Profile

Mr Jeffrey Truthan

President,
SkillTRAN LLC

Contact Details

SkillTRAN LLC
Spokane Valley, WA 99206

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Bio

In his lengthy career serving the rehabilitation and disability management industry, Jeff has led the design & development of projects for Internet-based and Windows-based products. Jeff has successfully launched six commercial software applications, including product specifications and development of 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 national customer base. His current focus is the continued evolution of comprehensive transferable skills technology. This includes the launch of a 4 year development effort of 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. Jeff recently acquired the products and personnel of 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 workers compensation, personal injury, medical malpractice, and other forensic venues.

Certifications

  • Certified Vocational Evaluator

Education

Illinois Institute of Technology
MS
1973 To 1975

University of Notre Dame
BA
1969 To 1973

Masters
Rehabilitation Counseling

Job History

SkillTRAN LLC
President
January 1997 - present

JobQuest; CAPCO; Ability Information Systems (AIS)
Various
January 1985 - January 1997

Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission
Vocational Evaluator
January 1978 - January 1985

Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
January 1976 - January 1978

Honors and Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
American Board of Vocational Experts (ABVE)
2014

Merit Award Winner
Johns Hopkins University "First National Search for Personal Computing to Aid the Handicapped"
1981

Outstanding Rehabilitationist of the Year
Ohio Rehabilitation Assocation (ORA)
1985