Farzad Naimi

Farzad Naimi is a serial entrepreneur, CEO at Naimi Group and co-founder - managing partner at RONA Holdings investment company.
He brings more than 30 years of successful Silicon Valley startup leadership, including co-founding and being part of the initial team of four startups with successful IPOs in the U.S., Japan and Brazil.
Naimi started his high-tech career at Centex Telemanagement, a startup at the time, and led Centex to its IPO, prior to its acquisition by MCI.
He continued his career as executive vice president and COO at Prestige International, Japan’s largest customer relationship management organization, that later had a successful IPO in Japan.
Naimi was a co–founder of Genesys Labs, a real-time customer interaction software solutions.
Genesys Labs went public and was subsequently acquired by Alcatel for $1.6 billion in 2000.
Naimi participated in a successful startup, VisaNet do Brazil -- now known as Cielo -- the largest e–commerce and retail banking group in Latin America with a successful IPO in 2009 that raised $4.3 billion, the largest IPO in the world that year.
Naimi also co-founded RONA Holdings investment company to address opportunities in Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence and Disruptive Technologies with 11 successful M&As and 2 IPOs.
Naimi believes mentorship is the cornerstone of successful entrepreneurship.
He is actively involved with the non-profit organizations, World Innovations Network (WIN) and Pars Equality Center and plays a crucial role in the mentorship of RONA Holdings portfolio companies.
Promoting and internationalizing responsible entrepreneurship with social and environmental impact is both his philosophy and mission in life.
Naimi has a B.S.
EE in Computer Science from Cogswell University and a Masters of Science in Telecommunications Management from Golden Gate University.