About Merit Career Development

Empowering You Through Education

Merit Career Development has helped thousands of people around the world increase their knowledge, improve their skills, and enrich their lives through tailored training.

Why We Do What We Do

With our depth and breadth of education and experience, we believe that we can change your world for the better through training. We are a team of professionals who have learned from decades of experience that knowledge is power. We believe it is the power to change the world. We are dedicated to a mission of sharing knowledge through high quality training offered where and when it can make the greatest impact. Our goal is to fill the broadly recognized skills gap in the workplace. This is why we do what we do.

Empowering You to Reach Your Dreams

We are proud of our track record of helping thousands of people across the globe reach their dreams by increasing their knowledge, improving their skills, and enriching their lives through meaningful and relevant trainings tailored to seizing today's opportunities. We design and deliver every course, workshop and module with engaging activities, memorable material, and immediately applicable information.

Our interactive learning experiences, using academically validated and modern adult instructional techniques, unleash the power of your talent. We take the time to understand each client's needs and customize our courses for your organizational objectives.

Further, most Merit courses are eligible for PDUs®; also helpful in reaching your goals and dreams. Our programs, workshops, lectures and coaching span the fields of project management, leadership, professional development, management, communications, and supply chain management.

Our Instructors

John Juzbasich
John Juzbasich

Partner and CEO

Gail Cooperman
Gail Cooperman

Instructor

Jean Farlino
Jean Farlino

Instructor

Robin Hegvik
Robin Hegvik

Subject Matter Expert and Instructor

Vicki Ferguson
Vicki Ferguson

Instructor

Janet Hutchison
Janet Hutchison

Instructor

Robert  Elling
Robert Elling

Instructor

Marci Hackel
Marci Hackel

Instructor

Pennie Simmons
Pennie Simmons

Instructor

Frank LaFrazia
Frank LaFrazia

Instructor

John M. Juzbasich
John M. Juzbasich

Instructor

James Ranieri
James Ranieri

Instructor

Edward Branley
Edward Branley

Senior Technical Trainer

Jaroslaw Sliwinski
Jaroslaw Sliwinski

Senior Technical Instructor

Gustavo Jimenez
Gustavo Jimenez

Technical Trainer

Maciej Koza
Maciej Koza

Technical Trainer

Ahmad Jobori
Ahmad Jobori

Business Development Manager and Instructor


The Management Team

John Juzbasich, D.Ed. ABD, MLD, PMP.
Partner and CEO

David Hisey, M.S.
Director of IT and Application Development

Angie Jourdan
Director of Global Technical Training Services

Ahmad Jobori, MBA, MLD
Business Development Manager and Instructor

Academic Advisors

Sandi L. Dinger, PhD. MBA
Subject Matter Expert

Denise Potosky, PhD
Subject Matter Expert

John A. Muckstadt, Ph.D
Subject Matter Expert

Peter Jackson, Ph.D
Subject Matter Expert

Dave Murray, Ph.D
Subject Matter Expert


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