Mr. Jeffrey Ketchum, CRA
Gladstone, MI 49837
Office: 906-428-9330
Jeffrey R. Ketchum has 30 years of in-depth, real world experience in executive recruiting & compensation. Mr. Ketchum has recruited and designed compensation packages for C-level, VP and Director and Management levels in more than 40 different industries throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and South America. His testimony has been admitted in both Federal and State Courts on matters related to executive earning capacity, employability, job search analysis, reasonable compensation, recruiting and executive assessment & appraisal.
Mr. Ketchum opines in cases involving compensation equality, defamation, executive divorce, employment contract disputes, personal injury, shareholder disputes, whistleblower and wrongful terminations. He is a graduate of Cornell University's Advanced Program for Executive Search & Leadership Consulting and Wharton’s Executive Compensation Program. He is an AESC Certified Researcher/Associate (CRA) with global experience and has been involved in more than 200 hundred recruiting and compensation engagements.
Industry experience includes: Aerospace, Agriculture, Automation, Automotive, Truck & Bus, Banking, Biotechnology, Christian Ministries, Clean Energy, Construction, Consumer Products, Defense, Digital Media & Publishing, Electronics, Faith Based Businesses, Food Processing, Forest Products, Healthcare, HVAC, Industrial Machinery, Insurance. Manufacturing, Maritime/Marine/Shipping, Medical Device, Metal Fabrication, Off-road/Powersports, Oil & Gas, Packaging, Plastics & Rubber, Power Generation, Printing & Publishing, Private Equity, Professional Associations. Public Transit, Pulp & Paper, Real Estate, Retail, Scientific Research, Software, Technical Training, Technology, Telecommunications, Textiles, and Utilities.
Mr. Ketchum is available for select expert witness engagements, consulting (non-testifying), advisory, strategy & litigation support.
- Compensation
- Disability
- Discrimination
- Employment
- Human Resources
- Negligent Hiring
- Recruiting
- Sexual Harassment/Discrimination
- Vocational Evaluation & Rehabilitation
- Wrongful Termination
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: Advanced Certificate in Executive Search & Leadership Consulting - Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Certificate in Executive Compensation - University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School.
AESC Certified Researcher/Associate - Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants
Nova Information Management School, Lisbon, Portugal - Certificate of Subject Matter Expertise - Competitive Intelligence & Date Driven Decision Making
- Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), San Antonio, TX
National Association of Personnel Services, Uniontown, PA
Turnaround Management Association, Chicago, IL
American Society of Quality, Milwaukee, WI
Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International, Elgin, IL - Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
- A: No
- Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
- A: 16
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Executive recruiting & executive compensation.
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: 50%
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: 50%
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: 5
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: December of 2024
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: 4
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: 2
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: Since 2020
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Consulting (non-testifying), executive research, advisory, strategy & litigation support.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: Scope dependent. Please contact our office for more details.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: Scope dependent. Please contact our office for more details.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: Scope dependent. Please contact our office for more details.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: Scope dependent. Please contact our office for more details.
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Firm based customary expenses.
Available Upon Request