Jon Taylor heads up ADS and has a track record of research into psychological testing effectiveness post graduate lecturing in assessment techniques, running the NIPR and HSRC research office in KZN, training users of psychological tests and running ADS as an assessment consultancy business since 1999. He has a particular interest in cross cultural fairness in psychometric testing, since these instruments can be abused to obstruct the appointment of people who have the potential to succeed but may simply lack certain skills or knowledge.

Whilst at the HSRC Jon undertook an overseas study to investigate strategies for the fairer use of psychological tests. Recommendations were made to the HSRC on the findings. He has published in the area of assessment fairness and job evaluation. Jon is a registered Industrial and Counselling Psychologist.

He was later joined in the practice by Elize Taylor, also an Industrial Psychologist with 20 years practical experience in Human Resource Management in industry.  Elize is an accredited Career Path Appreciation (CPA) Practitioner with specific interest in personal development, coaching and psychometric assessment.

Susan Ellison joined ADS in 2007 as an Industrial Psychology intern, and has become a valuable member of the ADS team since qualifying as an Industrial Psychologist. She has experience in assessments, talent management, organization development and EAP counselling.

Ciara Bux has her Honours in Industrial Psychology. She is responsible for administering psychometric tests to candidates and processing their results.

In addition ADS has associates in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Nelspruit to provide a national service for clients.

ADS has worked extensively with clients in KwaZulu-Natal and Johannesburg, as well as Mozambique, Swaziland and Nigeria.

Linda Robinson is the ADS Office Manager who deals with administrative, financial and customer liaison needs. She also deals with assessment bookings and test material queries and a bureau testing service.

In terms of relevant BBBEE legislation ADS as an Exempted Micro Enterprise, with an annual turnover of less than R5M.