William N. Davison
President

Bill Davison brings to The Davison Group an extraordinary breadth of experience throughout Pennsylvania and the nation, in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, and in education. A highly skilled strategist and motivator, he imbues every project, regardless of subject area or scope, with the same commitment to outstanding performance, client service, and meticulous attention to detail. Mr. Davison sets high expectations and has personally directed nearly all Davison Group projects. He is the firm’s executive coach and is the key subject matter expert for business process reviews, team-building, strategy development, and mission/vision development and clarification.

Mr. Davison’s portfolio includes nearly 20 years’ experience in county courts and county government, with special expertise in criminal justice and child support. He established and was the first program coordinator for the Criminal Justice Program at DeSales University, Allentown, PA, and served as project director for training and user services for two statewide court automation projects in the Commonwealth.

He has a longstanding interest in the ongoing quest for excellence and innovation in education. Under his leadership, The Davison Group pioneered the use of benchmarking in Pennsylvania schools and has worked with school districts to improve student performance and develop strategies for identifying and helping students at risk of falling through the cracks.

Mr. Davison holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and completed postgraduate studies at Rutgers University.

Angela Bell
Executive Vice President

Ms. Bell is a skilled analyst whose career has included leadership positions in advertising, banking, healthcare, and the arts. Since joining The Davison Group in 1998, she has worked throughout Pennsylvania, conducting business process reviews of court and criminal justice systems in two-thirds of the Commonwealth’s counties, and on projects ranging from strategic planning to evaluations of specialty court programs.

Bell, who heads The Davison Group’s Davison Media division, is an award-winning writer/producer of video documentaries and radio/TV commercials. She is particularly skilled at finding creative, effective, and efficient communication solutions to help clients convey their message internally and externally. She had lead responsibility for the writing and production of user manuals for two statewide systems projects, serving thousands of Appellate and Common Pleas Court users. From 1998 through 2007 she wrote, designed, and edited a broadly circulated newsletter for the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

Ms. Bell served on the adjunct faculty at Keystone College. She holds a bachelor's degree from the Pennsylvania State University, where she also did graduate work.

Frederic Barth
Vice President

Mr. Barth is The Davison Group’s lead in the design, implementation, and evaluation of systems testing, training, and user support tools. He is a skilled and experienced project manager who is known for his innovative, cutting edge approach. As the team leader for a nationally recognized organizational transformation project, he conceived and developed prototype multimedia software designed to help project participants better understand the nature and implications of a truly collaborative effort.

In complex systems projects, Mr. Barth ably translates the technology into tools and language that users can understand. He constantly looks for exciting new ways to use technology to create dynamic training vehicles that remain relevant long after handover.

Mr. Barth infuses every Davison Group engagement with expert knowledge of the interpersonal connections that make teams of people work together more effectively and with greater satisfaction. His ability to identify individual talents and learning styles makes him extraordinarily adept at the “people side” of any project, whether a highly technical systems project or a less technical operations review.

Mr. Barth was director of the Domestic Relations Section in Berks County, PA, prior to joining The Davison Group in 1992. He subsequently served as The Davison Group’s Testing Manager for the development of PACSES, a statewide child support enforcement system, and as its Lead Analyst for Training and User Support for two statewide court system projects.

He was Senior Business Analyst for projects with the Mayor’s Office of Information Systems of the City of Philadelphia, to provide technical assistance for transition to a statewide court system. In this capacity he participated in conducting a gap analysis for the Clerk of Quarters Sessions and the city’s Justice Partners—the District Attorney’s Office, the Philadelphia Police Department, the Defender Association of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Prison System, and Sheriff to determine interdependencies with the Court and evaluate the systems impact of CPCMS adoption. He also provided technical assistance and worked closely with the First Judicial District on system integration in final preparation for rollout to the new system and post rollout transition to those entities.

Art Amann
Vice President

Art Amann, EdD’s distinguished career in criminal justice included positions as Director of Adult Probation and Parole and Warden and Director of Corrections for Erie County. He was among the founders of Erie’s Weed & Seed Program and facilitated the county’s Criminal Justice Advisory Board for many years. Art has served the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency in a variety of capacities and in 2000 graduated from the National Institute of Corrections’ Executive Excellence Program. The director of the Mercyhurst College Public Safety Institute and Police Academy, Art holds an undergraduate degree in education from Slippery Rock University, a master’s degree in corrections from Gannon University, and a doctorate in education from Nova Southeastern University. His postgraduate specialization was in the training and education of criminal justice leaders.

Jonathan Zuck
Consultant

Mr. Zuck is a skilled team leader, master’s prepared mechanical engineer, and programmer/analyst for both client/server and mainframe systems. As a Manufacturing Team Manager, he supervised a department of over 30 technicians, leading daily meetings and coaching employees on both technical and personnel issues. Mr. Zuck has an innate ability to identify, operationalize, and troubleshoot technical problems. He led consulting efforts for Y2K testing of a mainframe insurance claims processing system, developing testing procedures and converting non-compliant code.

He is expert at evaluating and recommending changes in business processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness, can work at both strategic and tactical levels with equal ease, and has extensive project experience.

As a system expert for statewide court software, Mr. Zuck designed and managed user integration and acceptance testing, developed training curriculum materials for use in testing and training, and provided on-site training and technical support. He was the Project Manager for projects with the Mayor’s Office of Information Systems of the City of Philadelphia, to provide technical assistance for transition to a statewide criminal court case processing system.

In this capacity he led a gap analysis for the Clerk of Quarters Sessions and the city’s Justice Partners—the District Attorney’s Office, the Philadelphia Police Department, the Defender Association of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Prison System, and Sheriff to determine interdependencies with the Court and evaluate the systems impact of CPCMS adoption. He also provided project management and worked closely with the First Judicial District on system integration in final preparation for rollout to the new system and post rollout transition to those entities.

Mr. Zuck holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Virginia

Additional Staff

The Davison Group employs a broad range of additional staff to best meet the needs of every project. From experts in statistical analysis to educational models to court processes and beyond, we call on individuals of tremendous talent in a multitude of specialties, and deploy them strategically to target the requirements of each contract. With our agile, responsive project teams, we are able to give our customers the best possible service and value.

It is our expectation that we will consistently exceed yours.