Dennison S. Bhola, Ph.D., the founder and CEO of Assessment, Learning and Technology Solutions, LLC, provides leadership, vision, and direction as well as expertise in the specialty of educational assessment. He graduated in 1994 from the Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Education Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a 4.0/4.0 GPA and a special affinity for computer-based assessment.

He has excelled in management and senior executive roles at The Gallup Organization, The Buros Institute for Assessment, Consultation and Outreach, and most recently, James Madison University’s Center for Assessment and Research Studies. Dr. Bhola has over a decade of experience consulting with leading global organizations such as Marriott Hotels and Resorts, Stryker, Edward Jones Investment Agencies, Bank of Montreal, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Caterpillar, and Southwest Airlines.

At the Gallup Organization, Dr. Bhola served as the science leader for the selection research practice. In this capacity he consulted with corporate clients from around the globe and led teams of researchers to provide assessments and information for making personnel selection decisions.

Dr. Bhola has earned credibility as an industry expert for developing structured interviews that do an outstanding job of measuring people’s strengths and assessing their degree of fit with job success profiles.

While serving as assistant director of The University of Nebraska's Oscar and Luella Buros Institute for Assessment, Consultation and Outreach, Dr. Bhola consulted with the Nebraska Department of Education among other clients. During this time he became quite familiar with the requirements of state's district assessment portfolio process.

From 2004 to 2005, Dr. Bhola served as Assistant Professor of Graduate Psychology in the Center for Assessment and Research Studies at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He taught doctoral students in the specialization of assessment and measurement and was the faculty supervisor of the Program Assessment Support Services unit located within the Center for Assessment and Research Studies. His research interests include classroom assessment, instrument development, test validation, and issues in computer-based testing.

While at JMU he conducted research and published in the area of computer-based assessment. He also delivered workshops on assessment as part of the university’s professional development program for faculty.

Throughout his career, Dr. Bhola has consistently invested a considerable amount of time teaching and enabling his associates to apply measurement, research methods, and statistics to create innovative solutions for clients. With enthusiasm, he brings this experience and expertise to the ALTS leadership team.

Galen is a Nebraska education veteran of 34 years serving students, parents and patrons of 3 different communities as a teacher, coach, and administrator. Upon graduation from high school, he attended Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota as a student-athlete for 2 years. In 1972 he enrolled at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, where in 1974 he earned a Bachelor of Science in Education degree with an endorsement in Mathematics.

Galen began his teaching career at Sterling, Nebraska, where he taught Jr./Sr. High Mathematics, coached all sports and directed activities in fine arts for 4 years. In 1979, he received a Masters in Education Administration from UNL and became the Jr./Sr. High Principal at Sterling. This change in responsibility began a 25 year journey as a High School Principal that extended his Sterling service to Tecumseh, Nebraska at Tecumseh Jr./Sr. High School, and Firth, Nebraska at Norris High School. He received a Specialist Degree in Education Administration from UNL in1982, and spent the last five years of his career as the Assistant Superintendent of Norris before he retired in 2008.

Galen was active with the Nebraska Council of School Administrators where he served on the Executive Board from 1992 – 94 when the organization moved from rented space and purchased the facilities that currently house the organization.

Over the course of his membership beginning in 1979 he served as:

In addition, he was selected as the NSASSP Principal of the Year in 1994 and received their Distinguished Service Award in 1995. Galen has been an advocate for fine arts over the course of his career, and was named the Nebraska Outstanding Administrator by the Nebraska Music Educators Association in 1996. He has worked with the Nebraska Coaches Association over the past 8 years at their annual Sportsmanship Conference, and continues to serve as a presenter.

Shortly after Mr. Boldt became the Asst. Superintendent at Norris Public School in 2003, their school was almost completely destroyed by an F-4 tornado. As a member of the leadership team he led the efforts in cleaning up the rubble and emotional wounds suffered by students, teachers, and the entire community. In addition he directed the replacing, repairing and renewing of the contents of all buildings so that school could open with only a short delay for the fall term.

His leadership helped to allow staff the collaboration and resources necessary to build curriculum maps and digital accounting for the organization of the K-12 curriculum at Norris. Galen supported the Norris efforts to bring meaning and value to the Student-based, Teacher-led Accountability and Reporting System (STARS) and served as a Nebraska Department of Education Assessment Reviewer to visit schools regarding assessment quality.

Mr. Boldt’s mission is to help schools become learner focused by providing resources to allow teachers to bring the science of learning through better assessment to individual classrooms. “The teachers of today do not need to work harder. This business is hard enough the way it is. But we do need to help teachers learn how to work smarter so that more students realize success”.

Lynn R. Moeller has been actively involved in education for thirty-one years. After graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education and completing the requirements for pre-physical therapy, he was a teacher/coach for 14 years. In 1987 he earned a Masters in educational administration with a K-12 endorsement from Kearney State College. He then served as a secondary school principal (grades 7-12) for 17 years.

Lynn spent the first five years of his career at a consolidated school, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (SEM), teaching elementary physical education and biology and coaching the varsity boys' basketball and track and all junior high sports. His next nine years were in the Valentine Public schools, where he taught physical education and health and coached boys' varsity basketball and assisted in girls' and boys' track. He then served as the secondary school principal for seventeen years in Pierce, Nebraska, until his retirement in 2005.

For his many and varied contributions to education in Nebraska, Lynn R. Moeller has received many awards including the following honors:

Lynn has given presentations on block scheduling at the NSASSP convention, Administrator Days, and numerous schools preparing for block scheduling. In 2002 and 2003, he was selected to attend the Principals' Leadership Institute in Washington D.C., where principals from across the nation lobbied for educational issues with their congressmen and senators.

As an advocate for quality education, Lynn helped lead his school district through the curriculum, standards, and assessment processes before his retirement in 2005.

Mary M. Hayes, the Data Services Director of Assessment, Learning and Technology Solutions, LLC, advises clients and provides expertise in data collection, data entry, data analysis and data management. Mary M. Hayes has worked for many years in the field of data management in both the education and business arenas.

She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola University, Chicago in 1994, and graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2007 with a Master’s degree in Quantitative, Qualitative and Psychometric Methods from the Department of Educational Psychology. She is currently completing her Ph. D. in the same area of specialization at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In her doctoral program she has demonstrated her expertise in computer-assisted data collection and management programs.

She worked at Creighton University as the Assessment Data Management Coordinator for the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. During her tenure at Creighton, she served as the Data Coordinator for a FIPSE (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) grant.

At UNL, Mary provides instruction to undergraduate and graduate students in statistics. She also served as a consultant for the NEAR (Nebraska Evaluation and Research) center for a variety of clients. She is proficient using Excel, SPSS, SAS and LISREL.