Faculty
Suzanne Simpson, Ph.D., C. Psych. - President, HRSG
Dr. Simpson is a registered Industrial/Organizational Psychologist (Province of Ontario) and the President of Human Resource Systems Group (HRSG), a firm she founded in 1989 to offer strategic human resource management research, consulting and training services to both public and private sector organizations.
Her focus throughout her thirty year career has been on developing and implementing HR management systems that support reliable, valid and fair employment decisions and that encourage respectful, welcoming and productive work environments. She has managed and supported many organizations in defining competency frameworks and requirements for all roles and levels within the organization, and in developing and implementing competency-based human resource management programs, processes and assessment systems.
Suzanne is highly sought after as a speaker for conferences and has delivered courses at Carleton University as part of Canada's accreditation program for HR Professionals. She has delivered HRSG's Competency Programs on numerous occasions internationally in: the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Taiwan, Egypt as well as Canada.
Lorraine McKay, M.A., CHRP, C. Psych. - Vice President, HRSG
Lorraine has over 20 years experience as a human resources practitioner in a wide variety of practice areas, and is particularly well known for her expertise and extensive experience in developing competency-based human resource management programs and tools, such as self-assessment and multi-rater feedback systems, competency-based interviewing, competency-based human resource planning and development, and job evaluation systems.
Much of Lorraine's work involves the design, facilitation and delivery of training courses and programs to managers and HR professionals. She delivers extensive briefing to conferences and in the context of workshops and facilitated discussion sessions. Lorraine regularly teaches two courses as part of the CHRP designation offered through Algonquin College and Carleton University, these being Personnel Selection and Human Resource Planning. She has delivered HRSG's Competency Programs on numerous occasions internationally in: Egypt, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania as well as Canada.
