about transform

We exist to unlock the full power of people at work

Through relationship intelligence, immersive learning, and real-time coaching, we help professionals build the human skills that drive performance, including the ones no automation can replace.

Our Mission

To transform how people connect, lead, and grow through immersive learning, real-time relational coaching, and performance optimization through human connection.

  • Immersive learning
  • Real-time, relational coaching
  • Performance optimization through human connection

Our Vision

A world where the most effective way to grow is also the most human: fun, experiential, relational, and real-time.

In a world where people fear AI will replace them, we believe the opposite. Human skills are the competitive edge. And the time to develop them is now.

2x

output in cross-functional teams

24-40%

increase in retention

Measurable

gains in emotional resilience, leadership trust, and employee engagement

meet the founders

Ellie Kazemi and Jonas Acquah

Visionaries in behavioral science, performance optimization, organizational transformation, and the future of learning.

Ellie Kazemi
CEO, Transform

Ellie Kazemi believes some of the most important skills in work and life are also the ones we practice the least.

As a behavioral scientist, professor, executive leader, and founder of Transform, she has spent more than 20 years helping people navigate difficult conversations, build trust, and create meaningful behavior change. Across healthcare, education, leadership, and organizational settings, she noticed the same challenge: success often depended less on what people knew and more on how they connected with others when the stakes were high.

Over her career, Ellie has served in executive leadership roles, partnered with organizations including NASA and FEMA, and developed training and measurement systems used to support workforce development and performance improvement.

She created Transform around a simple belief: learning should be active, practical, and even fun. Transform gives people a place to practice real conversations, receive feedback, and strengthen the relational skills that influence trust, engagement, collaboration, and performance.

When she’s not speaking, consulting, or building new platforms, she’s usually exploring the same question that inspired Transform in the first place: Why do we expect people to perform skills they’ve never had a chance to practice?

Behavioral Science Conflict Resolution NASA & FEMA Partner 20+ Years Executive Experience
Jonas Acquah
CFO, TransformVXR

Jonas is a real estate investor and the CFO of Transform, combining strategy, finance, and systems thinking to help organizations scale through stronger workplace relationships. His background spans investment banking, capital markets, and enterprise leadership, including roles as Divisional CFO (Business Manager) at JPMorgan Chase, Head of Center of Excellence for Technology Finance at Chubb, and Head of Business Management for Liquidity Solutions at Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First Citizens Bank.

Across these roles, Jonas was responsible for helping organizations improve the outcomes executives cared about: revenue growth, margin expansion, client experience and satisfaction, operational efficiency, and workforce performance transformation, designing systems to identify why organizations succeeded or why they failed to sustain success. What became increasingly clear was that most organizations were exceptionally good at measuring outcomes but remarkably poor at measuring the human behaviors that produced those outcomes. Time and again, Jonas watched highly capable teams struggle – not for lack of strategy or poor execution but because of communication breakdowns, misaligned expectations, and relationship challenges. These behaviors had a measurable impact on business outcomes, yet remained largely invisible within traditional management systems and that realization became the foundation for Transform.

A first-generation Ghanaian American, Jonas is grounded in community, faith, and the belief that business success is inseparable from human connection.

JPMorgan Chase Chubb Silicon Valley Bank Capital Markets

what we believe

The principles we work from

Workplace relationships drive business performance

When automation takes over tasks, human connection becomes your edge. Empathy, communication, and ethical leadership are strategic, not just soft skills.

These skills can be taught and practiced

Relational skill is not a fixed trait. Like any behavior, it can be shaped through structured practice, immediate feedback, and repetition with increasing difficulty.

Real-time coaching leads to lasting change

Awareness does not change behavior. Fluency-based practice does. We build tools that create behavior change, not just insight.

We practice what we teach

We believe in continuous learning, reflection, and feedback. Growth starts with us. We hold ourselves to the same standard we hold our clients.

what we believe

Designed for trust at every level

Your people, your data, and your relationships are protected by enterprise-grade
security, ethical AI design, and clinical standards built for real-world trust.

 
Data Use & Privacy
  • We never use client data to train generic public models
  • All personalized learning stays within your organization’s private instance
  • No data is shared, sold, or repurposed without explicit consent
  • You control how your team’s relational insights are stored, shared, or exported
Responsible AI
  • Transparent algorithms and behavior feedback
  • Culture-sensitive language models
  • Continuous monitoring for ethical AI use
  • Human coaching enhanced, never replaced
Clinical & Organizational Safeguards
  • Aligned with BACB, APA, and SHRM principles
  • Informed consent and opt-in learning
  • Secure infrastructure and role-based access controls
  • Designed to support organizational compliance needs

Built by practioners.
For practitioners.

See the platform in action with a free ten-minute demo session.

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