Bio
I'm Tammy Watson, Founder and President of ElevIQ Foundation and Co-Founder of STC Innovations. My professional background includes more than 25 years of healthcare leadership, organizational operations, employee training, workforce development, and program implementation.
Much of my career was spent in specialized healthcare environments, including neurodiagnostics and sleep disorders medicine, where I served in clinical, educational, and leadership roles. I helped build and manage teams, develop employees, establish programs, and navigate the challenges of hiring and preparing people for highly specialized work.
Through those experiences, I became particularly interested in understanding how people learn, solve problems, make decisions, communicate, work with others, and adapt to changing environments. I saw firsthand that credentials and technical skills alone don't always tell the complete story of what someone brings to a role or what support they may need to succeed.
That experience helped shape the development of the ElevIQ Capability Alignment System (CAS), a technology platform I've personally helped shape, fund, and develop through STC Innovations. CAS supports career exploration, experience documentation, organizational role requirements, development planning, advisor guidance, and ongoing reassessment as individuals gain experience and pursue new opportunities.
Through ElevIQ Foundation, our nonprofit organization, I focus on expanding access to practical career and education guidance, particularly for individuals and rural or underserved communities that may not have access to the same resources and opportunities.
Through STC Innovations, our separate commercial organization, we explore ways to help employers, workforce organizations, educational institutions, and other organizations address workforce development challenges through professional services supported by CAS.
I'm especially interested in organization development, leadership and employee development, workforce strategy, systems thinking, and the responsible use of AI and technology to support people rather than replace professional judgment.
I value opportunities to learn from fellow practitioners, exchange ideas, build meaningful professional relationships, and contribute to practical approaches that help individuals, teams, organizations, and communities grow.
