Abe Reese is the Founder and President of Aspex Solutions. A software engineer by training, Reese has been responsible for the development of many of Aspex Solutions’ processes and systems as well as the principal development of our flagship product, AppliTrack. Currently, he oversees the daily operations of the company including our financial planning and management, the development and continuous improvement of our customer support team, the system analysis and architecture of the AppliTrack product as well as providing the overall leadership and business goals of Aspex Solutions.

Prior to Aspex Solutions, Abe was a senior programmer for United Stationers, a leading office supply and distribution firm. Reese’s formal education is from Northern Illinois University where he graduated with his Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science. In addition, Reese was a founding member of the Making Managers into Leaders (MMIL) Institute and is a qualified Web Solutions Microsoft Partner.

Corey Maxey is a Vice President of Operations at Aspex Solutions. He has over 10 years of IT experience in a variety of industries and roles. Currently, he contributes to both application development and product support. Additionally, he is responsible for our technology infrastructure. Prior to joining Aspex Solutions, Corey worked for the University of Illinois, Lucent Technologies and as a technology consultant.

Corey graduated from Northern Illinois University with a BS in Computer Science.

Keith Westman is the Director of Sales and Marketing for Aspex Solutions. In this position, Keith is responsible for the marketing and positioning of Aspex Solutions as a brand, and AppliTrack as a product. He also serves as a sales manager to thirteen regional sales representatives that are located throughout the United States.

Prior to working at Aspex Solutions, Keith spent ten years in the field of public education. Most recently, Keith served as a middle school principal in suburban Chicago. Prior to the principalship, Keith was an elementary school district Director of Technology and a third grade teacher. Keith has a Doctorate Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Loyola University Chicago, a Masters Degree in Education from DePaul University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from National-Louis University.

Dr. John Arnold has over 20 years of providing consulting services to leading companies. Prior to joining Aspex Solutions, John was a senior vice president in the Human Resources Consulting Group of Aon Consulting, where he directed the U.S. consulting practice and provided account management services to a number of high-visibility national and international clients.

John Arnold has over 20 years of consulting experience in the areas of personnel selection and classification, assessment center design and development, and organizational research. Having directed numerous projects with a U.S., as well as international scope, Dr. Arnold is a recognized expert by many of the Fortune 500. Of particular significance is his work in the redesign of salaried and hourly assessment systems for the automotive “Big Three” and the direction of multiple large-scale consortium studies. As one example, the largest of these studies involved the coordination of a nationwide consortium of 63 companies to develop and validate assessment systems for use throughout the insurance and financial services industry.

Dr. Arnold has specialized in providing entry-level hiring systems to companies with large populations of front-line employees. Taco Bell and Pizza Hut are only two of the many companies serviced in this arena. John has also provided extensive pro bono services in the not-for-profit sector and he continues to provide free and reduced-cost services to the “not-for profit” sector as an important part of his ongoing professional (and personal) commitment.

Dr. Arnold holds a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Bowling Green State University. His graduate education focused on issues involving personnel selection and assessment, as well as the measurement of employee attitudes, motivation and abilities. John is an active member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the Society for Human Resource Management. Among his many contributions to the professional field, he has served as the President of the Michigan Association of Industrial/Organizational Psychologists.

Dr. Arnold has published and presented a number of professional papers, including publication in the Journal of Applied Psychology and presentations at the national conferences of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.