Richard Harkness, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
ADEPT Driver

Richard Harkness is the Chief Executive Officer of ADEPT, creating business and marketing models that accelerate technology transfer from "think tanks" to product implementation. A specialist in psychological testing and statistical analysis, Dr. Harkness assembled the ADEPT Advisory Council comprised of world recognized experts and directed the product design of a driver training model. Dr. Harkness has studied teen crash reduction and has commissioned several independent research projects with the Traffic Injury Research Foundation and Carnegie Mellon University. He has also worked with leading behavioral scientists to; identify subject content that empirically relate to teen crashes, validate curriculum and learning effectiveness, measure behind the wheel behavioral change and conduct crash reduction studies. The result of these efforts was the teenSMART training system that utilizes state of the art computer based training, driving simulation and engages parents for in-car supervised driving practice.

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