Advanced Survey Design, LLC

Advanced Survey Design, LLC is a surveyor and survey design firm in Monterey, California. The company builds and administers surveys that help organizations and employers understand their own climate and improve how they operate, and it offers a full assessment process rather than a single questionnaire. Its work centers on operational and maintenance safety climate assessments, grounded in organizational theory and risk management concepts, and extends to safety assessment surveys for military ground combat and support units, private motor vehicle and motorcycle operations, off-duty and recreational activities, higher headquarters units, and air traffic control organizations. Surveys can be delivered online, on offline computers, or on paper. The firm also provides customized training packages, presentations, seminars, and workshops. It is an SBA-certified, service-disabled, veteran-owned small business.

The company's ten-step assessment process begins by meeting with the client to define exactly what information is being sought, then interviewing subject matter experts to develop a preliminary set of survey items, reviewing an expanded set with the client, and beta testing the product before a final set of items is recommended. A survey website is built to the client's needs and can be hosted by the firm, with administration policies published on the site. Once response thresholds are met, aggregate data becomes available on a restricted-access dashboard that updates in real time. Analysis runs to two levels: reports generated by the survey software, and specialized reports produced by the firm's analysts, who also examine data for links to potential risks and can populate software modules with intervention strategies. Chief Executive Officer Dr. Robert C. Figlock holds a Ph.D. in applied management and has more than 24 years of experience developing and administering organizational climate assessment systems for DoD, NASA, VA, and private industry organizations, plus 13 years teaching at the School of Aviation Safety at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. Chief Operating Officer Michael W. Schimpf, a former fighter pilot, instructor pilot, and software engineer, has spent more than 20 years managing and engineering climate assessment systems for the DoD, NASA, VA, the RAF, and private industry.

The office sits on 10th Street, about a tenth of a mile from Cabrillo Highway and roughly the same distance from the Sloat Avenue and Aguajito Road overcrossings. Aguajito Road and Camino Aguajito are both within about two tenths of a mile.

For organizations that need to hear accurately from their own people, Advanced Survey Design brings two decades of climate assessment work to a Monterey base.