Sid Mohasseb is the managing director of Venture Farm an early stage execution and funding organization and the incoming president of the Tech Coast Angels, OC with a portfolio of over 130 companies, a direct investments of over $90 mil. followed by VC investment of close to $900 million. Sid sits on a number of board of directors, including; WiseWindow, TrendPoint Systems, Accuscore, Clupedia, XSCapacity, and Cerius Consulting. He also serves the National Science Foundation as a funding evaluator, is an advisor to the California State Assembly on private investment in emerging domestic markets and sits on the UCI Paul Merage Business School advisory board.
Formerly, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Vital Source, Inc. a distributor of electronic components head quartered in the United States with offices in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Prior to that, Sid served as the Chairman / CEO of Competitive Knowledge Inc (CKI) - an internet company. Prior to forming CKI, Mohasseb founded the national management consulting firm of Anabasis-Straub, where he assisted fortune 500 companies shape their strategies and enhance their operations. His corporate clients include: Motorola, IBM, McDonnell Douglas, Toyota, Honda, Union Bank, Mattel Toys and the Federal Reserve Bank.. Sid has also been instrumental in various corporate acquisitions and turnarounds both as a principal investor and as a consultant/ operator.
Mohasseb has authored several publications and is the architect for the award-winning software solutions such as the Resource Allocation model (RAM). Additionally, Mohasseb is co-credited for two pending business process patents and has served as the host for a national radio program on business with a 7.5 million audience. Mr. Mohasseb is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a B.S. and an M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering/ Operations Research and Technical Economic Planning.
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