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'''Dr. Richard DLC. Gonzales''' is presently serving as International Specialist and Consultant for Education and Human Resource Management and Development. He served as Educational Assessment and Examination Reforms (EAER) Consultant for World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded-projects in Lao PDR, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Samoa, Thailand, and in the Philippines.

He also served as an Team Leader and Teaching-Learning Specialist in Sri Lanka and presently serving as Team Leader and Assessment Policy Framework Specialist in Samoa. As educational consultant, he provides advisory to the Ministries of Education on examination reforms and curriculum-based assessment/school-based assessment and trains teachers on educational assessment, monitoring and evaluation.

He also served as Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist and Project Management/Evaluation Specialist in Thailand, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Japan and in the Philippines.

Educational History:

He completed his BS in Psychology at St. Paul University Philippines (Cum Laude,1985). He holds a masters degree in Educational Measurement and Evaluation (DLSU, 1987), diploma in Cognitive Psychology (Shizuoka University, Japan, 1993) and a doctorate degree in Research and Evaluation with cognates in Psychology and Industrial Relations (University of the Philippines - Diliman, 1996).

Work Experiences:

Formerly, he was the Assistant General Manager and Senior Consultant of Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. Manila Branch (2001-2006) and University Registrar and Associate Professor of Psychology of De La Salle University -Manila (1993-2000). He also served as the Director of the Center for Educational Assessment of De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde (1988-1991) and Instructor/Psychometrician at St. Paul University in Tuguegarao (1985-1988).

Dr. Richard DLC. Gonzales also served as Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts of De La Salle University - Manila (1993-1996) and Program Director of the Japanse Studies Program also at De La Salle University - Manila (1993 - 2000).

At present, he is the President and CEO of the Development Strategists International Consulting, Inc.

Concurrently, he also teaches part-time at Professorial Lecturer at the University of Santo Tomas Graduate School(Psychology and Guidance Cluster).

Professional Memberships:

2009 - present : Individual Member, International Test Commission 2008 - present : President and Founding Chairman, Philippine Educational Measurement and Evaluation Association 1996 - present : Fellow, Psychological Association of the Philippines (served as Director and Vice President - 1998-2000; 2005-2007) 1993 - present : Member, Philippine Association of Japanese Ministry of Education Scholars (served as Officer 1995 - 1999)