Vahid Razavi

Current

Advisor at New Idea Engineering, Inc.
Founder at Bizcloud

Past

Advisor at Grayboxx.com
Director of Channel and Alliances at Fast Search and Transfer
Vice President of Sales North America at Neocase Software

Sales at Qwest
Advisor at AirTegrity Wireless
VP Founder at SomethingNow Inc.
Sales at Exodus
Sales at Nortel Bay Networks
Sales at Reliant Integration Services

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Education

University of California, San Diego

Recommended

34 people have recommended Vahid

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Vahid Razavi’s Summary

Mr. Razavi an Iranian-American author and CEO of BizCloud , Mr. Razavi develops the organization strategy and manages the company’s sales, engineering Marketing and day to day operations.
He brings to the position more than thirteen years of sales, operations and customer service experience in the software and customer service industry.
Most recently he was the Director of Channels and Alliances at FAST Search and Transfer. Microsoft acquired FAST for 1.2 Billion Dollars in September of 2007.
Prior to FAST he was the VP of North American Sales and Marketing for Neocase Software. As Founder and visionary responsible for the company’s sales and corporate development of venture-backed SomethingNow Inc., Mr. Razavi raised over $25 million in financing from corporate and private investors, and formed a strategic partnership with CNET that resulted in SomethingNow software integration with CNET data services.
Before founding SomethingNow Inc. Mr. Razavi served at Exodus Communications, where he was responsible for signing the key clients that contributed to the company’s successful IPO. Other companies where he has held various senior sales and management positions include: Qwest Communications, Bay Networks and Reliant.
Mr. Razavi is a seasoned business development, sales and marketing executive with over 10 years experience developing and implementing successful corporate sales and marketing strategy.Skilled in all aspects of business development and sales including sales strategy, client need assessment, opportunity identification, market positioning, product/service introduction, contract negotiation and administration
Keen understanding and experienced in product marketing, branding, public relations, analyst relations, marketing communications, corporate communications, events, advertising, channels, lead generation, and sales tools
Proficient in hiring, training and supervising technical and business development staff at all levels.

Vahid Razavi’s Specialties:

Strong background in information technology, computer systems and networks – web based applications, on-demand CRM, enterprise search, sales operations, application outsourcing, IVR application development and deployment, Internet security, business applications trends and technologies

Vahid Razavi’s Experience

Advisor

Grayboxx.com

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

March 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 11 months)
Director of Channel and Alliances

Fast Search and Transfer

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 3 months)
Vice President of Sales North America

Neocase Software

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

2005 — 2006 (1 year )

Neocase Software provides on demand CRM or licensed CRM for customer service and support. Our parent company has been in business for 14 years in Europe. We are a gold partner of Microsoft and provide products as an integrated solution with MSCRM or as standalone offering through Value Added Resellers.
Sales

Qwest

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Q; Telecommunications industry)

December 2002 — 2004 (2 years )
Advisor

AirTegrity Wireless

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

July 2000 — January 2003 (2 years 7 months)
VP Founder

SomethingNow Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

March 1999 — December 2002 (3 years 10 months)
Sales

Exodus

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

March 1997 — March 1999 (2 years 1 month)
Sales

Nortel Bay Networks

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

June 1996 — March 1997 (10 months)
Sales

Reliant Integration Services

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1994 — May 1996 (2 years )

Additional Information

Vahid Razavi’s Groups:

Exodus Alumni
Earlystage.com Entrepreneurs
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
Business Intelligence
OpenNetworker.com
! Sales Best Practices
Writing Mafia
Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
Small Business Online Community
Sales/Marketing VP's & Directors - Software & Technology
Media Professionals Worldwide
Qwest
Travel Media Pros
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Fast Search Employees and Alumni
Journalist and Journalism
Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
nextMEDIA
Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum (CCIF)
Linking Sales Leaders
Vietnam IT Community
Bizcloud:Promote small business & local communities.Business listings blogs,news,tips,advice & video
Web Executives
Business For Sale,Buying,Selling business opportunities, Listings, Info,Tips and Advice Bizcloud.net
Business Buyers, Investors,Purchasing Small and Medium companies & Biz Opportunities Bizcloud.net
Leads, Business Leads, Business Deals, Opportunties, Business Networking Group