Nader Fathi

BIO

Nader Fathi is a serial entrepreneur and veteran of the Big Data and IoT industry. He is currently the CEO of Kiana Analytics, a cloud-based company that helps brick-and-mortar businesses to strengthen on-site security and understand visitor behavior. His last company was successfully acquired by Siemens. He is currently on the Computer Science advisory of the University of Southern California (USC). He is a board member of Asia America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA), and also an Executive-in-Residence at the Plug and Play Tech Center in Silicon Valley and Alley by Verizon in Palo Alto. He has had executive positions at large corporations including Xerox Microelectronics, Camstar/Siemens, Cadence and IKOS. He holds bachelor and masters degrees in electrical engineering from USC and completed his coursework towards a Ph.D.