Jeff Higgins is founder and CEO of Human Capital Management Institute, a driving force in people
data helping companies turn data into intelligence via workforce planning and predictive analytics.
With his unique experience as both a senior HR executive and former CFO, Jeff helps organizations
gain insights and solve talent issues to unlock billions of dollars in workforce ROI.
Mr. Higgins is an adjunct professor of HR & People Analytics at USD, founding member of the
Workforce Intelligence Consortium, member of the ISO Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on human
capital, US lead for #ISO30414 Human Capital Reporting Standard, board member Center for Talent
Reporting (CTR) and editorial committee member IHRIM Workforce Solutions Review (WSR)
magazine.
Mr. Higgins was EVP client services at Inform a workforce planning and analytics company, EVP of
Workforce Planning at Countrywide Financial Corp., and senior HR leader driving workforce
analytics and planning at The Irvine Company and OneWest Bank. Previously Mr. Higgins spent 15
years in finance and accounting roles of increasing responsibility for Johnson & Johnson, Baxter
International, Colgate Palmolive and Klune Industries, ultimately as a Controller, VP of Finance and
CFO.
In September 2019, and Mr. Higgins and HCMI were featured on a CFO magazine cover story on
Human Capital Reporting “human-capitals-big-reveal”.