Our senior officers have diverse skill sets and educational backgrounds that enable them to make Profiles International a world-class employee assessment provider.
Executive Vice President – Strategic Business Partner Sales
John Appel leads a team of sales vice presidents who work in the United States with their business partners, providing training, motivation, and effective sales strategies. He is responsible for developing effective businesses that serve their markets by providing Profiles' products and services. He designs and directs sales training seminars for Business Partners and their associates where they receive the training they need to function successfully.
Mr. Appel has been with the company since 2002, and was a Profiles client several years before then. He brings many years of management and leadership experience to his position, having served as the president of four nationwide service firms: Honkamp Krueger Financial Services, General Business Services, Leadership Management, Inc. and E.K. Williams & Company. He has a business degree from the University of Iowa.
Sr. Vice President – Corporate Development Division
Mike Priest leads a department that has the responsibility for recruiting and selecting Profiles’ strategic business partners throughout north America. He has been a driving force in Profiles’ steady business growth for more than a decade. He has been responsible for recruiting and training the Strategic Partners who market Profiles’ products throughout the U.S. He is also the author of training materials and coordinator of the company’s training system. Mr. Priest has also been instrumental in designing the training curriculum for Profiles’ home office retail sales department. He has been with the company since 1998.
Mr. Priest earned a BS in business management from Texas A&M University. He is a Sales and Marketing Executives International Certified Marketing Executive and is also a certified Miller Heiman Strategic Sales trainer.
Sr. Vice President – Strategic Business Partner Development
Bob Bell has been an executive of the company since 1997. Prior to that he was a senior executive with the United States Chamber of Commerce and the president and executive vice president of two merchant banking firms. His experience includes the development of marketing objectives, procedures, and sales presentations for four different companies.
He has a bachelors degree in psychology. Mr. Bell is active in the United Way of Waco, the Care Net Crisis Pregnancy Center, the Christian Motorcycle Association and other community organizations, which includes serving as a member of the board of his church. He and his wife, Joan, have 16 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Sr. Vice President – Enterprise Solutions Services
Dwight Crain joined the Profiles team in January 2001. In his current role as Senior Vice President, he helps lead the Enterprise Solutions Service Department, directing training and mentoring other Strategic Account Managers.
An ideal day for Dwight is when he is able to use his deep understanding of the many ways Profiles products can be used strategically to solve a "people challenge" that an organization may have. His desire and commitment is to help his clients utilize Profiles' tools to their fullest and to achieve a return on their investment. Because of this, he was recognized by one of his larger clients by being presented with their Service Excellence Award.
Dwight successfully manages some of Profiles' largest accounts including Compass Group, Eastman Chemical, and Genesis Healthcare, helping them solve their human capital challenges and maximize the contribution of their employees.
Dwight has a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the Robert O. Anderson School of Business at the University of New Mexico and worked in the business world in Marketing and Human Resources for several years before coming to Profiles.
Senior Vice President, Training and Consulting Services
As Senior Vice President of Training and Consulting Services, John Bradford specializes in the design, development, and implementation of custom assessment/performance solutions. He is one of the key advisors in the development of The CheckPoint 360° Leadership System and the content developer for the CheckPoint Skill Builder Series.
Prior to joining Profiles International, Mr. Bradford served on the faculty at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has held senior positions with complete responsibility for organization and employee development for Fortune 100 and 500 companies and served as president and CEO for a U.S.-based consulting firm.
Mr. Bradford received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and is a PhD candidate. He has written 44 company-sponsored publications, designed over 317 training modules, developed strategic learning maps for five corporate clients, written 16 company-sponsored case studies, created over 100 company-sponsored performance development tools, and written numerous articles for publication.
Sr. Vice President – Canada Division
John Bailor leads Profiles’ Canadian sales organization. He has been an executive with the company since 1998. Mr. Bailor is a graduate of Northern Illinois University with a BS in business with an emphasis on accounting. After graduating, he was employed by Price Waterhouse in Chicago before becoming president of Texsteam, a subsidiary of Brunswick Corporation. In 1987 he became president of that division. After catching the entrepreneurial bug, Mr. Bailor started a management consulting business that he operated several years before joining Profiles.
Executive Vice President – International
Chuck Wilson is responsible for sales and operations for countries outside of North America. Mr. Wilson joined the Profiles corporate staff in 1999, after being a successful Strategic Business Partner and Area Director for over five years. Wilson has a broad business background with over twenty-five years in corporate financial and executive management in both public and private companies.
A native of Iowa, Mr. Wilson obtained a BA and MBA from Harvard University, and served in Military Intelligence in the United States Army in Europe.
For 13 years, Mr. Wilson was a financial executive at Ryder System, Inc., a five billion dollar diversified transportation services company, serving as Ryder's vice president and treasurer for seven of those years. Prior to joining Profiles, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Wahlco Environmental Systems, Inc., a global environmental services company in Southern California.
Mr. Wilson has served on several community organization boards, most notably as the vice chairman of the board of the United Way of Dade County (FL) for four years. He also taught business, organizational development, and human resources management courses at Learning Tree University in Southern California. Until his move to Texas, Chuck was an active member of the Human Resources Committee of the Greater Miami (FL) Chamber of Commerce and the Orange County (CA) Business Council.
Sr. Vice President – International
Todd Haney coordinates the sales and business operations of Profiles’ National Directors who direct the business in more than 66 countries. Mr. Haney joined the Profiles corporate staff after 14 years in professional baseball, during which he was on the roster of the Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, and New York Mets. Mr. Haney has also played a key role in the company’s aggressive international expansion program.
Mr. Haney obtained an associate's degree in business from Panola Junior College and a bachelor of liberal arts from the University of Texas. He is also a certified Client Associate of Miller Heiman Strategic/Conceptual Training Programs.
Vice President – Software Development
Bill Bramlett joined the Profiles team in 2007 and manages the Software Development department. His team is responsible for implementing delivery platforms and assessment instruments for the global market. Mr. Bramlett manages a highly effective technical team, which provides software development, quality control, report development, and translation support.
Mr. Bramlett has decades of technology development experience, having managed both software and hardware development organizations in companies ranging in size from startups to Fortune 50. He holds over 20 patents and has a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University.
Sr. Vice President – IT & Product Services
Sia Ahmadzadeh joined Profiles’ IT staff in 2000. During his tenure, he has integrated Profiles' technology provisioning, systems management, support, and training operations into a cohesively managed set of enterprise technology services. He has also developed Profiles' corporate office computing environment into the secure, highly available global services network that it is today. Mr. Ahmadzadeh drove early adoption of virtualization technology, which has yielded exceptional levels of business technology agility.
Mr. Ahmadzadeh studied computer information systems from the University of Texas at Austin, is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, is ITIL certified, and has more than 20 years of software development and systems management experience.
Director of Product Services
Adrienne Morris leads and develops the Product Services department responsible for providing technical support, account maintenance, and the processing of many support requests. A broad range of Profiles clients, strategic business partners, and Profiles employees depend on her and her department to fulfill these requests.
Ms. Morris joined Profiles in 2005 in the role of Technical Support where she gained valuable knowledge regarding Profiles’ products and delivery systems. This knowledge prepared her to take on Product Services after only two years. She transformed this department with her strong technical support skills in multiple areas, impressive customer service, and abilities in team building. She is known as a motivating manager who effectively grows and develops staff. In addition to leading this department she also plays a large part in creating training programs for both internal and external customers, tests crucial elements of software, and continues to help improve business processes every step of the way.
Ms. Morris holds an associate's degree in computer networking and systems administration from Texas State Technical College at Waco.
Vice President – Finance
Sally Wolfe is the manager of Profiles accounting department and oversees the human resources department. She and her staff are responsible for all areas of the company’s’ financial management and treasury functions. Mrs. Wolfe is also the company’s retirement program administrator. She has been with Profiles since 1998.
Mrs. Wolfe has collaborated with the IT department to coordinate and implement financial software systems including Microsoft CRM. She has also assisted in developing policies and procedures regarding this software.
Mrs. Wolfe holds a BBA from Baylor University and is a Certified Public Accountant. She serves as chairman of Continuing Professional Education for Central Texas and has previously served as treasurer of the Cameron Park Zoological Society, director of the Austin Avenue Montessori School, director of the Central Texas Rehabilitation Center and director of the Waco Historic Foundation’s Fort House.
Human Resources Director
Mary Pribyl brings to Profiles International more than 25 years of experience in human resources, administrative management, and business development. She holds a bachelor of science degree as well as a PHR certification and has been an active member of both the national association and local chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) since 2004. Ms. Pribyl also served on the Workforce and Education Committee of the Waco Chamber of Commerce for several years and participated as a Waco ISD Partners-in-Education business coordinator.