About Us
Helping Power Human Potential
The Perception Group is an international team of data scientists, psychology professionals, I/O consultants and leading experts on building high performance sales teams. We are dedicated to the mission of removing bias from the hiring process, and opening up the opportunity for a rewarding career in sales for a broader segment of people. We know that when human-centered science and data-driven analysis is rigorously applied to the hiring process, better decisions are made faster and with less frustration, failure and effort than traditional methods. We are creating the future of sales team performance.
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Company Leadership

Brett Morris
Chief Commercial Officer, Cofounder & Chairman

Regina Morris
Chief Scientist, Platform Architect & Cofounder

Jonathan Whistman
Chief Executive Officer

Greg Barnett
VP of People Science

Phillip Lechter
Vice President Sales Operations

Peter Miller
Chief Technology Officer
Board of Advisors

Matthew Guss
Russell Reynolds Associates

Mary Ainsworth
EVP, Chief People Officer Medallia

Dr. Charles Handler
President & Founder Rocket-Hire
Dr. Charles Handler is a thought leader, analyst, and practitioner in the talent assessment and human capital space. Throughout his career Dr. Handler has specialized in developing effective, legally defensible employee selection systems.
Since 2001 Dr. Handler has served as the president and founder of Rocket-Hire, a vendor-neutral consultancy dedicated to creating and driving innovation in talent assessment. Dr. Handler has helped companies such as Intuit, Wells Fargo, KPMG, Scotia Bank, Hilton Worldwide, and Humana to design, implement, and measure impactful employee selection processes.
Dr. Handler holds a M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Louisiana State University.

Joe Mattioli
Global Head of Sales, Crowdstrike
Joe Mattioli specializes in SaaS GTM leadership and has extensive experience building, growing and integrating SaaS sales teams. He has celebrated and contributed to two of the most successful IPOs in Cybersecurity/SaaS history. At Proofpoint, Joe spent eight years growing the Commercial Sales team from 5 to 100+, and he is currently at CrowdStrike, where he has spent the past five years leading growth in the Corporate Sales Team from 5 to 300+ and 9-digits of ARR. Joe’s approach is primarily focused on data-centric planning and growth for both people and operations with emphasis on cross-functional accountability and achievement.

Andrew Littleproud
VP of APJ Crowdstrike
Andrew Littleproud is the Vice President of Asia Pacific and Japan for CrowdStrike and is responsible for their Business and Sales Operations across the Region. With over 30 years of experience in global sales and marketing roles in IT, he is primarily focused on driving substantial growth in APJ, both continuing to develop opportunities in the established markets whilst extending market coverage across the emerging markets. CrowdStrike has grown to a >$40b market cap organization since going public in 2019, of which APJ has consistently been recognized as a high-performing region. CrowdStrike has been recognized as a Great Place to Work in Australia and India.
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