Salvatore Falletta, Ed.D.

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Program(s) Association(s):

• MS in Human Resource Development
• Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership & Management

Education:

• Ed.D., Human Resource Development, North Carolina State University
• MPA, Human Resources & Organization Development, Indiana State University
• B.A., Psychology, Eastern Washington University

Areas of Expertise:

• HRD measurement and evaluation
• Organizational diagnostic models
• Employee and organizational survey methods
• Learning and training transfer
• Computational modeling of behavior in organizations
• HR intelligence

Professional Experience:

• Leadersphere, President & CEO (2005 – 2009)
• Atmel Corporation, Vice President & Chief HR Officer (2004 – 2005)
• SAP AG, Sr. Director, Human Resources & Chief Learning Officer (2001 – 2002)
• Intel Corporation, 1999 – 2001, Manager, Global HR Research & Analysis (1999 – 2001)
• Alltel, Manager, Training & Development (1998 – 1999)
• Nortel Networks, Sr. Consultant, Training Measurement & Evaluation (1996 – 1998)
• North Carolina State University, Associate Director, National Initiative for Institutional Effectiveness (NILIE) (1995 – 1996)
• Indiana State University, Accounting Specialist (1993 – 1995)
• United States Air Force (1981 – 1992)

Research interests:

• Assessing the validity and reliability of organizational causal models and concomitant survey instruments
• Developing alternative HRD evaluation models, frameworks, and taxonomies
• Exploring “HR intelligence” (i.e., people research and analytics practices) within Fortune 1000 firms
• Training transfer research

Selected Works:

• Falletta, S. V. (2008). “HR intelligence: Advancing People research and analytics.” International HR Information Management Journal (December), pp. 21-31.
• Falletta, S. V. (2008). “Organizational intelligence surveys.” Training & Development, (June), pp. 52-58.
• Combs, W. L & Falletta, S. V. (2000). The Targeted Evaluation Process: A Performance Consultant’s Guide to Asking the Right Questions and Getting Results You Trust! American Society for Training and Development - ASTD Press.
• Falletta, S. V. (2007). “CSR surveys trends.” In Rossella Derickson and Krista Henley (Eds.). Awakening Social Responsibility: A Call to Action, Cupertino, CA: Happy About.info.
• Falletta, S. V. & Combs, W. L. (2001). "Surveys as a tool for organization development and change." In Allan Church and Janine Waclawski (Eds.). Organization Development: Data Driven Methods for Change, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Falletta, S. V. & Murphy Lamb, J. (1998). “Evaluating training at the technical education centers: Nortel - Northern Telecom.” In Jack J. Phillips, (Ed.). In Action: Implementing Evaluation Systems and Processes, Alexandria, VA: American Society for Training and Development.