Heather Hedden is a taxonomy and ontology professional, currently employed as a Data & Knowledge Engineer in the professional services of Semantic Web Company, vendor of PoolParty Semantic Suite software (www.poolparty.biz). Previously she was a senior vocabulary editor at Gale/Cengage Learning, a taxonomy manager at Viziant and First Wind, and a taxonomy consultant at PPC. Heather continues to independently teach a self-paced online taxonomy course (previously offered through the continuing education program of Simmons University School of Library and Information Science) and corporate onsite workshops through her business, Hedden Information Management (hedden-information.com). Heather is the author of "The Accidental Taxonomist" (2010, 2016) (www.accidental-taxonomist.com).