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Welcome back from the weekend! Today Dr.Zarik Boghossian shares his personal story of being born in Iran and moving to the US, the hardships he faced because of his accent, having no money and how he moved on to successfully develop a software that does the flight navigation for the international space station. Join us to learn some interesting insights on what can drive profitability and success for anyone.

Our Guest 

Dr. Zarik Boghossian is a passionate entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience designing and developing advanced technologies and innovative solutions including aerospace systems. Zarik was responsible for the development of the Mission Critical Electric Power System Flight Software for the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA. This system has successfully been launched by NASA and has been orbiting around the earth for the past decade.

As the Head of the Technology and Professional Services at Integrien, Zarik worked closely with other executives and investors at Clearstone Ventures to create an attractive enterprise level software solution which was successfully acquired by VMware, Inc. in 2010.

As the Co-Founder and CTO at Wovenmedia, Zarik lead the design and development of a Digital Media Solution that is currently being used by one of the largest retailers in the US. Later in his career, Zarik founded Zema Enterprises, Inc. with one purpose in mind, and that is to create technology solutions in advanced web and mobile applications that have meaning and can change the world.

Over the past two years, Zarik has been extremely active as an investor and an entrepreneur to create startups in forward looking markets such as Augmented Reality, On-demand services industry, Social Networking & Collaboration industry, and Solar Industry. Zarik currently serves on the Board of Advisors for many other startups.

As a professor at Pepperdine University, Zarik has been teaching and mentoring MBA and undergraduate Business school students in entrepreneurship, International Management, Venture initiation, and Operational courses. In the past three years, Zarik has also been mentoring UCLA MBA candidates as part of the UCLA Anderson Easton Technology Management Center Industry Mentoring Program.

Zarik holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of North Texas, a MBA from Pepperdine University in Business Management, and a Doctorate degree with highest honors from Pepperdine University specializing in Organizational Development and Leadership. Zarik’s thesis is published and entitled as “An Investigation into the Critical Success Factors of Software Development Process, Time, and Quality.”

Show Links

Website: www.zemaenterprises.com

AUGmentecture, Inc.  www.augmentecture.com    Augmented reality solution for design and architectural industry

DriverSquare, Inc. www.driversquare.com  on-demand technology platform for deliver anything at any time to anywhere

RideMates, Inc.  www.ridemates.net  innovative way of ridesharing for adults and teens

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Nextiva – VOIP phone providers for small businesses.

Fundera – Single source online funding for entrepreneurs. Also offers an adviser program for CPAs, bookkeepers and business coaches.

TSheets – The #1 customer rated time tracking solution!

Fundbox –  The simplest and fastest way to fix your cash flow by advancing payments for your outstanding invoices.

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