About IAS
IAS assessment response teams are composed of experienced senior
professionals with extensive backgrounds in human behavior and risk
assessment.
IAS assessment professionals bring multi-year experience in
difficult personnel matter interviewing and organizational
consultation to bear on problem situations.
These professionals with varied backgrounds have one thing in
common - experience in dealing with difficult situations. Teams are
configured to your need.
Where We Are
Where We Are IAS risk assessment response teams are prepared to
respond to any work site locations and are based in major cities
throughout the U.S.,
Who We Are
James T. Turner Ph.D.
- President, International Assessment Services, Inc. (Psy#
16764)
- Principal for development at a change management company
specializing in leadership intelligence tools for managing
large and small scale change
- Conducted hundreds of management reviews
- Blended these two areas into a unique specialty of
managing sensitive organization issues and change
- Served as Chief Behavioral Scientist for anti-terrorist
programs
- Appeared on television and radio shows, Nightline, CBS
This Morning, and PBS
- Written three books and has been quoted in the Wall
Street Journal, Modern Health Care, Fortune, Los Angeles
Times, Glamour, and Health Care Risk management
- Keynote speaker for Management, Human
Resources and Financial Industry
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Kelly A.
Zinna, Psy.D.
Dr. Kelly
Zinna is a forensic psychologist in private practice in
Maryland, where much of her work focuses on assessment of
threat and violence risk in both adults and students. In 1999,
Dr. Zinna published After Columbine based on her
experiences with the high school tragedy. Other publications
include co-authoring a book chapter on workplace violence, and
numerous journal articles on school place violence dynamics
and prevention strategies. Most recently she co-authored an
article for the Maryland Bar Journal on domestic violence risk
and threat assessment guidelines for judges and attorneys. Dr.
Zinna is a frequent lecturer on the topic of violence risk and
threat assessment. She has presented on school/workplace
violence and bullying in 45 states and Canada. She has been a
featured guest on television shows such as CNN, Fox News and
an A&E Investigative Reports series on “Rampage Killers,” and
was highlighted in a violence safety video for school bus
drivers produced by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Since 2003, Dr. Zinna has worked on a collaborative project
with a national insurance company and the U.S. Secret Service,
conducting numerous workshops on targeted school violence and
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Gerald Sweet, PH.D.
Dr. Gerald Sweet is a senior
psychologist based in the Los Angeles office of
International Assessment Services.
Over the past twelve years, he has consulted to numerous
private corporations, law firms, public organizations, and
educational institutions regarding issues of threat
assessment, risk management, workplace violence and other
sensitive personnel matters. Dr. Sweet is on the staff of
Behavioral Science Services of the Los Angeles Police
Department. He is also a forensic psychologist who completed
extensive training in both the civil and criminal areas at the
University of Massachusetts Medical Center. He has worked
with attorneys as a trial consultant and has testified on
numerous occasions as an expert witness. Earlier in his
career, he served as chief psychologist and coordinator of
psychiatric emergency room services at Framingham Union
Hospital and as an assistant clinical professor in the
Division of Psychiatry at the Boston University School of
Medicine. |
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Loren Brooks Ph.D.
Loren Brooks, Ph.D., (Psy# 12230) has conducted hundreds of
interviews in the workplace where issues of concern and safety
exist. She has presented to companies in a range of
industries. Loren has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and
on Bay Area news programs. |
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Norman Bottom Ph.D.
Norman Bottom, Ph.D., is Director of the Counterespionage &
Information Security Manager Program at the Espionage Research
Institute. Norman is
the co-author of Industrial Espionage and he wrote
Electronic Surveillance and Countermeasures in the
Encyclopedia of Security management. |
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