Management Team
Kayvan Alikhani
Chief Executive and Technical Officer
Kayvan Alikhani is responsible for heading LiteScape's operations and strategic direction. He is also responsible for the roadmap design, management, and development of all LiteScape products. With more than 20 years in software product development, Kayvan came to LiteScape from BeNotified Software, a communication solution provider. There he was the CTO and a co-founder who led the product management process of various turn-key communication systems. Prior to that, Kayvan was co-founder and VP of Engineering of AVIRNEX, a provider of enhanced communication services, where he focused exclusively on managing the development and production of various universal communication products. Before AVIRNEX, Kayvan worked as a project manager, product manager and developer for various Microsoft and Siemens productivity, operating system and communication products targeted for international markets. Kayvan has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Tehran University.
Washington University.
Gary Griffiths
Board of Directors, Chairman
Prior to joining LiteScape, Gary was president of products and technical operations at WebEx, where he was responsible for all WebEx products, including strategy, research and development, product management, network and MediaTone operations, and customer technical support. A twenty–five year veteran of the high–tech industry, Griffiths was the CEO of on–demand application company Everdream for the past six years, and held senior management positions with IBM for more than 16 years. He was also the CEO and co-founder of SegaSoft Networks one of the pioneers in interactive entertainment. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Gary served as an officer aboard nuclear fast attack submarines for five years, and was an associate professor of systems engineering at the US Naval Academy.
He has a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Naval Academy and an MS in business administration from the George
Farzad Naimi
Founder, Board of Directors, Business Development
Farzad Naimi is a serial entrepreneur and a co–founder of LiteScape Technologies. Farzad brings twenty–one years of successful Silicon Valley startup leadership to the company and is responsible for leading LiteScape’s Business Development initiatives. Farzad started his high–tech career at a start up, Centex Telemanagement, as the head of Technology, and led Centex to its IPO, which preceded its subsequent 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. Farzad was a co–founder of Genesys Labs, a leader in delivering real-time customer interaction software solutions to medium– and large–sized businesses, that went public and was subsequently acquired by Alcatel for $1.6 billion. He participated in a successful start up, VisaNet do Brazil, funded by Visa International and four major banks in Brazil. VisaNet do Brazil has become the largest e–commerce and retail banking group in Latin America and one of the most profitable companies in Brazil. Farzad has been the co–founder and chairman of several other companies including IQLabs, an enterprise software company specializing in real time IT infrastructure provisioning and management, and Sentek, a profitable global system integrator with clients such as American Express, Master Card, Visa and other major financial institutions.
As a member of adjunct faculty at Golden Gate University, Farzad taught MBA courses in its School of Industry and Technology. Farzad is actively involved with Entrepreneurship Programs at Stanford University and the National University of Singapore.