Susan Akbarpour
General Partner

Susan's strong business leadership has resulted in numerous articles and feature stories by mainstream media such as San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose Business Journal, Silicon Valley Business Ink, and Asahi Nikkei Shimbun and she has been interviewed by a number of radio and T.V programs. Susan has received proclamations from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Senator Barbara Boxer and Congressman Cox for her ventures' valuable contribution to the vital industry of California. She has conducted over 300 interviews and reports for many prominent and widely published newspapers in Iran and in the U.S. Susan's a popular keynote speaker and panel participant at various conferences. In November 2003, Susan received NCM Community Advocacy Award from New California Media for her tireless dedication to ethnic business community. She has also received 'Interviewer of the Year' award at the National Publication Excellence Awards in recognition of her unique approach to investigative journalism in Iran in 1996. Susan also has been recognized one of the 24 influential women in business in Silicon Valley by Business Journal in 2004.

Prior to joining Linkore, Susan CO-Founded Teksia Inc. a networking and support effort for the American-Iranian high-tech community, and now offers the same services to Indians, Chinese and members of other ethnic groups. Teksia sponsors high-tech trade forums, mines an extensive database to provide information and contacts; and operates a web site to share advice on recruitment, investment opportunities and other matters to its extensive nationwide network of over 8000 individuals and over 400 companies.

When not running her business, she is busy supporting non-profit organizations and her favorite foundations. She also exerts political influence, fundraising for a variety of offices.

Susan earned her B.A in French Literature and Language from the University of Ferdowsi-Mashad, Iran. She is accredited in Mass Communications by the Journalism Periodical School for Professional Journalists where she was named the leading student.

 

Fariba Rezvani
General Partner

Fariba has extensive experience in corporate and international direct marketing for privatization of telecommunications services in Latin America. She has extensive management experience developing major marketing programs focused on international and nationwide seminars for the Academy of Management.

Prior to Linkore, Fariba worked for the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) where she planned and directed flawless execution of productivity improvement and civil engineering programs. Prior to NJIT Fariba planned and implemented key marketing and productivity improvement programs for Superior Technology Corporation (STC). Prior to STC, Fariba worked for Caspian Technology Inc. where she directed contract negotiations, customer interface, and research activities resulting in superb product marketing plans in several fields.

Fariba earned her BA in Mathematics and Liberal Arts from Kean University, Union, New Jersey and her MBA in Marketing from Farleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey, both with highest honors. She has been recognized by National Honor Society in Business Administration and University Fellowship.

Cyrus Akbarpour
General Partner
Chief Information Officer

Cyrus' strong technical leadership has transformed the company with its flagship product, the Communicator Platform. He also heads Linkore IT Solutions, offering system design, implementation, administration, maintenance and product life cycle growth support.

Prior to Linkore, Cyrus was the Founder and CEO of Resaneh-Now Inc., an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Iran. Prior to Resaneh-Now Inc., he was the CEO of Alphabet Consulting that provides advice on technology management, product strategy and strategic planning.

Cyrus is also the Co-Founder and Board Member of Teksia, Inc. a networking and support effort for the American-Greater Asian high-tech community. Teksia sponsors high-tech trade forums, mines an extensive data base to provide information and contacts; and operates a web site to share advice on recruitment, investment opportunities and other matters to its nationwide network of over 8000 individuals and over 400 companies.

Cyrus Akbarpour earned his B.S. in Software Engineering from Saari University, Iran and is currently working on an additional electronic engineering degree at San Jose State University.

 

Executive Members:

Dr. Kenneth Nelson
Director, Executive Search Group

Dr. Nelson’s extensive experience in human resources has earned him key consulting positions with executive management in both public and private companies. His direction of critical HR operations has resulted in successful policies and procedures with human resources development, organizational development, staffing, recruiting, coaching and training. When consulting with Thomson Learning Center, Kenneth successfully developed and implemented the ‘Change Management’ process. At Human Resources Management Consulting, Kenneth established the consulting services and organizations key to many companies success.

Prior to consulting Kenneth held numerous Director, Human Resources positions at Silicon Valley companies, including Kenneth Epson Electronics (where he was also Director, Corporate Administration), Hyundai Electronics, Northern Telecom, Samsung Information Systems and Kaiser Electronics.

Kenneth earned his BA in English & Psychology at Notre Dame Da Numer University, his MA in Transpersonal Studies (Psychology) at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, his PsyD, in Psychology at Southern California University for Professional Studies and his PHD, in Human Resources Management at Hamilton University. Kenneth is certified in Mediation-Conflict Resolution by the State of California.

 

Sue Wright
Director of Operations

Prior to Linkore, Sue provided public relations and marketing communication consulting services to many Silicon Valley companies. Her extensive experience in financial management and publishing the HP Journal and HP Professional Books at the Hewlett-Packard Company resulted to evangelize and drive awareness of many important products, solutions and services. While at Hewlett-Packard, she also directed all phases of print and on-line marketing programs focusing on educational content. Her experience driving many promotional events resulted in valuable positive visibility for the company.

Sue earned her AA in Liberal Arts from De Anza College in Cupertino California and her BS in Business from Menlo College in Atherton, California. Sue sits on the Board of Directors at the Silicon Valley Chapter of the American Marketing Association (SVAMA) as the VP of Membership, 2003 and the Co-VP of Programs, 2004. She also serves as the Director of Programming at the Silicon Valley Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators, 2004 (SVIABC).