Steven H. Brown, Ph.D. Consultant — Selection & Assessment LIMRA Services, Inc. sbrown@limra.com
Brown currently works with LIMRA in the areas of product enhancement strategies, online selection platform development, and validation research.
He retired from his previous role as vice president and director of Assessment Solutions in 2007. In this role, Brown directed a department of professional staff engaged in human resources research, selection product development, and recruiting and selection process consultation designed to enhance the marketing efforts of member life insurance and financial services companies in the United States, Canada, and around the world. He served as research advisor to numerous domestic and international recruiting and selection project teams and oversaw ongoing selection research, product development, and daily operations.
Brown joined LIMRA in 1977. Prior to coming to LIMRA, he was with the Department of Personnel of the State of Minnesota.
Brown holds a Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Minnesota. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the American Psychological Society, and is a member of the Academy of Management. Brown has published numerous articles in professional journals about personnel and sales selection. He has served on the editorial board of Personnel Psychology, and was a member of the task force that wrote the Principals for the Validation and Use of Personnel Selection Procedures for the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.