Zaina Orbai

Zaina Orbai is a Partner at Operator Collective and the founder of Zaina Orbai, LLC, where she serves as an executive coach for C-suite leaders across the technology sector. Over a 20-year career in human resources and executive leadership, she previously held senior operating roles at technology firms including Yelp and The RealReal, successfully scaling both hyper-growth companies through their respective initial public offerings. As an International Coaching Federation certified practitioner, she has collaborated with hundreds of executives and entrepreneurs to navigate critical business inflection points. Her advisory work spans organizational development at multiple venture stages, assisting leadership teams from early Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds through late-stage growth and public market transitions. Orbai currently focuses on coaching high-impact leaders, particularly women, while guiding entrepreneurial ventures through complex scaling and human capital challenges.