Fariborz Maseeh
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Fariborz Maseeh (Persian: فریبرز مسیح) | |
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| Nationality | Iranian-American |
| Education | MIT Portland State University University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, philanthropist |
Fariborz Maseeh (Persian: فریبرز مسیح : Farīborz Masīh) is an Iranian-born Iranian-American engineer who works in the field of micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS). He founded IntelliSense in 1991 and sold it in 2000.[citation needed] He is the founder and managing principal of Surlamer LLC, an investment management firm managing investments in private companies, a diversified portfolio of commercial and residential real estate, and several proprietary traded hedge funds.[citation needed][1] He is the founder of Kids Institute for Development and Advancement (KiDA), an Irvine, California, treatment clinic and education facility for autistic children. He is the founder of Orbitron LP, a global macro long-short hedge fund. He is the founder and president of The Massiah Foundation, a charitable organization.[citation needed].
Life and career[edit]
Early life and education[edit]
Fariborz Maseeh was born in Tehran, Iran, and arrived in Portland, Oregon in his teens. He graduated from Portland State University (PSU) with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering with honors in structural engineering. He then graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a master's degree. While there, he performed research in the Department of Aeronautics.[2] Maseeh then returned to PSU where he earned another master's degree in Applied Mathematics.[3] Maseeh remained in the Portland area and taught engineering courses at Clackamas Community College. After his family life was stabilized, he ventured to Boston to earn a doctorate degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After receiving his doctorate, Maseeh started working as a senior research scientist at a technology start-up firm in Silicon Valley. He resigned after one year to found IntelliSense.[citation needed]
Technology entrepreneur[edit]
Maseeh founded IntelliSense in 1991. IntelliSense was the first company focused on the custom design, development, and manufacturing of next-generation MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) operation and became one of the world's fastest-growing MEMS companies. It was twice named to the New England Technology "Fast 50"[4] and the Forbes' "Fast 500".[5] Maseeh sold IntelliSense in 2000. Following the transaction, Maseeh joined the Corning management team but resigned after a year. Maseeh founded Picoco LLC as well as the Massiah Foundation in 2001.[6]
Community Service[edit]
Maseeh has served on numerous boards, including those of the MIT Corporation and Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows. In April 2021, it was announced that he was elected to the Caltech Board of Trustees.[7] He sits on engineering advisory boards at University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Portland State University. Maseeh is also a former trustee of The Foundation at University of California at Irvine (UCI), former Executive Member of California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), past chairman of the board of directors of Children’s Hospital of Orange County Foundation for Children, and past board member of the Boys and Girls Club of Boston.
Philanthropy[edit]
Maseeh actively looks for unique philanthropic venues with large public benefits applying management principles. Through the Massiah Foundation, Maseeh utilizes the concept of venture philanthropy targeting unique opportunities to invest in entities that will have a lasting and significant social impact per invested capital.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Fariborz Maseeh - Our Trustees - Foundation - University of California: Irvine". Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ^ "Fariborz Maseeh". utexas.edu. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ^ "Portland State University – Profile". pdx.edu. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ^ Business Wire (August 9, 2000), 's+Fastest-Growing+Technology...-a063966317 "IntelliSense Named One of New England's Fastest-Growing Technology Companies Second Year in a Row"
- ^ Business Wire (November 30, 1999), "IntelliSense Named One of the Fastest-Growing Technology Companies in the U.S. by Deloitte and Touche"
- ^ "MIT alumnus gives $24M to expand the Institute's undergraduate student body: Fariborz Maseeh cites the pressing need for MIT graduates", MIT News, MIT Press Office, September 8, 2010.
- ^ https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/fariborz-maseeh-elected-as-new-caltech-trustee)