Evacor Inc. is an innovative team of veteran consultants focused on delivering industry-leading talent management solutions. What makes Evacor different is that we are building a suite of enterprise-class tools and services for core processes like competency modeling, behavioral interviewing, and assessment, among others. This enables us to quickly deliver customized solutions that fit into our clients’ talent management processes, rather than forcing them to adapt to what we have to offer.
R. JASON WEISS, Ph.D.
Jason Weiss, President and founder of Evacor, has ten years of experience in the design and delivery of HR solutions for hiring and development. Before founding Evacor, Jason worked at a major international HR consulting firm in research and development, and as a delivery consultant working directly with clients. An award-winning innovator, Jason developed a number of client-focused solutions, and worked closely with software development teams to design enterprise-class tools for competency modeling, assessment, and development. Jason also developed standard assessment centers used to evaluate thousands of leaders worldwide, as well as custom assessment centers for clients in industries as diverse as finance and pharmaceuticals. On the research front, Jason has delivered two dozen professional conference presentations on assessment centers and other topics at the annual meetings of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and others.
JOHN METZGER, Jr.
John Metzger is Evacor’s Director of Assessment Design. In this role, John oversees the development of all of Evacor’s assessments. John has thirteen years of experience in assessment design, administration, scoring, feedback, and coaching . Before joining Evacor, John was an Executive Coach and lead designer for the Executive Assessment Team at a major international HR consultancy. John’s design portfolio includes numerous assessment center platforms at all levels from individual contributor through senior executive. His designs include both standard and custom assessment centers and have been used to evaluate thousands of executives from a wide array of clients, including many Fortune 500 companies. John has received numerous awards for his design work and for outstanding customer focus.
JAY M. DUFFY
Jay Duffy leads Executive Sales at Evacor. Jay has extensive experience in executive and leadership development, executive coaching, change intervention and as an HR generalist. He joined Evacor following a distinctive career at the operations and corporate levels within Bayer Corporation and Consol Energy. At Bayer he supported the organization’s talent development cycle through a wide range of programs including assessment centers, coaching, high potential development, mentoring, and team building, among others. One of his most significant accomplishments was a complete redesign of Bayer’s assessment centers, which emphasized the integration of effective development plans as a core aspect of the assessment process. He finished his career reporting into the Bayer AG global office in Germany as COE Americas, responsible for all training-related strategy and programs. Prior to that, Jay was Bayer’s Director of Executive Leadership and Development, North America. Jay has presented at numerous conferences and association events including several Conference Board sessions on executive coaching, leadership and multi-generational leadership challenges. He serves on the Advisory Board for the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business and is a past member of the Conference Board Leadership Council. In Pittsburgh he is a board member of the Pittsburgh Human Resources Association and a contributing member of the Pittsburgh Organizational Development and Training Group. He holds certification in SHRM and is an active member in AIMC.
JEFFREY DEL ROSSA
Jeff Del Rossa has extensive experience in direct sales, marketing, sales leadership, and consulting. He is an expert at ramping start-up and incubator companies. As a change agent, he joined Pharos Systems International at the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2010 to lead the company into new high growth markets. He quickly analyzed key markets and assessed corporate capability and aligned his sales team to key targeted clients in the commercial/corporate market place. He mapped and executed a shift in the sales strategy from a traditional transactional/consultative approach to that of a business advisor. Leading acquisition of key clients such as Pfizer, Corning, IBM, and others, Jeff coached his sales team to align with an industry and the client’s business imperatives within the industry. Preceding his sales leadership role at Pharos Systems International, Mr. Del Rossa was hired by Development Dimensions International (DDI) in 2000 to build and execute DDI’s Global Strategic Alliances, which included DDI’s alternative sales channels. He developed relationships at the CEO and executive levels at many premier technology and service providers such as Authoria, Monster Worldwide, PeopleSoft (Oracle), Taleo, SuccessFactors, Vurv, and others to contribute to 10% of DDI’s worldwide revenues. Jeff’s expertise in building a solid network of best-in-class partners and distribution channels helped to fuel DDI’s growth. In 2007, Jeff accepted the Global leadership position of the Sales Talent Optimization (STO) practice wherE he quickly instituted a new sales strategy, market position and value proposition resulting in driving $8M in revenue from $1.8M. Companies such as Dell Computer, Experian, Caterpillar, UPS, and others joined the roster of successful STO implementations under Jeff’s leadership. In addition, he developed the sales and consulting infrastructure and expanded availability to Europe, Australia, and Mexico, resulting in doubling worldwide revenues. Prior to joining DDI, Mr. Del Rossa worked with Kodak and Oce’-USA. At Kodak, his leadership of district and national accounts earned him their highest sales honors working with several large clients such as UPS, Home Depot, Allied Signal, American Express, and many others, generating $125M in incremental sales. As national sales manager/alternative channels at Oce’-USA, Jeff developed and led a team to execute a channel strategy that included over 250 distributors/principle offices. The results of the team doubled USA revenues to $300M in three years. Mr. Del Rossa is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, holding a B.S. degree in Applied Arts & Science, with a minor in mechanical technology. He has been a speaker at numerous professional conferences including the Executive Sales Leadership seminar at the University of Minnesota. While employed at DDI, Jeff co-authored DDI’s 2008 Sales Talent Benchmark Study and the 2007-2008 Global Sales Perceptions Report. He has delivered several public webcasts on sales and sales leadership.