Performance Criteria (PCI) has expertise in human factors engineering research and development. Since 1991, PCI has provided its clients with timely, independent, and objective research and testing for a wide range of products, services, and technological systems. Our rigorous testing approach enables us to provide a more objective assessment of a product or service's effectiveness and identify ways to significantly improve the user experience. PCI has performed human factors testing and consulting for such organizations as:

 

 •    AT&T

 •   Bayer

 •   Becton Dickinson

 •   Engility

 •   General Public Utilities

 •   Johnson & Johnson

 •   Kirusa, Inc.

 •   National Institute of Justice 

 •   Sanofi

 •   U.S. Dept. of Energy

 •   U.S. Dept. of Justice.

 

 

Anthony V. Salvemini, Ph.D., President & Founder

Dr. Salvemini has over 25 years of professional experience in Human Factors Engineering and Industrial/Organizational Psychology in the private and public sectors. His areas of expertise include experimental psychology, human-computer interaction, human error, organizational behavior, process re-engineering, risk assessment, strategic planning, telemedicine, technology evaluations, usability testing, and user interface design.  

In 1991, he received a Ph.D. in Applied Psychology in the Human Factors Engineering tract from Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. He also received the Frederick Gaudet Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation in the area of visual psychophysics.  At Stevens he also served as an Affiliate faculty member for over fifteen years and taught graduate courses in Applied Statistics, Human Factors Engineering, Leadership, Task Analysis, Project Management, and Organizational Behavior.

Dr. Salvemini has designed and executed extensive human factors research programs in the consumer products, criminal justice, financial services, health care, and telecommunications sectors.  

 

Dr. Salvemini has also served as a reviewer for the National Institute of Justice, National Institute of Health, and the National Science Foundation in areas of Advanced Technology & Engineering. Some of his publications and presentations include:

Salvemini, A.V., Piza, E., Carter, J. G., Grommon, E. & Merritt, N. (2015). Integrating Human Factors Engineering and Information Processing Approaches to Facilitate Evaluations in Criminal Justice Technology Research. Evaluation Review, 39(3), 308-338.

Jeremy Carter, J. G., Grommon, E., Piza, E. & Salvemini, A. (2015). Broadband Radio Programming and Implications for Public Safety, Panel: Innovations in Law Enforcement. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL.

Salvemini, A.V. (2014). Guiding Principles for Technology Evaluations. Workshop for Advanced RF Communications Technology for Public Safety/Homeland Security. IEEE Globecom Conference. Austin, TX.

Grommon, E., Carter, J. G., Scheer, C., Piza, E., & Salvemini, A.V. (2014). Assessing the Size of Contraband Cell Phone Use in Prison: Evidence and Implications from a Managed Access System. 

American Society of Criminology. Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA.

Salvemini, A.V. (1999) “Human Factors and Telemedicine: Challenges for User Interface Designers,”

Telemedicine Journal, 5:2: 163-168, 1999.

 

Salvemini, A.V. (1998). Improving the Human-Computer Interface: A Human Factors Engineering Approach.

M.D. Computing,  15:5: 311-315, 1998.