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Mr. Mercer personally worked with Dr. Rensis Likert, considered by rnany to be the "father of participative management," on the design of data collection instrumentation (using Likert's survey research instruments) to compare 27 test and 27 control medium-sized local governments across the country on the issues of receptivity to new technology and innovation. This experiment formed the basis for the current national local government database in this area. Prior to forming The Mercer Group, Mr. Mercer was President of Mercer, Slavin, & Nevins, Inc. and a Regional Vice President of Wolfe & Associates, Inc., with which he previously merged his own local government consulting firm, Jarnes Mercer & Associates, Inc. He has also been Director of Government Consulting Services in the southeastern and southwestern regions of the United States for Coopers & Lybrand. He has been a National Program Director with Public Technology, Inc., and served as Assistant City Manager of Raleigh, North Carolina. This was preceded by ten years of private sector and university faculty and staff experience. Mr. Mercer is a frequent featured speaker, organizer and panelist at local government conferences, professional, and civic clubs, etc., on issues of productivity improvement, management, office automation, entrepreneurship, etc. Mr. Mercer has received many honors, including the prestigious George C. Franklin Memorial Award from the North Carolina League of Municipalities for Excellence in Public Adrninistration and election to Beta Gamma Sigma, the national honor society in business and administration. He has also served on several private and public Boards, including the University of Nevada Foundation, the School of Business Advisory Board at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, and the Public Administration Program at the University of South Carolina. Mr. Mercer has been quoted in The New York Times, Forbes, Public Management, American City and County, and many other national and local publications. His professional affiliations include: · International City/County Management Association; · American Society for Public Administration; · Institute ofIndustrial Engineers (past Chapter President); · The Technology Transfer Society (Board of Directors - 5 terms); and · International Association of Quality Circles. Compensation & Classification Study aud I'crformancc ",valuation System Thc Mcrcer (.roup, Inc. August 24,2006 PBge 5 City o'-Sunny blcs lleach, 1~lorida SIB