BRAD HARPER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Trigon Executive Assessment Center

Brad Harper is one of the leading authorities on individual management development and organizational effectiveness through the management of human resources. He has conducted over 1,000 sessions with front line workers, managers and corporate CEOs over the past 20 years. He is the Executive Director of the Trigon Executive Assessment Center , a corporate consulting firm. His team of seasoned management consultants and organizational psychologists specialize in developing corporate management strategies, evaluating management candidates, designing individual employee development programs, resolving corporate culture issues and providing first line intervention to create alternatives to firing people.

Brad was the founding partner of Arizona 's oldest outplacement firm and is a former college placement director and faculty member. He completed both his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Arizona and is a Nationally Certified Counselor and Certified Psychologist.

He is highly experienced in delivering programs on the quality of people's work lives and developed the proprietary Executive Strategic Development Program. He also serves as a behavioral consultant to both college and professional sports teams. He has worked with groups and individuals in over 200 corporations including:

American Express, Ameritech, Abex Aerospace, Acoustic Technologies, Bobcat, Bull, Candle, Coastcast Golf, Commerce Realty Advisors, DFD CornoyerHedrick, Dresser-Rand, ESPN, Fisher Scientific, General Dynamics, Gila River Health Care, Golden Door Spas, Gothic Landscape, Ingersoll-Rand, Intel, KB Homes, Kemper Insurance, Kimley-Horn, Motorola, Naval Aviation Systems, Phoenix Suns, Procter and Gamble, ProVision Communication , Salt River Project, St. Luke's Health Initiatives, Schlumberger, Thermo King, and Washington Inventories.

An active member of the Arizona community, Brad serves on the Board of Directors of Parenting Arizona, a statewide non-profit agency whose mission is to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. He is also member of the Chairman's Circle of the American Cancer Society and is on the board of the Arizona Human Resource Executive Forum. Brad and his wife Deby live in Scottsdale with their sons Cameron and Preston .

Target Training International (TTI) of Scottsdale , Arizona , (a research-based professional problem-solving resource specializing in the resolution of issues related to performance improvement), awarded Brad the 1997 TTI President's award in 1997 and 2003 for outstanding contribution to the profession.

Brad received the CPBA (Certified Professional Behavior Analyst) designation from TTI (Target Training International) as a DISC Behavior Trainer and Analyst, and the CPVA (Certified Professional Values Analyst) and CAIA (Certified Attribute Index Analyst) designations.