Zaina Orbai

Partner

2022 - Current

I partner with Founders/CEOs/Executives in rapidly changing organizations as a coach, advisor or fractional exec to help leaders unblock challenges and accelerate growth to achieve their goals. My clients span across all growth stages from Seed/Series A, pre-IPO to Fortune 1000 and lead in a wide range of industries such as SF Bay Area Tech Companies, Non-Profit Foundations and US Olympic Committee & Teams. To connect and learn more, you can reach me at zaina@zainaorbai.com

Limited Partner

2021

Operator Collective is a venture fund and dream team community of operator LPs. OpCo brings together 200+ of tech’s most exceptional executives from diverse backgrounds to invest in and supercharge the next generation of enterprise tech.

Advisor

2018 - 2023

PeopleTech Partners is an advisory and investment group comprised of business leaders focused on advancing People Technology. We accelerate the growth of people technology start-ups in the portfolio through GTM and product strategy support. PeopleTech Partners have brought 100+ new HR tech companies to market.

Chief People Officer

2019 - 2022

Scaled company from pre-IPO to Public company (NASDAQ: REAL) with over 3000 employees contributing to $1.5B GMV annually and growing.

Vice President, Global Head of People

2017 - 2018

Mapbox is a location data platform which provides building blocks to add location features like maps, search, and navigation into any experience you create. Let and built the foundational organizational talent & team structure to enable growth.

Vice President, Human Resources

2011 - 2017

Yelp connects people with great local businesses. Scaled the company from pre-IPO to Public company (NYSE: YELP), $80M to $1B in revenues, 600 to 4500 employees and expanded globally to 20+ countries worldwide.

Human Resources

2010 - 2011

Human Resources

2009 - 2010

General Manager / Recruitment Manager

2003 - 2008