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Kristina Bishop
President
Beta Resources, Inc.
Kristina Bishop is President of Beta Resources, Inc. a woman-owned small business based in Virginia, USA. She is also a Director of the College of Exploration, a not-for-profit educational organization.

Beta Resources and its subsidiary webconferences.com have provided training and individual and program assessment and evaluation since 1983. In the last 7 years the company has focused on connecting people and organizations through web-based, multimedia technologies, offering web casting and web conferencing services to a variety of government and corporate clients. Webconferences.com has also supported collaborative learning communities and virtual campuses for educational institutions.

The College of Exploration offers educational and environmental programs for teachers and students, with particular emphasis on teacher professional development workshops, in partnership with government and non-profit organizations.

She has an M.A. in Educational Measurement and Statistics from the University of Maryland. She obtained an MBA, with a concentration area in Management and a Doctorate in Education in Higher Education Administration, both from Virginia Tech.

Degrees and certifications

  • Doctorate in Education - Higher Education Administration - Virginia Tech, United States
  • MBA - Management - Virginia Tech, United States
  • M.A. - Educational Measurement & Statistics - University of Maryland, United States

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Major organizations and consulting firms that provide Requisite Organization-based services

A global association of academics, managers, and consultants that focuses on spreading RO implementation practices and encouraging their use
Dr. Gerry Kraines, the firms principal, combines Harry Levinson's leadership frameworks with Elliott Jaques's Requisite Organization. He worked closely with Jaques over many years, has trained more managers in these methods than anyone else in the field, and has developed a comprehensive RO-based software for client firms.
Ron Capelle is unique in his multiple professional certifications, his implementation of RO concepts through well designed organization development methods, and his research documenting the effectiveness of his firm's interventions
Former RO-experienced CEO, Ron Harding, provides coaching to CEOs of start-ups and small and medium-size companies that are exploring their own use of RO concepts.  His role is limited, temporary and coordinated with the RO-based consultant working with the organization
Founded by Gillian Stamp, one of Jaques's colleagues at Brunel, the firm modified Jaques;s work-levels, developed the Career Path Appreciation method, and has grown to several hundred certified assessors in aligned consulting firms world-wide recently expanding to include organization design
Requisite Organization International Institute distributes Elliott Jaques's books, papers, and videos and provides RO-based training to client organizations