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Firouz Vafadari

Founder

CEO & Founder at Lightlinks

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedLightlinks

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Experience

  1. Light Links, Inc.CEO, Founder & Presidentcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Berkeley SkyDeckInnovation Fellow & Member of the Selection Committeecurrent2025 — presentBerkeley, California, United States
  3. University of California, Santa CruzResearcher PHD Student2022 — 2026Santa Cruz, California, United States
  4. LightLinksCEO & Co-founder2019 — 2022
  5. sepantabIoT & Network developer2018 — 2021

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investmentEntrepreneurship

Languages English · Zoroastrian Dari

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Who is Firouz Vafadari?
CEO & Founder at Lightlinks
Where does Firouz Vafadari work?
Firouz Vafadari is CEO & Founder of Lightlinks.
What companies did Firouz Vafadari found?
Firouz Vafadari founded Lightlinks.
Where did Firouz Vafadari go to school?
Firouz Vafadari studied at University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Santa Cruz (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science).

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