Babak Dehnad

Babak Dehnad is a seasoned workplace scientist and HR executive with extensive experience in scaling organizations and transforming corporate cultures across various industries. Currently serving as Chief Partner at Palo Alto Consulting Partners, Babak specializes in building high-performing teams and ensuring cultural fit in executive searches. Previous roles include Vice President of People at Contrast Security, where Babak successfully scaled the workforce from 100 to 550 employees, and SVP of Global HR at InMobi, focusing on strategic turnaround and cultural transformation for a company with over 1200 employees. Additional experience encompasses leadership positions in HR at companies such as NativeX, Natus Medical, Groundtruth, Phoenix Technologies, MySQL, and Taleo Corporation, each role emphasizing growth, restructuring, and the establishment of effective HR strategies. Babak holds a BS in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis.