Heidi Newiger

Heidi Newiger has a diverse work experience history spanning multiple industries and roles. Heidi currently works at Harness as the Senior Manager of People Experience & Enablement, where they focus on creating an engaged and inclusive culture for employees globally. Prior to that, they held the position of Manager of People Experience & Enablement at the same company.

Before joining Harness, Heidi worked at AppDynamics for 7 years, starting as a Recruitment Coordinator and eventually becoming the Talent Operations and Brand Manager, overseeing three teams. Heidi played a crucial role in managing the integration of Cisco and AppDynamics talent and building and managing talent acquisition processes.

Heidi also worked at Zuora, Inc. as an Office Manager and Recruitment Coordinator, where they handled various responsibilities such as maintaining employee files, coordinating meetings, and demonstrating leadership skills.

During their time at Delta Delta Delta, they served as the Academic Development Chairwoman, responsible for maintaining and encouraging academic excellence within the sorority. Heidi gained valuable team-building and decision-making skills in this role.

Additionally, Heidi has held various positions such as an intern at the Summer Solstice Celebration, a research assistant at UC Santa Barbara, a Fitness Center Front Desk Manager at UC Santa Barbara, an Office Assistant and Swim Instructor at La Petite Baleen, Inc., a tutor, and a camp counselor at the PJCC.

Overall, Heidi has a wide range of experience in people experience and enablement, talent operations, recruitment coordination, leadership, academic development, event planning, research, customer service, and teaching.

Heidi Newiger obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from UC Santa Barbara, from 2009 to 2011. Prior to that, they attended the University of California, Santa Cruz from 2007 to 2008, and Capuchino from 2004 to 2007, but no specific degrees or fields of study were mentioned for these earlier schools. In addition to their formal education, Heidi has obtained various certifications, including being a LifeLabs Learning Founding Community Member from July 2022, completing The Voice of the Employee program at the Josh Bersin Academy in September 2021, earning a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate from USF Corporate Training and Professional Education in May 2021, completing a People Analytics course at the Josh Bersin Academy in May 2021, achieving certification in Unconscious Bias from LinkedIn in April 2021, and completing a Mentoring Others program from LinkedIn in November 2016.