Professional Services Source is continuing its tradition of providing quality, high impact ethics training programs utilizing the latest technologies and teaching techniques that stimulate life-long learning in an exciting and informative manner. Instead of providing clients with a list of "dos and don'ts", PSS provides clients with cutting-edge graphical self assessment tools and stimulating process oriented content focused on teaching the analytical skills and decision-making tools that enable individuals and organizations to thrive in a complex world of competing demands and goals. 

Executive Staff:

Candice Shelby, Ph.D., President

Designing and implementing ethics programs for targeted educational and professional environments has occupied a significant portion of Candice Shelby's time over the past 13 years. After earning her Ph.D. from Rice University, Dr. Shelby began developing a professional career in ethics training, consulting, and program development, while teaching in diverse academic settings. She has created and implemented customized programs in ethics for a wide variety of organizations, including the American Leadership Forum, Colorado Bar Association, Conoco Oil and University of Houston Health Sciences Center. Dr. Shelby has been a member of the American Association for Professional and Applied Ethics and was the founder and first editor-in-chief of Dilemma: An Ethics Journal. In addition to her responsibilities with Professional Services Source, she is also Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Community at University of Colorado at Denver where she teaches philosophy. 

Matthew Pike, B.A., Director

Mr. Pike has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Colorado. In addition to his background in Philosophy and ethics, he has also accumulated extensive experience within the IT field, as well as management and communications expertise. He has worked with a wide range of professional industries and non-profit organizations. He brings a well-rounded leadership presence into the PSS formula. Matt Pike is committed to leading by example, believing that an ethics consulting and training company needs to embody the values and techniques that it teaches. With this in mind, he has directed himself toward the goal of providing quality, customized ethics training, consulting and code building services to businesses, organizations and communities around the world in the hope of fostering a more productive, more efficient, and happier environment for businesses, families and individuals to exist. 

Former Staff:

Georg Gadow, Ph.D., Advisor

Georg Gadow has done foundational research on ethical decision-making and training program development, publishing numerous findings, including a popular monograph on Ethics in Everyday Life. He is currently the Director of the Chancellor's Scholars and Leaders at the University of Colorado at Denver. He also is a co-director of the UCD Millennium College as well as the Founder of UCD Center for Ethics and Community. He has developed and delivered ethics programs in numerous non-academic settings, including health care, business, engineering and law. He has consulted with school districts and city governments on ethics codes and ethics training. Dr. Gadow was born in Berlin, Germany. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. Aside from teaching philosophy and health care ethics at various institutions, Dr. Gadow spent several years in private practice as a Philosophical Counselor. Most recently he participated in an international conference on leadership development in Toronto.

Karen Cise Flaherty, General Manager

With over 20 years experience in marketing, merchandising and licensing, Ms. Flaherty brings a broad base of business knowledge to PSS. Most recently, Ms. Flaherty was the Marketing Manager over the past 15 years with American Practice Management (APM) - the largest consulting firm in the country dedicated to healthcare consulting at the time of its merger in 1996 - and then with the merged entity as the Healthcare Group of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). In that role, she facilitated the marketing and awareness activities for as many as 40 partners and over 250 consultants. Specific activities included the coordination of articles and speaking engagements, trade shows and educational sessions, all with the objective of assisting our clients increase their knowledge of the healthcare industry and its ever-changing trends. The spectrum of clients included health plans, hospitals and health systems, and academic medical centers throughout the country. Prior to her role at APM/CSC, she was an account executive with International Management Group in New York, where she created and negotiated licensing and merchandising agreements with Wimbledon, the British Open and a number of golf and tennis personalities. Ms. Flaherty is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where she majored in Healthcare and Urban Studies.