Professor and former student create business app
Jun 27, 2022
Jared Montoya, PhD, Professor of Leadership Studies, and former student David Hill (MS 2013, PhD 2019) have created an app to help businesses 鈥� 鈥淲eGood?鈥� 鈥� which is available in the Apple Store.
鈥淭he overall goal of the app is to help organizations to engage and retain their employees,鈥� said Dr. Montoya, Leadership Studies Program Chair. 鈥淭he initial testing will be for food service, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing, but I imagine that educational institutions will also be considered in the future.鈥�
Dr. Montoya served as the dissertation chair for Dr. Hill in the Leadership Studies program. As a student, Dr. Hill developed a leadership theory and an assessment tool. After earning his PhD, Dr. Hill reached out to Dr. Montoya to explore how his research could be applied to organizations. From that outreach, the two men formed a partnership and launched a company, 鈥淗igh Quality Leadership,鈥� in 2020,
鈥淭he more we researched, the more we realized that employee engagement, especially frontline employees, is a major challenge for most organizations,鈥� Dr. Montoya said. 鈥淭his led to the initial ideas and development of the app, which is based on David鈥檚 leadership theory.鈥�
Professor and former student designed the app while meeting at a local coffee shop.
鈥淭his experience,鈥� Dr. Montoya said, 鈥渋s evidence of the tremendous opportunities that exist for graduates from OLLU鈥檚 School of Business and Leadership.鈥�