Hi, I’m Salima Kaissi
Executive CoachHelping you shape your leadership
I’m a certified Executive Coach. I’m also an investor, startups advisor, partnerships expert, and an award winning technology leader, with nearly two decades of experience working with the world’s largest companies including Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, as well as with high growth Silicon Valley tech companies like Okta.
Bio
Salima received her executive coaching certification from UC Berkeley Haas Business School, in partnership with Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute. She is a distinguished executive coach with a robust background and track record in leadership development, organizational transformation, and strategic planning. With a wealth of experience across diverse industries, she excels in guiding leaders to enhance their performance, develop emotional intelligence, and achieve their professional goals. Salima’s approach combines deep industry knowledge with personalized coaching techniques, fostering self-awareness and actionable insights.
Salima is a former Director at Okta Ventures, she helped Okta identify, invest, and support startups building technology enabled by identity, security, and privacy, around the globe. Prior to joining the ventures team, she led Okta’s Cloud Partnerships with AWS, Google, and Microsoft, building a business from the ground up with multi hundreds $ millions co-sell revenue.
Previously Salima worked with Microsoft where she led the indirect-sales motion through channel partners and distribution. She also held various technical and business management positions at Nokia, Alcatel, Europ assistance, Europcar and Twitter.
Salima is passionate about education as she co-founded in 2015 a non-profit (eSTEM) geared towards empowering young girls through education in STEM fields. The impact of this work was recognized in November 2017 by the United Nations Association USA through its “Global Citizen Award” to Salima. She’s been also involved with IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity, in various leadership roles for two decades, and won the prestigious “Young Professionals Achievement Award” in 2010.
Her commitment to client success is evident through her tailored strategies that drive impactful change and sustainable growth. Salima holds a Masters degree in Telecom and Software Engineering, a Masters in Business Administration, multiple certifications, and is renowned for her expertise in executive coaching and beyond.