Shahrzad Saderi

Shahrzad Saderi is an Organizational Design and Development senior-level professional offering broad-based change management, training and education, and talent management expertise to global companies needing to merge Eastern wisdom with Western education and proficiency. Ms. Saderi’s talents span program design, leadership and employee development, change management, human capital analysis, gap identification, and more. Throughout her career, she has positioned herself as an instrumental component within multi-national companies striving to develop cross-cultural business strategies while deepening human capital competencies.

In her travels, Shahrzad has presented hundreds of workshops and training sessions in the U.S. and abroad. She’s been a keynote speaker at the Great Decision Lecture Series at Whitworth University, WA, the International Public Relations conference in Iran, and Society of Organizational Learning Global Conference at Muscat, Oman.

Serving as a management consultant for the past 17 years, Shahrzad has led numerous initiatives focused on providing customized change management guidance, leadership team development, and cultural transformation solutions. Ms. Saderi’s reputation as an innovative training and organizational development professional is evidenced as a strategic business partner who has worked in US with Exxon Oil, Chevron Oil, Statoil Hydro, Shell Oil, Novartis, Blackstone, Esso, TIE global network, and FTB. In Middle East with organizations such as Vodafone, Zain Telecom, Hayat Holding, Danone, Xerox, Butane, Pars Online, Saziba Holding and consulting firms such as Skopos Consulting.

Career highlights representing Shahrzad’s success include structuring and restructuring customer service functions instrumental in improving efficiency, customer satisfaction, and revenues; aligning business strategies in collaboration with senior leadership team members within multi-billion-dollar organizations, driving positive corporate change; recognizing and rewarding top talent; providing cultural integration training; identifying business gaps; assessing organizational effectiveness; designing and deploying effective training and education programs.

Being a consummate professional, Shahrzad is a Franklin Covey Certified Facilitator, Institute of Cultural Affairs Facilitator, and DISC Personal Profile Systems Certified Facilitator. Educationally, she is a Ph.D. candidate in Cultural Studies. Has earned her MBA from (University of Missouri).