Hadi Partovi

Mr. Hadi Partovi is Independent Director of Taser International, Inc. since June 21, 2010 and is currently an advisor to Facebook, Dropbox, Bluekai, LinkExchange, and XL2Web (Google Spreadsheets). From 2009 through 2010, Mr. Partovi was Senior Vice President Technology for My Space (via acquisition) and from 2006 through 2009 he was President and Co-Founder of ILIKE, Inc. which was acquired by My Space in 2009. From 2002 through 2005, Mr. Partovi was General Manager, Microsoft MSN Entertainment and MSN.com and from 1999 through 2001, he was Co-Founder and VP of Product and Professional Services for TELLME Networks, Inc. From 1994 through 1999, he was Program Manager, Microsoft Internet Explorer. Mr. Partovi is on the board of directors of iLike, Tellme Networks, and Edusoft and holds B.A. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science, summa cum laude, from Harvard University.