David  Youssefnia, Ph.D.

David Youssefnia, Ph.D.

David Youssefnia, Ph.D. is an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist with over 20 years of experience consulting companies on important human capital and productivity issues. Over the last several years, David also advised several tech start-ups and challenged them to build organizational science into their product. After realizing how big this market could be, he decided to take things into his own hands and co-founded Uplevel. The company is currently in private-beta and has secured significant venture funding. Uplevel is using machine learning and organizational science to help engineering teams be more engaged and productive. You can learn more at uplevelteam.com. Over his career, David has consulted companies across various stages and sectors. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Organizational Psychology from the City University of New York.