Heide is Senior Vice President of Skillsoft’s training and development content and is also responsible for its Leadership & Business Skills content portfolios. Heide is passionate about leveraging technology to improve the practice of management and has developed numerous award-winning educational technology products used by organizations globally. She is a thought leader in the areas of training and development and management and leadership. She has been quoted in numerous publications including Forbes, Fortune, The Economist, CLO Magazine, HR Drive, Business Insider, INC, Deal Crunch, and Learning Solutions, to name a few. She is also a frequent participant in panel discussions and presenter at leading industry conferences. Because Heide has also held leadership roles in product development, innovation and product management at Fortune 100 companies, she truly has her finger on the pulse of what organizations need to train and develop today’s leaders, especially in a digital economy.

Heide holds an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and is on the faculty of the Management and Organization Department of Boston College’s School of Business. She is also a 2018 National Diversity Council Top 50 Women in Technology award winner.