Movers and Shakers highlights the career advancements and accomplishments of high-level trailblazers working professionally in diverse areas of standardization, contributing every day to the strength and success of the U.S. standards and conformance community.
Roy Swift, Ph.D., executive director of ANSI-affiliate Workcred, recently received the Association of Test Publishers (ATP) Career Achievement Award.
The ATP award recognizes individuals who have made sustained and positive contributions to the development, application, and innovations in testing and measurement through research, publications, presentations, professional activities, technology, conceptualizations, or theoretical contributions over a career.
An enthusiastic leader and advocate for assessment, credentials, competencies, and professional standards, Dr. Swift helped launch Workcred in 2014, and guides the organization's mission to create a labor market where workforce credentials are valued for their relevance, quality, and impact. He oversees publications and research that focus on: examining the return on investment of workforce credentials; highlighting the value of quality certificates and certifications in the labor market; and demonstrating the importance of standards for workforce credentials.
He also leads Workcred’s Credentialing Body Advisory Council, which advances the industry of certification and certificates, and Workcred’s Government Credentialing Network, which provides a forum for representatives of federal agencies to share valuable information and insights about credentials and related developments in policy, research, and statistics.
He previously served as the chief workforce development officer at ANSI, and as ANSI’s senior director of personnel credentialing accreditation programs. He has also served as a consultant to educational, certification, licensure, and health care organizations. From 1993 to 1998, he was the executive director of the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT). This appointment followed a 28-year career in the United States Army Medical Department, and he retired as Colonel. He was Chief of the Army Medical Specialist Corps in the Army Surgeon General's Office, with policy responsibility for Army occupational therapists, physical therapists, dietitians, and physician assistants throughout the world. He also held an adjunct assistant professor position in occupational therapy.
Dr. Swift routinely participates on various advisory boards and speaks at national conferences that focus on quality of workforce credentials, competencies, and psychometrically-sound assessments to determine if individuals have met competencies.
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) has announced that Sriram Gopal is promoted to senior director of regulatory policy and circular economy, a newly created position that reflects an increased emphasis on circularity policy, extended producer responsibility, and repair.
Gopal most recently served as AHAM’s director of technology and environmental policy, where he was the association’s lead for its connectivity initiative. Previously, he was a policy analyst at AHAM, focusing on environmental and energy issues. Past projects include analysis of EU environmental legislation and regulations, and tracking extended producer responsibility developments in the U.S. and Canada.
Gopal brings with him a wealth of expertise and thought leadership related to the scope of his new position. He holds a master’s degree in marine, estuarine, and environmental science and a J.D. from the University of Maryland, and is admitted to the Maryland Bar.
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