Bobby Yazdani
Chairman and CEO

Bobby Yazdani is the founder and CEO of Saba. He founded the company in 1997. Today, Saba is is the premier global provider of strategic human capital management (HCM) software and services. Saba’s people platform is used by more than 17 million people worldwide.

Among the Global 2000, Saba customers include BMW; Caterpillar; Cisco; Daimler; Dell; Deloitte; EMC; FedEx Office; HP; Lockheed Martin; IBM; Medtronic; Procter & Gamble; Renault; Singapore Government; Stanford University; U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and the U.S. Navy.

In 2001, Bobby was named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Based on his leadership and vision, InformationWeek ranked Saba #27 on its Innovation 100 list and Computerworld named Saba to its list of 100 Emerging Companies to Watch in 2001. Bobby is a frequent spokesperson at industry events held by such organizations as the United Nations and The Economist. Prior to founding Saba, Bobby held various senior R&D management positions at Oracle Corporation.

Bobby has a BA in Applied Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley.