David Schiff, MA

Education

B.S. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA., 1966. Grad. - Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA., 1967, Public Health Service Fellowship in Radiation Health & Nuclear Engineering Research Project: The Radioprotective Effect of DMSO. (This research was published by the Georgia Academy of Sciences.) M.A.Georgia School of Professional Psychology (Argosy College), Atlanta, GA. 1999; Counseling Psychology 1989

Licensure, Certifications and Affiliations

Harless Performance Guild (human performance problem solving; performance based instructional analysis, design, development, delivery, and evaluation); Center for Effective Performance (Influencing the Performance of Others); Nelson Associates (Expert-On Job Training); American Red Cross (First Aid instructor & instructor trainer, CPR instructor - expired); Peace Officers Standards and Training (Senior Police Instructor certification & Defensive Tactics Instructor Certification); Verbal Judo Institute (Verbal Judo/tactical communications); American Women's Self Defense Association (rape prevention); Federal Aviation Administration (flight instructor for airplane, instrument single and multi-engine land).

Relevant work experience or qualifications

Mr. Schiff has many years of experience in law enforcement, as a police officer & detective, manager, and trainer. From 1972 through 1975 he was Director of Training & Assistant to the Director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation where, among his many responsibilities, was the development and implementation of personnel selection and evaluation systems. In 1975 he founded The Operant Group, Inc., a consulting company focused on helping organizations to identify, design, and implement cost-effective solutions to employee performance problems (clients included AT&T, BellSouth, Microsoft, Boeing Aircraft, Federal Express, Apple Computer, Dun & Bradstreet, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Bell Canada, Georgia Power, Centers for Disease Control, Sandia Laboratories, U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, American Express, Citibank, Institute for Nuclear Power Operations, Allstate Insurance, General Motors, Federal Emergency Management Administration, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Zenith Electronics, Shell Oil Company, and others). Mr. Schiff has received POST certified training in hostage negotiation, crisis intervention, criminal psychological profiling, and police peer counseling. In 1999, seeking to cut back on his consulting practice, Mr. Schiff returned to school to complete a Master's Degree in Counseling. During that period, he also joined with Stone and Associates in order to expand his forensic skills in the area of law enforcement psychology. In that capacity, he participated in pre-employment psychological evaluations and fitness for duty examinations for public safety personnel and others under supervision of Dr. Stone. He also conducted critical incident (post shooting) stress debriefings.