Mohsen Moazami

Mohsen Moazami is an Iranian-American entrepreneur. He has founded companies including Stanford Business Systems,[2] Columbus Nova Technology Partners,[3] and Seif Capital.[4] Moazami has also served as a member of Cisco Systems executive staff for 12 years, including as a member of the senior leadership team for emerging markets.[5][6]

Mohsen Moazami
Born
Tehran, Iran[1]
NationalityIranian-American
Alma materStanford University
Occupationentrepreneur

Early life and education

Moazami was born and raised in Tehran where he attended Iranzamin School.[1][7] After earning his high school diploma, he moved to the U.S. for college and earned his master's degree at Stanford University.[2][8]

Career

Moazami founded Stanford Business Systems, which was acquired in 1995 by Kurt Salmon Associates, a global retail and consumer products consulting firm.[9] Moazami became vice president in charge of global e-business.[2][7] Additionally, he was senior partner[8] and national director of the advanced technology group of Kurt Salmon Associates.[10] He received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2010.[11]

For 12 years, Moazami worked for Cisco Systems in various roles,[6][12] including membership in the senior leadership team for emerging markets.[5][13][14] In 2011, Moazami invested in Bina Technologies, a startup company which builds hardware and software for genomic analysis.[15] Bina was acquired by Hoffmann-La Roche in December 2014[16] Moazami is also founder, general partner, and managing director of Columbus Nova Technology Partners.[3][5][17] He joined the board of Aerospike in June 2014.[3]

In August 2014, Moazami joined the board of vArmour, when Columbus Nova invested in the firm.[17][18] He served on the board of EPCglobal, a nonprofit radio-frequency identification standards group.[19] Moazami is also on the board of Kaazing Corporation,[20] Global Capacity,[21] and UNDESA-GAID.[22] He is founder and general partner of Seif Capital, a health and bio-science venture capital firm.[4] Moazami and his wife, Laleh Amirteymour Kalali, opened a donor-advised fund with PARSA Community Foundation, an organization which aims to help various Persian causes.[23] In 2015, Moazami joined the board of directors for Frame, a California-based cloud platform.[24] In 2019, Moazami joined as an advisor for Inxeption, a California-based technology platform. [25]

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References
  1. Memarian, Jahandad (August 3, 2015). "Mohsen Moazami: A Farewell to Pre-Set Paths". Huffington Post. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  2. "Mohsen Moazami". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  3. Sarah Drake (June 24, 2014). "NoSQL database company Aerospike aims to grow team with $20M". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  4. Christina Farr (April 21, 2012). "Genome entrepreneurs say their data will help you live longer". Venture Beat. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  5. Michael Carney (August 20, 2014). "Stealthy vArmour raises $36 million in 9 months on the promise of reinventing hybrid cloud security". Pando Daily. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  6. Samantha Perry (January 1, 2009). "East Versus West". Brainstorm Magazine. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  7. "Mohsen Moazami". IIP Digital. January 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  8. Aparna Krishnakumar (May 18, 2005). "Retail Tech Man". Business Standard. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  9. Rachel Beck (December 17, 1999). "Retailers, e-companies join forces". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  10. "The Next Sales". Computerworld. November 18, 1996. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  11. "A Tribute to the 2010 Ellis Island Medal of Honor Recipients". CapitolWords. September 15, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  12. Conor O’Clery (June 29, 2001). "Cisco may be in a valley now, but broadband could return it to peaks". The Irish Times. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  13. Naomi Grossman (May 1, 2006). "ThingMagic tracks success with universal RFID reader". Indus Business Journal. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  14. Mike Magee (October 7, 2009). "Cisco expands management from 10 to 2,500 people". TG Daily. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  15. Jordan Novet (December 19, 2014). "Roche acquires genomic analysis startup Bina". Venture Beat. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  16. Jason McCormick (December 23, 2014). "Big Data's Bina acquired by Big Pharma's Roche". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  17. onathan Vanian (August 20, 2014). "Security startup vArmour targets the hybrid cloud with a $21M funding round". GigaOm. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  18. Cromwell Schubarth (August 20, 2014). "Stealthy security startup vArmour raisses $36M in two rounds". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  19. "Q&A: Cisco VP talks RFID". Computer Business Review. June 13, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  20. "Mohsen Moazami, Executive Chairman". Kaazing. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  21. "Board Members". Global Capacity. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  22. "UNDESA-GAID Partners Open Campaign on Digital Technologies for Poor-Country Schools" (PDF). The Global Alliance for ICT and Development. October 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  23. "PARSA Feature: The Moazamis Reach for Their Philanthropic Roots in the New World". PARSA. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  24. "Frame Secures $10M in Funding". FinSMEs. June 24, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  25. "Inxeption Advisors". Inxeption. April 10, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
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