Benchmarks

In this role, he oversees the daily management, collection, analysis, and strategic output of all data and insights related to the employee experience.

Prior to WSA, Dr. Weldon worked at IBM Kenexa as senior managing consultant where he managed a team of programmers and research consultants who maintained and updated the IBM Kenexa WorldNorms benchmarking database.

Dr. Weldon worked to produce thousands of custom normative data reports for clients while conducting research on employee opinions and leadership competencies. Additionally, he worked with an international group of consultants to identify appropriate benchmarking comparisons for clients and use a variety of statistical techniques to produce normalized client survey scores that enabled clients more clearly identify areas of strengths and weaknesses within their business.

Experience

Dr. Weldon has over 30 years of experience in business and academia using large amounts of data and various research and statistic techniques in human and animal behaviors, molecular biology, and epidemiology. He has more than 12 years of experience of writing research grant proposals and managing multi-million-dollar research budgets in both business and academic settings. He is a published author in research publications and has been awarded multiple awards for his work.

Education

• Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
• M.S. in Microbiology, Oklahoma State University
• B.S. in Microbiology, Oklahoma State University