Lance M. Kruse, Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RELIAS

Market Research Manager (2019 - Present)

  • Lead market research efforts to guide product management, sales, and client care teams.
  • Lead and manage Relias’ survey strategy for recurring and standalone survey projects.
  • Analyze and present Voice of Customer research efforts to Relias senior leadership.
  • Analyze and present key insights to management across Relias departments.
  • Support peer-reviewed research publications for company research.
  • Serve as Interim Team Lead while manager on Family Medical Leave from December 2022 – March 2023.

INVONTICS, LLC

Chief Executive Officer (2021 - Present)

  • Provide program evaluation, instrument design, and statistical and psychometric analysis for education, healthcare, and nonprofit clients.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

Research Scholar, STEM Education (2019 - 2021)

  • Assistant Director, AEOP Evaluation 
    • Provide research and evaluation support for Army Educational Outreach Program; 
    • Lead the management and administration of program databases for AEOP; 
    • Conduct survey development and administration, interviews, site visits, and observations for AEOP evaluations; o Compose annual evaluation reports. 
  • Research Analyst, Purdue Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Program 
    • Compose reporting documentation for program partners; 
    • Aggregate program data from partners into comprehensive reporting database. 
  • Research Analyst, Friday Institute Professional Learning Online Modules 
    • Conduct quantitative statistical analysis for survey, assessment, and course activity data for course evaluation; 
    • Implement A/B testing protocol to evaluate program design and effectiveness; o Conduct interviews for participating students related to program effectiveness. 
  • Research Analyst, NCSU Artificial Intelligence Academy 
    • Lead the management and administration of applicant and participant data; o Compose reporting documentation for program partners; 
    • Aggregate program data into comprehensive reporting database. 
  • Research Analyst, Indiana GEAR UP Program 
    • Aggregate student performance data into comprehensive SPSS database; 
    • Evaluate program performance across student performance indicators;
    • Compose technical evaluation report for district, school, and program performance.

METRIKS AMERIQUE

AEOP Alumni Management Team Member (2017 - 2019)

  • Manage the Army Education Outreach Program (AEOP) Alumni database, which houses participant information from the 11 national AEOPs; 
  • Annually collect, clean, and upload new participant information into the existing database; 
  • Perform complex database searches to support programmatic efforts; 
  • Assist in writing evaluation reports for the AEOP Alumni Management Team. 


Psychometric Consultant (2017 - 2019)

  • Lead meeting with medical board members responsible for test development; 
  • Conduct and review psychometric analysis of previous test results to guide test revision and new item development; 
  • Apply psychometric principles to high-stakes test development.

CLARITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

Psychometric Consultant Internship (2016 - 2017)    

  • Intern to Clarity Assessment Systems, a national provider of high-stakes test development services, primarily to medical organizations; 
  • Assisted in conducting meeting with medical board members for test development; 
  • Conducted and reviewed psychometric analysis of previous test results to guide test revision and new item development; 
  • Application of psychometric principles to medical high-stakes test development.