Heather Boesch

Heather Boesch is a seasoned executive leader known for her transformative strategies and operational expertise with over 15 years of experience in spurring growth for organizations and individuals.

As an Executive Director at IDEO, Heather forges strong bonds with forward-thinking executive teams to guide organizations through cultural, generational, and technological transformations. She excels in crafting compelling visions alongside actionable plans to unlock sustainable growth opportunities, launching new products, services, ventures, and experiences across diverse industries such as finance, healthcare, technology, retail, and consumer products.

Heather pioneered the establishment of business operations as a core discipline at IDEO, provides guidance on innovation and entrepreneurship to startups, universities, and governments, and played a key role in co-founding two global logistics enterprises that cater to some of the most remote and hazardous locations worldwide.

Heather Boesch's educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Economics, a Master of Architecture (MArch) specializing in Architecture and Real Estate from Harvard University, and completed the Private Equity and Venture Capital Program at Harvard Business School.

Throughout her career, Heather held various key positions, including Partner, Senior Portfolio Director of Customer Experience Strategy, Director of Business Operations, and Business Operations Lead at IDEO. She also served as the Founding Principal at New World Design, Director of Market Development at ITN, Research Analyst at McKinsey & Company, and as an Intrapreneur at Council for Logistics Research, Inc.