Gary Walstrom, CEO and founder of Culture Index, Inc., employs a staff of approximately twenty people with offices nationwide. Mr. Walstrom has over thirty years of experience in hiring, selection, and management consulting in assessment techniques. The Culture Index program was developed by Mr. Walstrom, who holds the copyright, with the assistance of Dr. Louis Janda PhD and clinical psychologist. Dr. Janda has worked with companies requiring assistance with candidate selection, making psychological assessments of potential employees and employees under consideration for promotion. He has authored eight college textbooks, nine books for the general public and more than thirty articles for professional journals. Dr. Janda's "Psychological Testing: Theory and Applications" has been used by numerous universities and includes chapters on recruitment and candidate selection or filtering. Culture Index is eager to demonstrate to administrations how its candidate selection system enables a more efficient workforce.

When properly understood and applied, the Culture Index program influences critically important decisions which impact the growth and productivity of the entire organization as well as the career development of employees. The Culture Index program's officers and licensees share a strong sense of responsibility for its constructive use for candidate selection purposes and a Culture Index consultant will make periodic contact to offer his/her extensive experience and knowledge of the services they can provide. Culture Index is a macro-organizational consultant facility and listing all services is difficult but as well as candidate selection the potential uses of the Culture Index program include the hiring process, position benchmarking, conflict resolution and overall organizational analysis of corporate culture.

The Culture Index program's candidate selection offers assistance in establishing performance measurements for the improvement of performance and productivity standards of existing employees. With Culture Index's Internet-based software clients will be able to use the acquired skills and knowledge learned through the coaching and training programs. The software is continually growing and improving and Culture Index provides full technical support to clients. The candidate selection and other solutions are extremely powerful tools for greater efficiency and productivity and even the expansion of clients' companies.

The Culture Index system can be applied to evaluate not only current employees for promotional purposes but also to effect a more efficient candidate selection for new positions that have arisen. The program allows the interviewer to more accurately understand a potential employee's skills, knowledge and experience and match those to a particular position. The use of Culture Index's candidate selection tools assists in the ensuring of a new employee being a good "fit" and a driving force for beneficial change in the organization. The Culture Index program's candidate selection tool not only assists in the identifying of a talent but provides the means to manage the talent. Candidate selection has enabled the assessment of in-house sales personnel and travelling representatives and has been effective in identifying the right people for new positions. The candidate selection program enables the expedition of the interviewing process by pre-screening of candidates and helps to reduce the waste of valuable time of everybody concerned.