Farid Shidfar Email & Phone Number

The Future is Now!“My personal drive is to help startups, companies and organizations achieve higher value.”With a distinguished career spanning over three decades, Farid began his professional career with Accenture in 1993. 1995 Farid helped pioneer Accenture’s Media & Entertainment practice by developing software for Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation and enabling museums across the globe to access the largest digital video collection of Holocaust survivor testimonies.Farid spent over 15 years at Accenture helping his clients move their businesses to a higher level of performance through strategic initiatives - - Rykoff-Sexton, DFS Group, Hilton Hotels, Times Mirror Company, News Corporation, Buena Vista Home Video, Midway Games, Disney Online, Universal, MGM, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Fox Filmed Entertainment, MySpace and others.2008 Farid was named COO of ShareNow, an online file sharing and social networking service. ShareNow was acquired in 2009.2009 Farid helped launch Pricedoc, an online service that helped consumers reduce out-of-pocket medical expenses. Pricedoc was acquired by Health In Reach. 2010 The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Hotel engaged Farid to launch their brand through a series of high-profile events and thereafter Farid founded P2M Motorsports, promoting the Las Vegas Grand Prix.2012 Farid founded Rundavoo, an award winning, social planning application with a social button called "Bring Your Friends" - - offering hospitality venues the opportunity to acquire customers through the “power of friendship”. With one-click consumers invite friends to venues, collaborate on meeting times, see reviews and book reservations. Rundavoo was rated in “Top 75 Best Apps of 2014" by Google.2015 Farid joined RH Capital Partners as Managing Director & Principal of the Technology Ventures Group - - sourcing & evaluating technology investments.2020 Farid co-founded Keo World, an innovative B2B FinTech streamlining invoice payments between buyers and suppliers through an all-digital inventory financing and payment solution. Farid is the visionary behind Keo World's blockchain strategy and implementation - - KEO Rails (www.keorails.com). KEO Rails is a embedded finance, blockchain-based, B2B payments and lending infrastructure with near instant settlements. KEO Rails' first deployment is in Canada, powering B2B payments for an American multinational financial services corporation that specializes in payment cards. Farid’s expertise promises to steer KEO’s strategic direction toward continued innovation and solutions.

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  Uc Santa Barbara

  Electrical And Electronics Engineering