David L. Vance

David Vance is the Executive Director of the Center for Talent Reporting, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the measurement, reporting and management of human capital. He is the former President of Caterpillar University, which he founded in 2001. Until his retirement in January 2007, he was responsible for ensuring that the right education, training and leadership were provided to achieve corporate goals and efficiently meet the learning needs of Caterpillar and dealer employees. Prior to this position, Dave was Chief Economist and Head of the Business Intelligence Group at Caterpillar Inc. with responsibility for economic outlooks, sales forecasts, market research, competitive analysis and business information systems. Dave received his Bachelor of Science Degree in political science from M.I.T. in 1974, a Master of Science Degree in business administration from Indiana University (South Bend) in 1983, and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Notre Dame in 1988. Dave was named 2006 Chief Learning Officer (CLO) of the Year by Chief Learning Officer magazine. He also was named 2004 Corporate University Leader of the Year by the International Quality and Productivity Center in their annual CUBIC (Corporate University Best in Class) Awards. Dave is a frequent speaker at learning conferences and association meetings. He teaches graduate courses in human capital development at Bellevue University, the University of Southern Mississippi, and George Mason University. He also is a trustee and lead independent director for State Farm Mutual Funds, and an intermittent Chief Learning Officer at Defense Acquisition University. He is a member of the ISO working group on metrics. The second edition of his first book, The Business of Learning: How to Manage Corporate Training to Improve the Bottom Line was published in 2017 and he is the co-author along with Peggy Parskey of Measurement Demystified (November 2020).