Seth is President and CEO of The Center for Effective Performance. He has been in the business of improving human performance for 30 years, as both an executive within organizations and a consultant to organizations. Prior to founding CEP, Seth managed one of the six operating centers within the Centers for Disease Control, the Center for Professional Development and Training.

Organizations Seth has managed have won 20 national and international awards for the quality of their work. He is a past President of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) and has been recognized by seven ISPI Executive Boards for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Performance Technology.

Seth has published widely on different aspects of the field of performance technology. Most recently, he co-wrote a chapter with Ann Parkman and Karen VanKampen for What Smart Trainers Know (Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 2001). He has also co-authored (with Ann Parkman) a chapter in the second edition of the Handbook of Human Performance Technology (ISPI/Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 1999), The Guidebook for Performance Improvement (Pfeiffer, 1997) and Introduction to Performance Technology (NSPI, 1986). He has been published extensively in Workforce Training News and served as a contributing editor to Corporate University Review.

Seth holds a doctorate in Educational Psychology. He is a member of the American Psychological Association.