Melvin J. Scales Joined us on Lunch Conversations with Randy & Teddy in a conversation on Employee Onboarding-Best Practices. Melvin J Scales has been a management consultant professionally since early 1997 and currently serves as the Executive Vice President of Meridian Resources which is a leading national talent management consulting firm. Melvin is also a nationally recognized contributor to two editions of the Talent Management Handbook published by McGraw-Hill.