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

Mohsen Moazami is an Iranian-American entrepreneur. He has founded companies including Stanford Business Systems,[2] CNTP,[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]

Early life and education

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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

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Moazami founded Stanford Business Systems, which was acquired in 1995 by Kurt Salmon Associates, an Accenture company.[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 CNTP.[3][5][17] He joined the board of Aerospike in June 2014.[3]

In August 2014, Moazami joined the board of vArmour, when CNTP 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b Memarian, Jahandad (August 3, 2015). "Mohsen Moazami: A Farewell to Pre-Set Paths". Huffington Post. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Mohsen Moazami". Bloomberg. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Sarah Drake (June 24, 2014). "NoSQL database company Aerospike aims to grow team with $20M". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Christina Farr (April 21, 2012). "Genome entrepreneurs say their data will help you live longer". Venture Beat. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Samantha Perry (January 1, 2009). "East Versus West". Brainstorm Magazine. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Mohsen Moazami". IIP Digital. January 12, 2009. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  8. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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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