Boost Work Productivity & Master Tough Talks with Iba Masood

Today's guest is Iba Masood is the co-founder and CEO of Tara AI, the engineering intelligence platform, that helps engineering teams maximize impact and deliver better customer outcomes by improving productivity. Tara AI is venture-backed and headquartered in San Jose, California. Iba is a YCombinator Alum, and was awarded Forbes 30 under 30, for the 2018 list, under the field of Enterprise Technology. She has been featured in TechCrunch, Wired and Huffington Post for her work in data, predictive systems and machine learning in the world of work.

Iba is the youngest winner of the Cartier Women's Initiative Award, and has an undergraduate degree in Finance from the American University of Sharjah, graduating magna cum laude. Iba has also previously worked at McKinsey & Co, and GE.

In August 2017, Iba became a permanent resident of the United States, through the EB-1A award, which presents individuals of outstanding ability with the green card. She is also a past winner of the MIT Global Business Plan competition.