Jeff Schippmann

Biography

Since September, 2013 Jeff has been Graham’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief People Officer. Jeff was Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Talent Officer for Balfour Beatty Construction in Dallas, Texas from 2008 to 2013 and was Vice President of Global Talent Management for the Hess Corporation, where he was responsible for succession planning, performance management, talent assessment, management development and training activities. Previously, he was the Director of Organization and Management Development for PepsiCo. In this role he was responsible for a broad range of talent management programs and initiatives, including significant work to refocus managers on people-development activities and on restructuring the Pepsi “employment deal”. Jeff has consulted to major corporations including Texas Instruments, Bank One, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, American Express, Boeing and Ford, focusing on selection and staffing solutions, executive assessment and development, assessment centres and competency modeling. He received his Ph.D. in industrial-organizational psychology at the University of Memphis in 1987 and is the author of two books and numerous book chapters and articles, including work appearing in the Journal of Applied Psychology and Personnel Psychology.

Research Interest

Business