Ergo University – Lecturers

Dan Shafer, President, VocSolutions Inc.

Dan Shafer is an Occupational Therapist (University of Wisconsin, 1991) and Certified Industrial Ergonomist through the Oxford Research Institute.

Dan's background is in Assistive Technology. He spent several years at the Palo Alto VA Rehabilitation Research & Development Center presenting his research at the AOTA national conference. Then, later he founded the ExpandAbility (formerly TransAccess) Computer Access Technology Lab in San Jose, CA. His company, VocSolutions Inc., has been providing strategic ergonomics consulting and services to global technology companies, hospitals, and biotech companies since 1999. VocSolutions partners with best-in-class software providers and equipment manufacturers, such as Office Master, to provide their clients with the highest quality and best value-add solutions in the industry.

Chuck Sherrod, Professor and Ergonomist, DC, MPH, CIE

Dr. Sherrod is a native San Franciscan who founded the Ergonomics Institute of Life College of Chiropractic West in Hayward, California in 2004, where he currently teaches undergraduate classes, as well as conducts research projects while writing grants and papers for peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Sherrod is a native San Franciscan who completed his undergraduate work at San Jose State University and subsequently received his Doctor of Chiropractic.

In 1981 he founded Mid Peninsula Chiropractic Clinic in Palo Alto and, after 12 years of providing the best possible aftercare for patients, Dr. Sherrod had a vision to start a company that focused on preventing various occupational injury and illnesses in the context of the ergonomics process with a holistic or systems approach. Dr. Sherrod returned to San Jose State at this time to complete a Masters Degree in Public Health and launch his new enterprise, OccuCom, Inc.

Recently, the company received the 5-Star Seal of Ergonomic Excellence from the Oxford Research Institute and teaches 3-Day Ergonomic Safety Management Certification Seminars with his consulting team members. In addition, Dr. Sherrod founded the Ergonomics Institute of Life College of Chiropractic West in Hayward, California in 2004, where he currently teaches undergraduate classes, as well as conducts research projects while writing grants and papers for peer-reviewed journals.

Ozzie Le Frog, Professor of OM Ergonomics, OM Expert

Professor Ozzie is a fictional character who is basically the embodiment of the knowledge that OM, Inc. has accumulated over 20 years of being intimately involved with the concepts behind ergonomics.

Yes, Professor Ozzie is a fictional character whose prior best claim to fame was being the unofficial OM mascot... But, articles published by him are written by OM's in-house experts who collectively have well over 20 years of experience in designing and supporting the best in ergonomic seating. We at OM do like to have fun, but we do take our products, customers and the concepts of ergonomics quite seriously.

From forward tilt, to scapular impedance, we've seen it all here at OM. Furthermore, we keep learning more all the time about workplace ergonomics through our customers and from the true ergonomic professionals who lead the way for our designs.

Rest assured, though, anything that's published in the Ergonomic University section of OfficeMaster.com by Professor Ozzie will be serious ergonomic information that is both authoritative and hopefully, helpful.