Director, IBM Talent Management Consulting and Smarter Workforce Institute
Sheri Feinzig Ph.D. is the Director, IBM Talent Management Consulting and Smarter Workforce Institute, and has over 20 years of experience in human resources research, organizational change management and business transformation. She has applied her analytical and methodological expertise to many research based projects on topics such as employee retention, employee experience and engagement, job design and organizational culture. She has also led several global, multi-year sales transformation initiatives designed to optimize seller territories and quota allocation. Additional areas of expertise include social network analysis, performance feedback and knowledge management.
Sheri received her Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University at Albany, State University of New York. She has presented on numerous occasions at national and international
conferences and has co-authored a number of manuscripts, publications and technical reports. She has served as an adjunct professor in the Psychology departments of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois, where she taught doctoral, masters and undergraduate courses on performance appraisal, tests and measures.
Sheri is also co-author of the book, "The Power of People: Learn How Successful Organizations Use Workforce Analytics To Improve Business Performance" (Pearson, 2017).