Bobby Yazdani

Who is Bobby Yazdani?

Bobby Yazdani is the

driving force behind the Saba vision, products, and market direction.

He founded Saba in 1997 and took the company public in 2000. Today,

Saba, headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif., is the leading provider

of Human Capital Development and Management solutions.

Among

the Global 2000, Saba customers include Allianz Group, DaimlerChrysler,

EDS, Procter Gamble, Medtronic, Anheuser-Busch, Ford Motor

Company, Continental Airlines, Cisco Systems, EMC Corp., and VERITAS

Software.

In 2001,

Yazdani 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.

Yazdani

is a frequent spokesperson at industry events held by such prestigious

organizations as the United Nations and The Economist. He has written

numerous technical and business papers including: "Human Capital

Development and Management: The Next Generation of Virtual Integration

Across the Extended Enterprise."

Prior

to founding Saba, Yazdani served as Senior Director at Oracle

Corporation. Previously, he held various senior management positions

leading the product development teams for Oracle Context and numerous

generations of Oracle's core database products.

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