Meet our principal economist.
Sift Every Thing was founded in 2002 by Jeremy Heigh, Sift’s principal economist. Jeremy has an MSc in environmental economics and a range of experience including international negotiations, national policy design, corporate strategy, venture investment, and startups.
After receiving his graduate training, Jeremy joined Intercambio Ltd. to focus on technological innovation and competitive analysis. In 2002, he moved to Ottawa, Ontario to serve in Canada’s federal government, starting in environmental economic analysis and eventually moving over to represent Canada at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris, France).
In 2005, Jeremy moved to Edmonton, Alberta to join a private venture capital firm and be closer to his family. In 2007 he moved into the full-time role as principal economist for Sift.
Jeremy has written extensively on innovation, alternative strategy development, and economic valuation of environmental resources with published articles in academic journals, national newspapers such as The Globe and Mail and National Post, as well as online.
Origin of the Sift Every Thing name.
The name Sift Every Thing came out of a conversation Jeremy had with a client. The client was describing their challenge of finding clean lines in all the chaos they dealt with on a daily basis. As the client was thanking Jeremy for his help, he said, “I love knowing you’re there, ready to handle all the information, change and opportunities … that you sift every thing and give us back the few right things for us to do.” This feedback proved inspirational, as it contained the words that perfectly described what Jeremy loves to do: Sift Every Thing.