Shaida H.
5.0
(18)
Empower Your College Journey / Helping You Navigate the College Process
27 followers
Studied at UCLA Anderson School of Management
Worked at Oracle
Successful clients at
Available tomorrow at 4:00 PM UTC
Usually responds within 23 hours
Hello! I’m looking forward to meeting you and helping you reach your goals. If there’s a time you’re available that doesn’t align with my schedule, please feel free to message me and we can work on schedule alignment! Please kindly keep in mind that any no shows will result in forfeited the session out of respect for all parties time.
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Shaida's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $240/hr
Get help with Essays, Secondary Review, and .
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Shaida’s College Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Shaida has helped clients get into these schools:
Hello! With a Bachelor's degree from UC Santa Barbara and an Executive MBA in progress at UCLA Anderson, I bring a strong academic foundation to my coaching practice. I have a proven track record of mentoring and coaching students in the college process. I'm here to help you navigate the college admissions process with confidence and clarity. Let's work together to achieve your academic goals!
Shaida can help with:
Essays
Secondary Review
Application Strategy
Interviews
Editing
Waitlist Strategy
Shaida also coaches for Career Coaching, Sales, MBA, and Leadership Coaching. View all.
About Shaida
Shaida Hiekali is a career and leadership coach helping ambitious, thoughtful professionals navigate transition with clarity and confidence. With a background in organizational leadership, culture & inclusion, and an Executive MBA from UCLA Anderson, she supports clients who are “in the in-between” — ready for what’s next, but unsure how to articulate or pursue it. Her coaching focuses on career narrative, purpose-driven decision making, and aligning work with values in a rapidly changing future of work. Shaida blends strategic insight with deep reflection, helping clients turn their story into a clear strategy forward. It's all about bridging the potential you feel inside with the Future vision you have of yourself, to become the Future You, Today. Shaida spent a decade at technology powerhouse Oracle, first in sales and later as the Head of Oracle Women's Leadership, for the Americas. She brings together both her passion for tech and purpose, in her role now as a Coach. She'd love to work with you! Feel free to reach out any time.
Why do I coach?
I coach because I’ve seen how impactful it can be to have someone support you on your path to fulfillment, purpose and growth. Everyone deserves to live out their vision of success and enjoy this exciting ride of life! I love to support early career and mid career individuals on their career, professional, and personal development journeys. You have a vision for a reason; let's bring it alive.
Work Experience
Founder
SH Coaching
July 2025 - Present
Shaida Hiekali is a career and leadership coach helping ambitious, thoughtful professionals navigate transition and growth with clarity and confidence.
Head of Oracle Women’s Leadership, Americas
Oracle
February 2019 - July 2025
I lead Oracle's sole leadership development community that is dedicated to engaging, empowering, and developing women at Oracle. I support thousands of employees on their talent, leadership, and development journeys and empower them to make a difference and grow in their personal and professional aspirations. I work with employees from the U.S, Canada and Latin America primarly, and have partnerships with global team members and key stakeholders.
Regional Business Development Manager
Oracle
March 2018 - February 2019
Mentored, coached and managed a team of 12 business development representatives, aligning to both the small business and mid market spaces. Successfully led the team to 100% quota attainment, as well as fully promoted the entirety of team. Sales Processes, Sales Management and +2 skills
Applications Sales Representative
Oracle
2015 - 2018
Successful sales rep for 4 years at Oracle. Selling almost all of Oracle's SaaS cloud applications, as well as parnering with solutions engineering, deal management, and leadership teams to ensure client and prospective client value add, and the attainment of company business goals. I started at Oracle during the company's main transformation into the cloud space, and now Oracle is a leading player. Sales is an art- and I approach this incredible skill with value and clients at the center of it all.
Community Manager
Uber
June 2012 - August 2012
I was Intern #1 at Uber LA, prior to Uber scaling and being a global disruptor and innovator in the transportation and on demand spaces. Start up experience is invaluable to taking on any career path: whether that's entrepreneurial endeavors or making a mark at your next company.
Shaida was also given offers to work at
Twilio
Education
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Executive MBA
2023 - 2025
Dean's Fellow, Forte Foundation Technology Management and Strategy Execution
Co-Active Training Institute
Coaching
2021 - 2023
Co-active is the largest experiential coach training and leadership development organization in the world.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Bachelors degree , Global studies
2011 - 2015
Shaida was also personally admitted to
Boston University
18 Reviews
Overall Rating
5.0
Knowledge
5.0
Value
5.0
Responsiveness
5.0
Supportiveness
5.0
Shaida has helped clients get into these schools:
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