Martin Shoemaker, Ph.D., R. Psych.
President

Martin Shoemaker is a licensed psychologist with 25 years of experience providing employee selection and organizational development services to businesses in the United States and Canada. He has lectured at several universities in the United States, published articles in both academic journals and business publications and has given numerous presentations at academic and business conferences throughout North America. He is also a member of both the Canadian and American Psychological Associations. As President of PhD, Dr. Shoemaker is responsible for overseeing operations, business development and product development.

Mike Williamson, Ph.D.
VP, Research & Development

Mike Williamson is an applied statistician and behavioral research specialist. He was a co-founder of Computrition Inc., a leading developer of software applications for the food services industry. For the past fifteen years, he has been conducting behavioral research and developing psychological instruments that capture and apply cause-and-effect relationships between independent predictors and important outcomes. Dr. Williamson has written and published more than 60 articles in scientific journals, books and monographs. He is primarily responsible for overseeing customized benchmark equation development, ongoing product R&D and client return on investment research.

Jason M. Clark, BA(Hons), Ph.D. Cand.
VP, Client Operations

Jason Clark's background encompasses business, psychology and technology development. He has held business development and marketing communications positions in the behavioral health and organizational development industries. His professional training is in the areas of assessment and counseling, organizational development and the design and evaluation of Internet-based learning and assessment applications. As Vice-President of Client Operations, Mr. Clark is responsible for all aspects of client services as well as partner development and management.

John E. Lim, BA
VP, Information Technology Systems

John Lim has a professional background in HR consulting, computer networks, applied internet services and web page design. Over the past 10 years, he has been involved with the design, development and implementation of Internet-based data management systems for a variety of companies. He has expertise as a computer programmer and network and systems administrator for most operating systems. As the VP of Information Technology Systems, Mr. Lim is responsible for the ongoing development of PhD systems, information collection and management and systems administration.

Deborah Bloomer, BBA
National Sales Manager, US

Deborah Bloomer has a professional background in sales and executive sales training. Ms. Bloomer comes to PHD following a successful 11 year career at Glaxo-Smith-Kline where she was an Executive Sales Trainer assisting with the management and training of more than 70 sales representatives. While at Glaxo-Smith-Kline, she was the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious President's Club Award on six occasions. Ms. Bloomer is situated at PHD's Dallas, Texas office. She obtained her BBA from the University of Texas, Austin.

Laura Chong, BA
Administration

As Administrator for PHD, Ms. Chong is primarily responsible for customer service support, account management and managing the PHD offices. Laura obtained a BA in psychology from Douglas College in Vancouver, British Columbia.