Steven Barkley

Steve Barkley is an innovative leader with extensive experience in non-profit organization management and high-stakes testing/professional certification.

He has a proven track record of building top-performing teams, councils, and task forces, along with presenting to senior-level professionals and BODs.

Steve excels in contract negotiation, management, budgets, staff, vendor and volunteer management, and new product development.

His expertise spans all aspects of high-stakes testing, including ADA testing accommodations, test security, test development, administration and scoring, computer-based testing, and psychometrics.

He is well-versed in industry best practices and NCCA and ANSI accreditation requirements, and adept at integrating technology and managing complex program operations.

Steve holds a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Community-Clinical Psychology and a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

His professional experience includes serving as the CEO at Paradigm Testing, Director of Examinations at Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Director of MCAT Technology and Program Development at the Association of American Medical Colleges, and Director of Academic Information Systems at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

He has also worked as a Faculty Research Associate at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center.