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Employment

Expert Witness Profile

Jeffrey R. Ketchum has 30 years of in-depth, real world experience in executive recruiting & compensation. Mr. Ketchum has recruited and designed compensation packages for C-level, VP and Director and Management levels in more than 40 different industries throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and South America. His testimony has been admitted in both Federal and State Courts on matters related to executive earning capacity, employability, job search analysis, reasonable compensation, recruiting and executive assessment & appraisal.

Mr. Ketchum opines in cases involving compensation equality, defamation, executive divorce, employment contract disputes, personal injury, shareholder disputes, whistleblower and wrongful terminations. He is a graduate of Cornell University's Advanced Program for Executive Search & Leadership Consulting and Wharton’s Executive Compensation Program. He is an AESC Certified Researcher/Associate (CRA) with global experience and has been involved in more than 200 hundred recruiting and compensation engagements.

Industry experience includes: Aerospace, Agriculture, Automation, Automotive, Truck & Bus, Banking, Biotechnology, Christian Ministries, Clean Energy, Construction, Consumer Products, Defense, Digital Media & Publishing, Electronics, Faith Based Businesses, Food Processing, Forest Products, Healthcare, HVAC, Industrial Machinery, Insurance, Manufacturing, Maritime/Marine/Shipping, Medical Device, Metal Fabrication, Off-road/Powersports, Oil & Gas, Packaging, Plastics & Rubber, Power Generation, Printing & Publishing, Private Equity, Professional Associations. Public Transit, Pulp & Paper, Real Estate, Retail, Scientific Research, Software, Technical Training, Technology, Telecommunications, Textiles, and Utilities.

Mr. Ketchum is available for select expert witness engagements, consulting (non-testifying), advisory, strategy & litigation support.

Education & Licenses

AESC Certified Researcher/Associate (CRA). Wharton certificate in Executive Compensation.
Cornell certificate in Executive Search & Leadership Consulting.