MA program. Michael holds a B.A. in Chemistry from Knox College, an M.A. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and a Psy.D. from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
Jamie C. Young, M.S.
Training and Consulting Associate
Jamie began her professional career as a research assistant at Illinois State University, coordinating the administration and data analysis of institution-wide surveys. She consulted with faculty and staff to provide guidance and feedback on issues such as assessment planning, survey and focus group design, and data analysis and the effective use of assessment results. She also developed and delivered workshops and taught college courses and seminars.
Just prior to joining IPAT, Jamie worked as a crisis interventionist and therapist. She was the supervisor of a crisis team and worked with clients to assess their mental stability and treatment needs. As a clinician, Jamie provided brief supportive counseling, assessment needs and developed treatment plans for clients in crisis. She also developed training programs covering topics such as suicide risk assessment and crisis intervention techniques.
As an IPAT Customer Service Specialist, Jamie worked closely with customers - responding to inquiries and helping clients explore and understand the tests and interpretive reports in the IPAT product line.
In her current role, Jamie uses her product expertise in the training and consulting work she conducts for IPAT.
Jamie has a master's degree in psychology from Illinois State University where her research focused on the experiences of first year student athletes. |