Merle Heckman

Email: merle.heckman@instructor.post.edu

Education

Ed.D., Educational Leadership, Northern Kentucky University

MPA, Public Administration, Keller Graduate School of Mgmt

MBA, Business Administration - HR, Finance, Mgmt., Keller Graduate School of Management

M.A., Counseling, Liberty University

M. Ed., School Administration, Hyles-Anderson College

Biography

Dr. Merle Heckman is the Manager of Organizational Development for Power Transmission Solutions (PTS) in Florence, Kentucky. He oversees the training of employees and development of leaders throughout the organization. PTS was one of the business units of Emerson Electric which is a Fortune 125 company. Now the organization is a part of Regal Beloit. He is the designer and master trainer of “Safety Leadership Skills” an Emerson course which has been presented to over 20,000 employees worldwide. Dr. Heckman's work experience is very diverse. Out of college, he worked for a religious non-profit organization with young people. After this he was employed by a privately owned transportation company and was involved in operations, customer service, recruitment, and safety. The transportation company specialized in hauling candy and confectionary products like M&M Mars, Nabisco, Brach, Wrigley, Tootsie Roll, and others allowing him interaction with these major companies. He has also worked for a government housing authority as the Director of Human Resources prior to coming to Emerson. The work experiences in the areas of a non-profit organization, a privately held business, a government agency, and now a large publicly held global company allow him to relate to students in various employment roles. Dr. Heckman has taught for various universities over the last 12 years both in house and online. He is also has the SPHR certification (Senior Professional in Human Resources) from the Society of Human Resources.