Yana Ibrahimova

Silicon Valley–based, summer venture studio for teens

• Co-created a research-based innovation curriculum with Richard Braden (author of Innovation-ish, lecturer at Stanford and Harvard), who served as lead instructor for the pilot cohorts, drawing on a decade of applied innovation research with Fortune 100 companies.
• Launched a venture-style summer innovation program that sold out prior to the start date across three cohorts, validating strong demand for entrepreneurship education for teens.
• Delivered three in-person, two-week programs in Silicon Valley, serving 40 students in total, supported by guest and volunteer mentors from Google, Meta, Stanford, and startups, culminating in public Demo Days.
• Built and onboarded a team of 10 instructors, and designed a Train-the-Trainer internal system to support paid instructor deployment and program scaling for Summer 2026.
• Led the program resulting in 40 student-built MVPs and public presentations, with structured development of core entrepreneurial skills through end-to-end venture creation.

Thought-leadership platform on leadership, learning, and the future of education.

• Founded a thought-leadership platform within the Stanford LEAD alumni, spanning a podcast, curated community conversations, and live sessions exploring leadership development, teaching methods, and learning innovation.
• Launched the Mastery Talks podcast (5,000+ listeners), interviewing professors and lecturers from Stanford GSB, Columbia, and Harvard to translate academic research into practical leadership tools.
• Produced 15 live sessions, 10 podcast episodes, and two annual in-person events, growing to 1,000 members.

• Science, Entrepreneurship, and Technology University — Board Member: Advising on academic strategy, leadership development, and institutional growth.
• Tokarev Foundation — Board Member: Philanthropic foundation supporting Ukraine’s AI and technology ecosystem across education, entrepreneurship, and public-sector innovation.
• Competera Pricing Platform — Board Member: Advisor to a technology startup, contributing to leadership hiring, people development, and organizational scaling.

Consultancy across public, corporate, and entrepreneurial contexts.

• Consultant, Stanford Seed, contributing expertise in leadership development and organizational learning to the Seed consulting ecosystem.
• Through CAPS Corporate Academy, I personally consulted with 12 leading organizations across Eastern Europe on leadership development and learning-organization design.

Leadership education institutions span the public sector, entrepreneurship, and corporate learning.

• Co-founded and led CAPS alongside the former Deputy Minister of Education of Georgia, establishing a multi-platform leadership education institution to address the leadership capacity gap in Ukraine following the political transition.
• Designed and scaled the institution’s academic and operating model, resulting in 150+ executive and leadership programs, and an alumni community of 1,600+ leaders across government and business.
• Built the CAPS Civil and Political School, training over 600 reform-oriented leaders who progressed into roles across public institutions and national reform initiatives.
• Established long-term partnerships with faculty from Stanford University, HEC Paris, INSEAD, and Harvard University, alongside senior international reform leaders, and policymakers.
• Founded CAPS Business School to develop leadership and entrepreneurship within Ukraine’s private sector, creating an exclusive alumni network of over 1,000 senior leaders from the country’s most influential companies.
• Launched the CAPS Corporate Academy, working with leading organizations across industries, in collaboration with L&D innovators, including Degreed, LinkedIn Learning, and Tesla.

Professional Certificate in Leadership, Innovation, Strategy (10 courses)

IE Business Summer School |
Executive summer program in business, entrepreneurship, and innovation (3 courses)