Shervin Pishevar

Named "Bill Gates' Worst Nightmare" by the Financial Times, Shervin is a visionary entrepreneur, angel investor, published researcher and startup visa activist. Shervin has raised over $50m in venture funding for his startups and angel invested in over 30 startups. Shervin is the founder and CEO of SGN, one of the leading social and mobile gaming companies, and over 25 million installs on the iPhone and tens of millions of users on Facebook with titles such as F.A.S.T., Skies of Glory, Exo-Planet, iBowl, iGolf, iBasketball and (fluff)friends. SGN games are on over 25% of all iPhones and iPod Touches. Shervin was founding President and COO of Webs.com (formerly Freewebs), one of the largest social publishing communities in the world with over 50 million members and adding 25,000 users a day. Shervin currently serves on the Board of Directors of both SGN and Webs. Shervin has co-founded such companies as Hotprints to revolutionize the personal printing and direct marketing world and Hyperoffice, the first internet groupware and a leading SAAS provider for small businesses.

Shervin is an active angel investor in such companies as Aardvark (sold to Google), Gowalla, Milo.com, TaskRabbit, Rapportive, Wakemate, Klout, Medialets (advisor), Kissmetrics and more. Shervin was a member of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) policy working group that helped create the Obama Technology and Innovation Plan. Shervin has an extensive track record for technology innovation and his achievements have been highlighted by the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, LA Times, CNN and CNBC.