Veteran technology executive to lead the Center’s applied research and advisory work across organization design, transformation, the future of work, and AI.
LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, October 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) at the USC Marshall School of Business today announced the hiring of Alexis Fink, PhD, a three-decade technology and people-analytics executive with senior roles at Meta, Microsoft, Intel, and BASF, most recently Vice President of People Analytics and Workforce Strategy at Meta, as Director. In this role, Fink will lead CEO’s full portfolio of applied research and advisory work spanning strategic organization design, organizational transformation, the future of work, and strategic resource groups, while also expanding the Center’s growing focus on AI and transformation.
In her new role, Fink will carry forward the Center’s more than 45-year legacy of bridging rigorous research with practical solutions for organizations, while expanding CEO’s ability to help clients navigate the growing role of AI in how work gets designed and led. Fink’s appointment also deepens CEO’s expertise in both analytics and organization design, areas that are critical for organizational effectiveness. “The evidence is clear that analytical insight only translates into organizational impact when it’s grounded in a rigorous understanding of how change actually happens inside organizations,” said Alec Levenson, Senior Research Scientist at CEO. “Alexis brings the integration of research and practice to CEO at exactly the moment when AI is forcing us to rethink how data-driven insight, organization design, and organizational change intersect.”
Fink says the opportunity reflects a natural next step. “After three decades leading through technology-driven change inside large organizations, I’ve seen firsthand how hard it is to transform an organization,” said Fink. “What drew me to CEO is its track record of combining rigorous research with on-the-ground application, and its commitment to strategic organization design, which is critical to making transformation work. I’m looking forward to helping navigate what AI actually means for the future of work.”
About Alexis Fink, PhD
Alexis Fink is a seasoned technology executive and scholar recognized as a thought leader in the future of work, people analytics, AI activation, leadership, and organizational change. Her corporate career spans senior roles at Microsoft, Meta, Intel, and BASF, most recently as Vice President of People Analytics and Workforce Strategy at Meta, where she led through numerous technical and organizational transformations. Outside of corporate roles, Fink is a sought-after advisor, coach, and keynote speaker.
Fink’s books include Investing in People: Financial Impact of Human Resource Initiatives and Employee Surveys and Sensing: Driving Organizational Culture and Performance. She is Past President of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), a SIOP Fellow, and recipient of SIOP’s Distinguished Service Award. She leads the People Analytics Board at the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) and has served for many years as an Affiliated Research Scientist at CEO. Fink earned her PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Old Dominion University.
Advisory Expertise Grounded in Rigorous Research
Fink joins CEO at a moment when organizations need partners who can help them bridge research and practice to execute. For more than 45 years, CEO has advised Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies and other large, complex organizations on organizational design, transformation, and future-of-work challenges. As part of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, CEO brings together advisors and researchers, recognized leaders in their fields, who combine client-facing experience with the credibility of a leading research university. Fink adds to that team, deepening CEO’s expertise at the intersection of AI, people analytics, organization design, and transformation.
About the Center for Effective Organizations
Founded in 1979, the Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) at the USC Marshall School of Business is a world-renowned, university-based applied research center. CEO is a unique bridge between rigorous academic research and business practice, delivering leading-edge, evidence-based research, practical tools, and executive education across four core areas of expertise: Organization Design, Transformation, Strategic Resource Groups, and Humans at Work. CEO’s worldwide network includes research scientists, faculty experts, best-selling authors, and corporate partners who work together to help forward-thinking leaders build highly effective, sustainable organizations.
For more information on CEO’s research and advisory work, visit ceo.usc.edu.
Jennifer Sparks Taylor
Center for Effective Organizations, USC Marshall
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CEO1@marshall.usc.edu
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