Heather Fleming

Heather Fleming is CEO of Catapult Design, a product strategy firm designing tools and technologies to address needs such as rural electrification, water purification and transport, food security and improved health for organizations working in impoverished communities worldwide.

After earning a BS in Product Design from Stanford University, Heather worked for several years as a consultant in Silicon Valley, designing products for a diverse range of clients. In 2005, she co-founded and led a volunteer group focused on social impact design work through a professional chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), and the team’s work was featured in a variety of media including Newsweek, WIRED.com, ABC News, and PRI’s The World. Named a Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellow and World Economic Forum Young Global Leader for her work with EWB and Catapult Design, she’s an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University, Senior Lecturer at CCA in San Francisco, and a staff writer for NextBillion.net.