Fariborz Maseeh

Fariborz Maseeh is founder and managing principal of Picoco LLC, an investment management firm which invests in various assets and manages several hedge funds. He also is the sole founder and president of The Massiah Foundation, a charitable organization which invests in transformational situations for broad public benefit. He is a worldwide recognized expert in the field of micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS). He founded IntelliSense in 1991 with the vision of reducing the time and expense of creating next-generation MEMS devices. Maseeh earned his bachelor of science degree in engineering with honors and a masters degree in applied mathematics from Portland State University, a masters of science degree in engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a doctorate in science degree in engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Maseeh is a Trustee of The Foundation and member of the Finance Committee at University of California at Irvine (UCI). He currently serves on the engineering advisory boards at MIT School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering at USC, Samueli School of Engineering at UCI and the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University. He served as 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.