Dr. David Watterson is an organizational psychologist with 30 years of consulting experience and creator of the Watterson Personality Inventory (WPI), the validated psychometric foundation behind VITALS.
The WPI is a factor-analytic assessment that measures personality, motivation, career interests, thinking styles, and openness to change in a single 40-minute instrument. Unlike assessments that simply describe traits, the WPI was designed to answer the practical question: so what? As President of Watterson & Associates, Dave has spent three decades applying this framework to executive coaching, talent development, and organizational decision-making.
His philosophy is rooted in positive psychology: treating people as whole and complete rather than diagnosing deficits. VITALS' scientific development is conducted in partnership with Bowling Green State University's Industrial/Organizational Psychology program, ranked second nationally, ensuring rigorous validation and ethical oversight.
Dave holds a PhD in Counseling and Personnel Psychology from the University of Illinois and an MA in Clinical and Industrial Psychology from Cleveland State University.
