The Creators of the Success Portraits Personality Test
Fred S. Switzer III
In creating the SuccessPortraits.com personality test, Dr. Fred Switzer draws on his teaching, research, consulting, and work experience to help individuals and companies improve their productivity. Unlike many in the academy, Dr. Switzer has practical experience in such varied industries as broadcasting, manufacturing, and accounting. His work is frequently cited in the research literature, and he has been quoted in U.S. News and World Report.
A Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Clemson University, Dr. Switzer has been a faculty member there since earning his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the University of Illinois in 1988. In his research career at Illinois and Clemson, Dr. Switzer has published numerous papers in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, on a wide range of topics such as motivation, judgment and decision-making, job selection, and quantitative research methods. He also developed the first meta-analysis program to use the bootstrapping technique, which allows researchers to combine information from previous studies, resulting in more accurate and valid conclusions to help companies solve staffing problems.
Dr. Switzer was a member of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, the Academy of Management (Organizational Behavior and Research Methods divisions), and the Society for Judgment and Decision-Making, and was a charter member of the American Psychological Society. In 2001, Dr. Switzer was elected and served as President of the Clemson University Faculty Senate. The Success Portraits Personality Test pulls together Dr. Switzer’s vast experience in applied psychology and research methods in psychology.
Jo Jorgensen
Dr. Jo Jorgensen understands the needs of CEOs because she has been there. She was part-owner and later served as President of DigiTech, Inc., a software duplication firm that did business in the 1990s for companies like NCR and AT&T.
Her business career began at IBM as a Marketing Representative after she had earned her MBA at Southern Methodist University. She left IBM to start her own company, which provided computer hardware and software to the accounting industry in parts of South Carolina and North Carolina. This eventually led her to the software duplication business, which she ran successfully for almost a decade before beginning her consulting career.
Enjoying the challenges of running her own business, Dr. Jorgensen pursued her interest in discovering how to create the best work environments for employers and employees, helping companies improve their productivity without sacrificing a healthy corporate culture while also providing excellent customer service.
Dr. Jorgensen received her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology under the direction of Dr. Switzer. Since receiving her doctorate, she and Dr. Switzer have offered consulting services to businesses through their partnership PerformanceMinds.com.