Dave Schmidt, Ph.D.

Principal Consultant

Dave Schmidt is an Industrial and Organizational Psychologist who joined DCI Consulting’s Employment & Litigation Services Division in 2019 as a Principal Consultant. Dave has almost 30 years of experience consulting with organizations on topics such as employee selection, validation strategies, legal defensibility, and the responsible use of technology and data. Dave brings a strong technical foundation in analytics, statistics, psychometrics, assessment development, and research methods. Dave has extensive experience conducting expert reviews and audits of assessments and processes related to employee selection (ranging from the traditional to those enabled by artificial intelligence/machine learning) to evaluate adherence to legal and professional standards, as well as to relevant state/local laws. Dave regularly contributes to DCI’s thought leadership via conferences, webinars, and blogs focused on current and emerging regulations and guidance related to the use of artificial intelligence/machine learning in employee selection. 

Prior to DCI, Dave spent almost 11 years at Development Dimensions International as a resident expert on legal issues, supporting clients dealing with legal issues and challenges. Dave helped shape DDI’s standard practices related to job analysis, content validation, criterion validation, validity transportability, adverse impact analyses, disability accommodations, and other related areas. Dave helped build DDI’s analytics capabilities, emphasizing repeatable/scalable analytics and custom client analytics. Before DDI, Dave spent over 11 years at Aon Consulting, working on developing and implementing testing and high-fidelity assessment solutions. Dave helped shape Aon’s standard practices in selection, validation, legal defensibility, statistical practices, assessment development, technology-enabled product design, quality assurance, client technical support, and other related areas. 

Dave has served as a consultant or technical advisor on hundreds of client projects spanning a wide range of industries, job types, and job levels. Dave received his B.S. in Psychology (minor in Mathematical Sciences) from Oregon State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Psychology (minor in Statistics) from Iowa State University.