The five founders of Censeo constitute the executive leadership team. While each person brings their own unique talents, ideas, and experience to managing the company, the team is unified in our passion for technology-based assessment and exceeding our client’s expectations.

	Ronald Gross, Ph.D. President and CEO
	Carla Higgins, M.S. Vice President, Products and Client Services
	Michael Kazazis, M.B.A. Vice President, Operations and Finance
	Jim Higgins, M.S. Vice President, Sales and Marketing
	Dikesh Chokshi, M.S., M.B.A Vice President, Technology

Ronald H. Gross, Ph.D.: President and CEO
Dr. Gross has more than 30 years experience in developing and implementing innovative HR systems to meet business needs. Prior to founding Censeo, he was the Vice President of Consulting at AlignMark for five years, a principal in William M. Mercer’s HR practice for twelve years, and an internal consultant with General Electric for eight years. He earned a Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of Tennessee, an M.B.A. from the University of Utah, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan.

Dr. Gross provides key leadership to Censeo in three respects. First, he is a seasoned business leader. Over the years, he has built successful consulting organizations by defining market opportunities, hiring exceptional talent, and managing resources to accomplish objectives. Second, he has a proven track record in developing HR products and services that are well received in the marketplace. Third, with his extensive experience in the field, he provides both consulting and assessment technology expertise to the professional team.
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Carla J. W. Higgins, M.S.: Vice President Products
Ms. Higgins offers Censeo an experienced track record of bringing successful products to market – including managing all phases of the development cycle. Prior to founding Censeo, she was a Senior Consultant and Products Manager at AlignMark for five years, and an Assistant Human Resources Manager for Smithfield Foods, Inc for three years. She earned a master's in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Radford University, and a B.S. in Psychology, with a minor in Business Administration, also from Radford University.
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Michael J. Kazazis, M.B.A.: Vice President Operations and Finance
During the past 20 years, Mr. Kazazis has held technology management positions in many different industries ranging from Wall Street, to defense, to electronic publishing. Prior to founding Censeo, Mr. Kazazis enjoyed a seven year tenure with the Thomson Corporation where he worked with several Thomson organizations. His most recent assignment at Thomson was VP of Technology for AlignMark/Thomson Learning, a human resources consulting firm. While at AlignMark, he instituted many changes in the business to allow for more formalized development, testing, release and support of the core products via the Internet. Mr. Kazazis earned an M.B.A. from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College and a B.S. in Computer Science from Hofstra University.
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James M. Higgins, M.S.: Vice President Sales and Marketing
Mr. Higgins brings eleven years of progressive major account sales and Human Resource consulting experience to Censeo. Prior to founding Censeo, he played a key role with AlignMark Corporation for three years, successfully managing the sales efforts for the company’s largest sales territory while also maintaining significant consulting responsibilities. Prior to that, he worked as a Sales Professional and Sales Trainer with New York Life Insurance for three years. He earned an M.A. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Radford University and a B.A. in Psychology and Business Administration from Marshall University.
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Dikesh K. Chokshi, M.S., M.B.A.: Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Chokshi’s pioneering work on one of the industry’s first Internet-based assessment delivery applications has served as the foundation of Censeo’s leading-edge assessment platforms. Prior to founding Censeo, Dikesh served as a Technology Consultant for Thomson Corporation and Lucent Technologies. Among the well-known software applications that Dikesh has worked on includes Seagate Software’s BackupExec 7.0, for which he was responsible for the architecture of the Notification Service and Conner Peripheral’s StoreView, a SNMP based RAID management software. Dikesh holds an M.S. in Computer Science from the Colorado State University at Fort Collins, an M.B.A. in Finance from B.K. School of Business Management in India, and a B.S. in Physics/Math from M.G. Science Institute in India.
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