Cole Napper

Cole Napper serves as the Vice President of Research, Innovation & Talent Insights at Lightcast, where he leverages cutting-edge labour market data, AI-powered skills taxonomies and workforce intelligence to help organizations transform people analytics into strategic business outcomes. With a rich background spanning global enterprises and high-growth startups and a focus on linking HR data to real-world profit impact, Cole is also the author of People Analytics: Using Data-Driven HR and Gen AI as a Business Asset.