Vincent Lima began his career in measurement as an Assessment Specialist at the Educational Testing Service, where he wrote, reviewed, and improved logical reasoning and analytical reasoning questions for the GRE® and critical reasoning questions for the GMAT™. Later, he was instrumental in developing the process for efficiently creating, reviewing, pilot testing, and scoring realistic simulations for The Uniform CPA Exam®. Since 2010, he has provided psychometric services and guided numerous credentialing programs from inception through the test-development process and accreditation by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (in the United States) and the American National Standards Institute under personnel certification or certificate standards.

The president of Authentic Testing, Vincent has also served as a director of the Performance Testing Council and two terms as its president.

Outside the testing industry, Vincent has worked as a newspaper editor in an international setting and as a journal editor. He was trained as a historian and also holds a master’s degree in educational measurement.