Ian Saville

The “MacGyver for People Problems,” Ian is a Learning, Development, and Talent Leader with over 20 years of experience developing others, building systems, and creating durable communities. With experience in non-profits, education, start ups, hospitals, and large global tech, Ian has partnered with diverse audiences to build stronger teams, better learning outcomes, and more efficient ways of working. Before venturing on his own to focus on the intersection of AI and leader development, he co-founded Collabic, a boutique leader development firm.

Ian spent eight years at Meta and was the Director of Leader Development. Working in the executive space, Ian led the team working directly with the most senior tech leadership and had influence with leaders leading 55,000 employees globally. An “HR and engineer whisperer,” Ian built strong partnerships across all aspects of the business and coached leaders and teams to do their best work in Privacy, AI, Reality Labs, FB App, Instagram, Research, Infrastructure, and the Data Centers.

Notable Meta work includes working with the VP-level product leadership team to clarify mission and values with a focus on product investment. Partnered with C-suite leaders in company-critical areas developing DEI programming, executive coaching, and team interventions. Ian advised and coached senior leadership in work supporting internal incubator programs, major products, privacy, AI and ethical innovation. He also spent significant time building highly effective scaled leadership development programs.

At Collabic, he was the CTO/COO/CFO of the consultancy and built most of the internal processes and systems to run a five person partnership. Ian coached C-Suite leaders from Fortune 50 companies and local non-profits. He built white gloved facilitation and team development programs for teams in crisis. As a systems guy, he built development programs for new managers all the way to executive level leaders at Series B-D and publicly traded companies. He’s developed IP focused on AI in his developmental practice and he is currently exploring how hybrid intelligence can create good in the world.

Personal:

Ian is Australian-American and has lived all over the US and New South Wales. He came to New York to teach art in the NYC Department of Education and never left. Now a New Yorker of almost 20 years, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife Peipei, son Miles, cat Mochi and Betta fish Red Lightning V2 (Just don’t tell Miles he’s V2…).

Professional:

ICF ACC Accredited Coach, Columbia’s Executive Coaching Program, Interaction Coaching, Certified Professional Career Coach, SHRM-SCP, Leadership Circle Profile 360 Assessment, Hogan Assessment, Situational Leadership II, Strengthsfinder, BA in Studio Arts from The University of the South, MA in Art Education from Columbia’s Teachers College, MBA from Quantic.