Heather Whiteman

Heather Whiteman is an expert in people analytics, talent transformation, and the future of work. She is an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Washington Information School and a Professional Faculty Member at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Heather was named a Top 20 People Analytics Influencer in the 2025 People Analytics Network Census and is the Vice President for the Society for People Analytics. She is a United States Representative for ISO TC 260 focused on global standardization in the field of human resource management and serves as the international lead for a global standard on the safe handling of HR data.

Heather has held executive roles at Fortune 500 companies, consulted, and led initiatives at for-profit and regulated organizations. She advises companies in various industries such as technology, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and more. Heather has led both small and large organizations through start-up design, hyper-growth, digital transformation, mergers, acquisitions & restructuring with the use of advanced, data driven talent management techniques. Heather has a master’s degree in industrial organizational psychology and PhD in human capital management focusing on the science of people at work. Her passion and focus lie in helping individuals and organizations prepare for the challenges of the future of work, digital talent transformation and in enabling a new future driven by data and people analytics insights that sustain both organizations and people.