Jeff Truthan

About Jeff Truthan

In his lengthy career serving the rehabilitation and disability management industry, Jeff has led the design and development of many projects for Internet-based and Windows-based products, launching multiple commercial software applications, including product design, specifications, QA, marketing plan, collateral material, packaging, advertising, and rollout. He has designed multiple corporate web sites and authored help files and user documentation. Jeff has published technical works in trade journals and developed strategic marketing, business planning, press releases, industry guides, marketing materials, sales literature and tools, competitive market analysis, professional presentations, customer guides, product packaging, detailed technical requests for proposal, trademark application, etc. Jeff gains many of his insights from great ideas, questions, and suggestions of his diverse national customer base. He is committed to the continued evolution of comprehensive transferable skills technology and a multi-year development efforts for a defensible, new, peer-reviewed methodology for estimating employment numbers at a more precise level than previously available. This popular new methodology is a key building block for a new range of rehabilitation and forensic products. In 2010, Jeff acquired a prior competitor - VERTEK OIS, Inc. to expand the range of markets, customers, and delivery methods. Jeff\'s software solutions are widely used in the vocational rehabilitation sector for transferable skills analysis and labor market information. The products also help to build and support vocational expert opinions in Social Security Disability hearings, workers compensation, personal injury, medical malpractice, and other forensic venues. Specialties: Multi-Platform Software and Database Design; Quality Assurance; Technical Writing; Sales; Training; Customer Support; Research; Innovative Solutions; Vocational Rehabilitation, Vocational Evaluation.

Experience

1. President

   Skilltran Llc

   Jan 1997 — Present · Spokane Valley, WA, US

   Spearheads a multi-year effort to re-engineer legacy services into a web-based format. Jeff has designed a revolutionary new approach to the interpretation of labor market information that is rapidly achieving industry acceptance. Jeff is highly attuned to the needs of vocational rehabilitation and disability management professionals and is inspired by their great questions and suggestions. In September 2010, Jeff acquired all the products and personnel of VERTEK OIS, Inc. This expands the range of products and delivery methods available. It also increases the range of markets and customers served.

Education

• University of Notre Dame

  BA

  1969 — 1973

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  MS

  1973 — 1975

• University of Notre Dame

  BA

  1969 — 1973

Skills

• Conflict Resolution
• Leadership Development
• Job Coaching
• Content Management
• Product Management
• Software Quality Assurance
• Prototyping
• Technology Needs Analysis
• Program Management
• Rfp
• Career Counseling
• Web Development
• Resume Writing
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Public Speaking
• Team Building
• Database Design
• Online Help Development
• Research
• Transferable Skills
• Product Launch
• Job Search Strategies
• Strategic Partnerships
• Change Management
• Human Resources
• Software Training
• User Interface Design
• Consulting
• Disability Management
• Business Change Management
• Workers Compensation
• Hands-on Training
• Interview Preparation
• Customer Satisfaction
• Training
• Strategic Leadership
• Vocational Evaluation
• Labor Market
• Software Design
• Case Managment