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Dr. Iyad Uakoub 🍉

Head of Sector | Institutional Excellence

San Francisco Bay Area · 1 connection

Central Bank of Syria

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About

Iyad Uakoub, SHRM-SCP, is an award-winning executive coach, a Silicon Valley-based HR leader, and a Stanford/Harvard-trained behavioral scientist/Org psychologist. Over the past 20 years, Iyad has led People, L&D, and Inclusion at various organizations, including three tech unicorns. He holds the Head of People, Culture, and Behavioral Science position at Sounding Board Inc., a VC-backed leadership development company in the San Francisco Bay Area. He provides strategic direction on learning design and impact to enterprise-level clients worldwide, including EY, Intel, Zoom, Netflix, Chime, and others. He founded Sparathon, a San Francisco-based coaching consultancy for founders and leaders, merging leadership coaching with applied behavioral science and design. His coaching portfolio showcases over 200 leaders from more than 100 organizations, including Yahoo, Cisco, Mozilla, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Bill.com, Mercury, 500 Global, Localized, TechWadi, Amideast, Jusoor, Fulbright, Misk, KAUST, Stanford, Harvard, Faisal Holding, World Bank, and the UN. Educated at institutions like Purdue, USF, Stanford, and Harvard, Iyad's doctoral pursuit delved into self-regulation, adaptive leadershi

Experience

Member of the Board of Advisors - Coaching & Mentoring CommitteeHR.com
Feb 2024
Chief Coach & Behavioral ScientistSparathon
May 2019
HR, Coach and Scientist in ResidenceLocalized
Sep 2019
Head of People + Culture + Behavioral Science | Leadership CoachSounding Board (a BTS company)
Jul 2023 to Mar 2025
Leadership Coach | Senior Director, Behavioral ScienceSounding Board (a BTS company)
Nov 2021 to Jun 2023
Head of Learning and DevelopmentSkillz
Jan 2020 to Oct 2021
Official Member of Forbes HR CouncilForbes Human Resources Council
Oct 2019 to Oct 2020
Head of Sector | Institutional ExcellenceCentral Bank of Syria
Jul 2026
People & Learning Partner (Head of Coaching)Juul Labs
Jan 2018 to Jan 2020
Human Resources Business Partner | TechJuul Labs
Jul 2018 to Jan 2019
Organizational Development ExpertUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Apr 2026
Interim Head of HRCisco ThousandEyes
Jan 2017 to Jan 2018
University Recruiting Manager | Engineering & Enterprise Talent PartnerCisco ThousandEyes
Jan 2017 to Jan 2018
Manager of Branding, Digital Communities, and Data Insights | Career EducatorStanford University
Jan 2015 to Jan 2017
Operations Team Lead | HR Career ConsultantPurdue University
Jan 2013 to Jan 2016
OD Consultant/ MBA Leadership Development CoachPurdue University Daniels School of Business
May 2011 to May 2012
Mentor500 Global
Aug 2025
Learning and Organizational Development ExpertUnited Nations
Jan 2005 to Jan 2010
HR DirectorCentral Bank of Syria
Apr 2026 to Jul 2026
Human Resources InternSyriatel Mobile Telecom
Jul 2003 to Jan 2004

Education

Stanford University
Behavior Design - BJ Fogg's Lab
Harvard University
Masters Degree Psychology
Purdue University Daniels School of Business
Masters of Science - Organizational Behavior & HRM Fulbright
University of San Francisco
Doctorate Organisation and Leadership
The University of Kansas
Fulbright Pre-Academic Program