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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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The Founding Members of The Value Source Group LLC.
The Founding Members of The Value Source Group LLC.
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 Dr. David Mefford is a native of Morristown, Tennessee with 40 years experience in the science of value know as “formal axiology,” created by Professor Robert S. Hartman. Hartman’s discovery of a logic-based frame of reference for qualities led to the foundations of this new science of value, formal axiology. While at the University of Tennessee, Dr. Hartman asked David Mefford to be his assistant and to help him teach some of his undergraduate classes. David attended his first class in European axiology the University of Paris, at Nanterre, France and earned his Magister Artium (M.A.) degree in psychology, philosophy and law at the University of Heidelberg, Germany in 1976.
Robert S. Hartman's personal values assessment is known as the Hartman Value Profile (HVP), and as Hartman's commercial representative in Europe (1970-73), David conducted business development seminars at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Southern Germany in 1971-72 for managers of Siemens and VW.
While completing his Ph.D. degree at the University of Tennessee, David evaluated and counseled psychiatric patients with the HVP under the supervision of Dr. John Wolaver, M.D., for a three year period. David's dissertation, Phenomenology of Man as a Valuing Subject, achieved a comprehensive typology of personality, based on value judgment patterns. This axiological personality model of 26 cognitive types and 40 emotional temperaments is currently in use by professional psychologists, counselors and business leaders for individual and group assessments and counseling.
In collaboration with Dr. Clayton Lafferty, former president and owner of Human Synergistics in Detroit, Michigan, David created a new series of values-based personality instruments known as VUE's (Values Usage Exercises).
David recently co-created the Personal Talent Skills Inventory (PTSI), a parallel form of the Hartman Value Profile (HVP) with Target Training International (TTI) that is currently being used for selection and coaching in 50 countries of the world.
David is co-founder and board member of the Hartman Institute and chairman of The Value Source Group, an axiological technology provider. A prolific writer, David has authored several publications on the applications of axiological value science, and several articles have been published about his work.
Dr. David Mefford is a native of Morristown, Tennessee with 40 years experience in the science of value know as “formal axiology,” created by Professor Robert S. Hartman. Hartman’s discovery of a logic-based frame of reference for qualities led to the foundations of this new science of value, formal axiology. While at the University of Tennessee, Dr. Hartman asked David Mefford to be his assistant and to help him teach some of his undergraduate classes.
David attended his first class in European axiology the University of Paris, at Nanterre, France and earned his Magister Artium (M.A.) degree in psychology, philosophy and law at the University of Heidelberg, Germany in 1976.
Robert S. Hartman's personal values assessment is known as the Hartman Value Profile (HVP), and as Hartman's commercial representative in Europe (1970-73), David conducted business development seminars at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Southern Germany in 1971-72 for managers of Siemens and VW.
While completing his Ph.D. degree at the University of Tennessee, David evaluated and counseled psychiatric patients with the HVP under the supervision of Dr. John Wolaver, M.D., for a three year period. David's dissertation, Phenomenology of Man as a Valuing Subject, achieved a comprehensive typology of personality, based on value judgment patterns. This axiological personality model of 26 cognitive types and 40 emotional temperaments is currently in use by professional psychologists, counselors and business leaders for individual and group assessments and counseling.
In collaboration with Dr. Clayton Lafferty, former president and owner of Human Synergistics in Detroit, Michigan, David created a new series of values-based personality instruments known as VUE's (Values Usage Exercises).
David recently co-created the Personal Talent Skills Inventory (PTSI), a parallel form of the Hartman Value Profile (HVP) with Target Training International (TTI) that is currently being used for selection and coaching in 50 countries of the world.
David is co-founder and board member of the Hartman Institute and chairman of The Value Source Group, an axiological technology provider. A prolific writer, David has authored several publications on the applications of axiological value science, and several articles have been published about his work.
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 Greg Woods has over 15 years of senior level experience in business analysis, technology planning, solution architecting, business strategy, implementation and execution. Prior to the sale of Breakwater to ITS Technologies in February 2001, Greg was the founder and CEO of Breakwater Consulting Group Inc., which has provided technology-based solutions for Fortune 2000 companies in the Michigan area since 1991. The company began as a one person firm and quickly expanded to one of the top five Microsoft solution providers in the state. This was achieved by creating solution frameworks leading to greater project definitions and better project control, creating a more efficient team. This also allowed the results of the project to be more measurable and enforced accountability. The company provided higher end business services and solutions that were in the past left up to the big national firms.
During his career, Greg has had the opportunity to work with many companies ranging in size from Fortune 500 companies to smaller twenty million dollar companies. Over the course of fifteen years, Greg developed teams that deployed award winning network and database design solutions recognized nationally and globally in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Greg’s business and technology skills blended together have helped him create system solutions with high returns. For this progress Greg was nominated for the Microsoft Partner Advisory Council which is a global council that advises Microsoft on product enhancements, marketing, placement and pricing of their products. Below is a list of some of the awards given to Greg by Microsoft:
» 1997 Best Small Business Solution
» 1999-1st place in US for best Windows NT Design
» 1999-2nd Place in US for best SQL 7.0 Design
» 2000-Finalist for Microsoft Solution of the Year
North America
» 2000, 2001, 2002 PAC
Before establishing Breakwater, Greg’s valuable experience came from working as a Consultant for Herman Miller (second largest office systems manufacturer in the nation) in all areas of their business, from packaging and distribution systems to international deployments of systems. Greg also worked for Steelcase (the largest office systems manufacturer in the nation), consulting in lead generation tools and e-commerce systems to connect dealers and customers for a better overall experience. Greg learned early on that ‘process’ was the key to all projects and that technology is not the complete answer but merely an enabling tool.
Greg is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Value Source Group, an axiological technology provider in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Greg Woods has over 15 years of senior level experience in business analysis, technology planning, solution architecting, business strategy, implementation and execution.
Prior to the sale of Breakwater to ITS Technologies in February 2001, Greg was the founder and CEO of Breakwater Consulting Group Inc., which has provided technology-based solutions for Fortune 2000 companies in the Michigan area since 1991. The company began as a one person firm and quickly expanded to one of the top five Microsoft solution providers in the state. This was achieved by creating solution frameworks leading to greater project definitions and better project control, creating a more efficient team. This also allowed the results of the project to be more measurable and enforced accountability. The company provided higher end business services and solutions that were in the past left up to the big national firms.
During his career, Greg has had the opportunity to work with many companies ranging in size from Fortune 500 companies to smaller twenty million dollar companies. Over the course of fifteen years, Greg developed teams that deployed award winning network and database design solutions recognized nationally and globally in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Greg’s business and technology skills blended together have helped him create system solutions with high returns. For this progress Greg was nominated for the Microsoft Partner Advisory Council which is a global council that advises Microsoft on product enhancements, marketing, placement and pricing of their products. Below is a list of some of the awards given to Greg by Microsoft:
» 1997 Best Small Business Solution
» 1999-1st place in US for best Windows NT Design
» 1999-2nd Place in US for best SQL 7.0 Design
» 2000-Finalist for Microsoft Solution of the Year
North America
» 2000, 2001, 2002 PAC
Before establishing Breakwater, Greg’s valuable experience came from working as a Consultant for Herman Miller (second largest office systems manufacturer in the nation) in all areas of their business, from packaging and distribution systems to international deployments of systems. Greg also worked for Steelcase (the largest office systems manufacturer in the nation), consulting in lead generation tools and e-commerce systems to connect dealers and customers for a better overall experience. Greg learned early on that ‘process’ was the key to all projects and that technology is not the complete answer but merely an enabling tool.
Greg is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Value Source Group, an axiological technology provider in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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 Vera Mefford has been President of AXCES Corp (formerly Value Measurement Technologies) since 1982, where she developed and marketed axiological products and services for human resources, advertising and corporate development. Her clients included Chase Manhattan, Oak Ridge National Lab, ALCOA Aluminum, State Farm, Cellular One, and Target Training International (TTI). She has served as a business consultant and executive coach for more than 25 years, with a focus on organizational development, team-building, and helping executives and consultants achieve a balanced quality-of-life. Since 2001, Vera’s full-time focus has been on training business consultants in advanced axiology, conducting teleconferences for coaching networks, and executive coaching, as well as developing new values-based assessments: the PTSI: Personal Talent and Skills Inventory for and in collaboration with Target Training International; the R.I.S.E. Profile for internal company management gap analysis in 4 dimensions; and the COMPASS – a custom profile created to gauge a company’s interface with their customer base.Vera received her Bachelor’s Degree from Houghton College, New York (1973) and her Master’s Degree from Schiller University in Heidelberg, Germany (1975) in Psychology and German. Vera also completed her Master’s post-graduate anthropological studies at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She previously served as Vice President, and is now on the Board of Directors of the non-profit Robert S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, and also serves as Associate Editor for the Institute’s Axiological Journal. She has authored and co-authored numerous articles and axiological training manuals. In 2007, Vera became President of the Value Source Group, LLC, co-founded with Gregory Woods and Dr. David Mefford. Here, her focus is on developing industry-specific axiologically-based assessments, including applications to Sports, Fitness, Business, Finance, Sales, Leadership and the Hospitality industry, among others. She also trains and provides support services for The Value Source Group’s Master Distributors.
Vera Mefford has been President of AXCES Corp (formerly Value Measurement Technologies) since 1982, where she developed and marketed axiological products and services for human resources, advertising and corporate development. Her clients included Chase Manhattan, Oak Ridge National Lab, ALCOA Aluminum, State Farm, Cellular One, and Target Training International (TTI). She has served as a business consultant and executive coach for more than 25 years, with a focus on organizational development, team-building, and helping executives and consultants achieve a balanced quality-of-life. Since 2001, Vera’s full-time focus has been on training business consultants in advanced axiology, conducting teleconferences for coaching networks, and executive coaching, as well as developing new values-based assessments: the PTSI: Personal Talent and Skills Inventory for and in collaboration with Target Training International; the R.I.S.E. Profile for internal company management gap analysis in 4 dimensions; and the COMPASS – a custom profile created to gauge a company’s interface with their customer base.
Vera received her Bachelor’s Degree from Houghton College, New York (1973) and her Master’s Degree from Schiller University in Heidelberg, Germany (1975) in Psychology and German. Vera also completed her Master’s post-graduate anthropological studies at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She previously served as Vice President, and is now on the Board of Directors of the non-profit Robert S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, and also serves as Associate Editor for the Institute’s Axiological Journal. She has authored and co-authored numerous articles and axiological training manuals. In 2007, Vera became President of the Value Source Group, LLC, co-founded with Gregory Woods and Dr. David Mefford. Here, her focus is on developing industry-specific axiologically-based assessments, including applications to Sports, Fitness, Business, Finance, Sales, Leadership and the Hospitality industry, among others. She also trains and provides support services for The Value Source Group’s Master Distributors.
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