About
Our Leaders
Jat Thompson, Ph.D.
Founder & President
Jason Cummins
Managing Partner
Tripp Kirkland
Director of Operations
Mike Chidsey
Director of Software Dev.
Aaron Peck
Director of Leadership & Learning
Dan McGurrin, Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer
Our Leaders
Jat Thompson, Ph.D.
Founder & President
Jason Cummins
Managing Partner
Tripp Kirkland
Director of Operations
Mike Chidsey
Director of Software Development
Aaron Peck
Director of Leadership & Learning
Dan McGurrin, Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer
Our Advisors
Jeremy Foley
AD Emeritus, University of Florida
Mark Wilson, Ph.D.
COO & Chief Intelligence Officer, Cymantix
Erich Dierdorff, Ph.D.
Professor, DePaul University
S. Bart Craig, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, NC State University
J. Kemp Ellington, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, App State University
OUR PURPOSE
Our Values
Our Story
2003
Horizon is founded to support the U.S. Army’s Special Forces Assessment and Selection.
2006
Contracted to establish the Marine Special Operations Assessment & Training programs.
2008
Served NASA’s Deep Space Mission Astronaut selection program.
2011
GideonSoft, Horizon’s proprietary software, redesigned as a web-based software solution.
2013
Horizon creates an Athletics Division to support coaches, teams, and Athletics departments.
2017
Inaugural Leader eXchange Retreat – evolves to a coveted annual leader development forum.
2018
Developed the Continual Leader Development Program for Naval Special Warfare Command.
2019
Scale Whole Person and Peer Assessments to student-athletes across multiple universities.
2020
Begin service to the restaurant industry to increase retention and develop front line leaders.
2021
Horizon establishes the Private Sector Division to expand services into commercial markets.
2022
Host the Joint Special Operations Command’s semi-annual leadership development conference.
2023
Celebrated Horizon Performance’s 20th Anniversary – and just getting started.
2023
Support the Department of Justice performance modeling efforts.
2023
Established the Data & Analytics Division increasing capabilities to full service, science, and software.