Born: 1958
Education: B.S. in Computer
Science from California Polytechnic State University.
Occupation: Chief Technical
Officer and Executive Vice President, Engineering and Site
Operations, Yahoo! Inc.
Claim to Fame: Yahoo! |
Biography
Early Career:
 Farzad
Nazem started his high-tech career in 1985 working at
SYDIS and Rolm in various technical and managerial roles.
In 1985, Nazem joined Oracle. He spent a total of
ten years there, where he functioned
in the role of vice president of Oracle's
Media and Web Server division and a member
of the Product Division Management Committee. In March
of 1996, he joined Yahoo! as a senior vice president
of engineering and surfing. He joined the firm one month
before its massive IPO.
Do You Yahoo?  Within one year of
joining Yahoo, Nazem was named chief technical officer
of the company. In this role, he has been responsible
for overseeing all areas of engineering, including site
operations
and product
development. His management and growth style is one
that calls upon internal strengths. Nazem prefers to
build
almost
everything within the company without having to rely
on third party vendors or customers.
His team therefore consists of of product experts
and engineers
who work well together,
sharing ideas as well code. He agrees that the
CTO position is one that involves understanding technology
to elegantly
solve business needs.
Yahoo Inc! is most likely
one of the the most recognizable Internet
brand names in today's online marketplace. The site boasts
to be one of the most visited single Web sites, with
some 180 million users worldwide.
These millions of users and the
continous competition from rivals such as Google will
continue to to challenge Nazem. Users and analysts alike
continue to follow this and other trendsetters to define
the power of technology, and in particular, the internet
in the coming decade. Nazem's estimated
net worth was $300 Million in 2003, according to Fortune
magazine.
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