Developer of APS Assessment Profile Test
Dr. Ken Yusko is currently a professor of Human Resources in the School of Business Administration at Marymount University and co-principal of Siena Consulting, a human capital consulting firm. He earned his master's and doctoral degrees in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the University of Maryland.
Ken is an expert in the design of personnel selection, development, and performance management systems. As a consultant in both the private and public sectors, Ken has worked with Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, partnerships, consulting firms, and government agencies. His recent clients include S.C. Johnson, Diageo, the US Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the NYC Department of Education. Ken frequently serves as an expert in employment litigation cases involving the design of court-approved/consent decree human resource interventions.
Dr. Yusko has authored two books on human resource and human capital management practices and is a frequent contributor to both trade and research journals on the topic of employee selection. Ken's research focuses on two areas, including promoting diversity by reducing sub-group differences in employment testing, and in negotiation/conflict management. His doctoral research on attorney negotiation techniques was funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation. Ken and his team were recently awarded the M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research from the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology and the International Personnel Assessment Council’s Innovations Award for their work in developing and implementing the Siena Reasoning Test (SRT), a cognitive ability test that substantially enhances diversity in hiring.
