About Jeff Strauss

I spent five years designing and delivering curriculum for high school students, followed by more than 15 years running technology organizations at companies including Docker, Twitter, Netflix, Snap, and Tinder - and consulting at many more - before I built Leadership Bootcamp. At every one of those companies, I watched the same problem repeat: brilliant people promoted into leadership roles without the operating system to succeed.

At every stop, the work that moved the needle wasn’t the technology, it was the feedback training I designed, the cross-training programs I ran, the manager bootcamps I facilitated, and the culture frameworks I built. I kept doing L&D work inside IT organizations because it was the highest-leverage thing I could do. Leadership Bootcamp is that instinct turned into a system.

What Jeff is Known For

• Building leadership operating systems for teams that focus on clarity, cadence, accountability, and decision-making.

• Near-zero attrition and multiple internal promotions across every team led, including growing small, single-function teams into international, cross-functional organizations.

• Designing psychologically safe, high-trust environments that measurably improve performance and retention.

• Developing talent into autonomous, high-leverage contributors who get promoted across the company.

Selected Leadership Experience

• Docker - Directed IT & Workplace Operations for a 650+ person global company. Authored a company Culture Memo, designed and delivered leadership training on feedback and situational leadership, led AI enablement efforts, and built security awareness curricula. Multi-million-dollar budget management with YOY double-digit favorability.

• Netflix - Led multidisciplinary teams through a global organizational merger. Built cross-training programs that improved response times, first-time-fix rates, and professional development.

• Snap - Launched the IT PMO, built the OKR framework adopted company-wide, and led technical integration for $1B+ in acquisitions. Mentored new leaders through Snap’s Manager Bootcamp.

• Tinder - Grew a two-person team into a multidisciplinary organization. Created yearlong technical up-skilling curriculum reused across all subsequent teams.

• Twitter - Co-led “Flight School,” a technical onboarding program for engineers. Led automation and deployment workflows during 75% company growth (1,000 to 4,000+ employees).

Selected Consulting Experience

Jeff has advised and supported organizations including:

Nike • Adidas • Cisco • Verizon • U.S. Department of Energy • and multiple school districts, high schools, and universities

Credentials and Research

Jeff holds a Master’s in Education in Learning Design with AI and Emerging Technologies from the University of Southern California, where he is pursuing a Doctorate of Education in Organizational Change and Leadership. His doctoral research focuses on how leadership behaviors shape working environments that drive sustained high performance.

SHRM-SCP • Chief Learning Officer Accelerator Program • Korn Ferry Chief Learning Architect • Prosci ADKAR Change Management • Betterworks OKR Master

Published and Featured

• Failing Safely: Expanding the Zone of Acceptable Failure, Chief Learning Officer Magazine

• Improving Team Performance with Collaborative Problem-Solving, Chief Learning Officer Magazine

• The Power of the Pivot, Reboot Magazine feature on Docker

• Enterprise AI Transformation, presentation at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2025

• Bring Your Own AI, CIO Dive / Rippling webinar

• Creating Equitable Interview Environments, talk track at Linux Foundation Open Source Summit