The Saba Board of Directors shares its expertise and experience with the management team as Saba strives to attain our vision of making continuous, personalized learning a reality for business professionals in every extended enterprise around the world.

Bobby Yazdani
Bobby Yazdani is Chairman of the Board and CEO.

Joe Kiani
Joe Kiani has been a Director of Saba since July 1997. Mr. Kiani is the Founder of Masimo Corporation, a provider of signal processing and sensor technology to the medical device industry, and has served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since Masimo's inception in 1989. Mr. Kiani holds a B.S. and M.S. from San Diego State University. Mr. Kiani serves on the Board of Director's Compensation and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees.

William Klein
William M. Klein has been a Director of Saba since September 9, 2009. He served as Vice President of Corporate Development of BEA Systems, Inc. from February 2005 until its acquisition by Oracle Corporation in April 2009. Mr. Klein served as Chief Financial Officer of BEA Systems from January 2000 to February 2005. Prior to joining BEA Systems, he held senior management positions with Hewlett-Packard Company from 1986 to 2000, most recently as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Inkjet Imaging business. Prior to Hewlett-Packard, he was a Senior Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Klein holds a B.S. from California State University, Chico and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees of Saba’s Board of Directors.

William N. MacGowan
William N. MacGowan has been a Director of Saba since September 22, 2009  Mr. MacGowan has served as the Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President of People and Places of Sun Microsystems, Inc. (“Sun”) since April 2006.  He joined Sun in May 2000 and, prior to his appointment to his current position, he served in various executive and senior management human resources positions, including Senior Vice President, Human Resources, from April 2004 to April 2006, Vice President, Human Resources, Global Centers of Expertise, from May 2003 to April 2004, Vice President, Human Resources, Systems, Storage and Operations, from May 2002 to May 2003 and Vice President, Human Resources, Enterprise Services, from May 2000 to May 2002.  Prior to joining Sun, Mr. MacGowan held executive and senior management human resources positions at Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, Allergan, Inc. and Northrop Grumman Corporation.  He holds a bachelor's degree from Claremont McKenna College. Mr. MacGowan serves on the Compensation and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees of Saba’s Board of Directors.

Bill Russell
Bill Russell brings more than 30 years in enterprise technology experience and expertise to the Saba Board. He has held several prestigious board positions at both public and private companies over the last nine years including Cognos, webMethods, and other Global 2000 organizations. He has also served in a number of executive management roles in a 23-year career at Hewlett-Packard, including the leadership of HP’s multi-billion dollar Enterprise Systems Group, its Software Solutions Group, and its Global Alliances Organization.

George de Urioste
George A. de Urioste has been a Director of Saba since January 2008.  From January 2008 to October 2008, Mr. de Urioste served as Acting Chief Operating Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer of Marvell Technology Group Ltd., a semiconductor provider. From November 2004 to March 2006, Mr. de Urioste served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Chordiant Software, a provider of enterprise software for customer service and marketing processes. From June 2000 to July 2003, Mr. de Urioste was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aeroprise, Inc., a private mobile workflow management software company that he co-founded in 2000. From March 1993 to July 1998, Mr. de Urioste was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Operations for Remedy Corporation, a provider of enterprise software. Mr. de Urioste holds a B.S. from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. de Urioste is a Certified Public Accountant.  Mr. de Urioste is Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Dow R. Wilson
Dow R. Wilson has been a Director of Saba since August 2006. Mr. Wilson is Executive Vice President of Varian Medical Systems, a company that designs and manufactures advanced equipment and software products for treating cancer with radiation, and President of its Oncology Systems division. Mr. Wilson joined Varian in 2005, following a 19-year career with General Electric, a diversified industrial corporation, in a variety of senior management positions in both the United States and Europe. Most recently, Mr. Wilson served as CEO for GE Healthcare-Information and Patient Monitoring Technologies. Prior to that, he served as Global General Manager for a number of GE's imaging businesses, including, X-ray, Functional Imaging and Computed Tomography. He also ran GE's Lexan Sheet business in Europe. Mr. Wilson holds a B.A. from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.