Mary Kate Stimmler, PhD

Co-Founder

Palo Alto, California, United States20 yrs experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in people analytics.
PhD in Organizational Behavior from UC Berkeley.
Expert in data science ethics and organizational culture.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned expert in People Analytics and Organizational Behavior within the Tech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

People AnalyticsOrganizational Culture

Other Skills

Data-driven decision makingOrganizational theorySocial science methodologiesStatistical analysesEmployee engagementHR analyticsMachine learningProject ManagementRResearchStatisticsSQLSocial SciencesAnalytics

About

I love using data and social science to discover the best possible ways to make work great. We spend more time with our co-workers than with our loved ones and deserve awesome work experiences. I have over a decade of experience leading people analytics and employee engagement programs at Google and a PhD in Organizational Behavior from UC Berkeley. (Oh, and how we treat people's data reflects how we treat people, a topic I cover in my Data Science Ethics class at UC Berkeley).

Experience

20 yrs

Total Experience

7 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

7 mos

Current Experience

Center for advanced studies in the behavioral sciences

Practitioner Fellow

Sep 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site

At Stanford University, conduct independent social science research and facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration.

University of california, berkeley

Consultant/Lecturer

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Berkeley, California, United States · Hybrid

Developed and taught original curriculum on data science and AI ethics for Masters in Computational Social Science program. The mean rating for final course evaluations was 6.2 out of 7 ("Extremely effective" / "highly effective" overall).

Google

2 roles

Future of Work

Apr 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid

Lead Future of Work efforts to increase flexibility in the workplace, including time and location flexibility, through research, experimental pilot programs, and program management.

People Analytics

Jul 2011 – Mar 2023 · 11 yrs 8 mos · Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid

Led data-driven decision making on critical organizational topics (e.g. culture, diversity and inclusion, recruiting and attrition) using organizational theory, social science methodologies, and statistical analyses. Recruited and managed a diverse team of analysts responsible for measuring employee engagement and success for HR programs; consistently rated in the top 10% of managers at Google. Designed and oversaw development of automated reporting tools for HR analytics, including machine learning tools to understand employee sentiment. Served as an expert on organizational culture to Google’s leadership, board, employees, and clients, including: facilitating conversations on organizational culture with Google’s top leadership, presenting research about employee engagement at company all-hands meetings, lecturing in business school courses (e.g. UC Berkeley, Wharton, Kellogg); and presenting on building workplace culture to Google’s Fortune 500 clients (e.g. Nike, WholeFoods, WalMart). From 2011-2014, led the manager feedback process at Google, which was awarded the 2012 Google High Impact Award (one of ten teams across the company recognized for the highest impact projects in two years).

Data-driven decision makingOrganizational theorySocial science methodologiesStatistical analysesEmployee engagementHR analytics+3

Level playing field institute

Research Fellow

Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 · 2 yrs · San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

Self-employed

Freelance Writer and Editor

Jan 2000 – Jan 2007 · 7 yrs

Successfully ran my own editing and writing business by consistently providing clear, concise communications on economic and business issues for clients including NGOs and economic development agencies. Wrote national best-selling career guides for educational publisher.