Credit Sesame CEO and leadership

Adrian Nazari is an acknowledged industry expert and founder of Credit Sesame Inc. Credit Sesame is a new and easy way for consumers to seamlessly manage their cash and personal credit together and grow both for free! Adrian was founder and CEO of Financial Crossing where he brought innovative advisory solutions to banks and FIs to better manage and guide consumers credit decisions at the point of sale. Prior to Financial Crossing Adrian was founder and CEO of Financial Circuit where he brought 1st of a kind solutions to financial advisory market to become holistic and help their clients manage their credit and liability side of their balance sheet more effectively. Prior to forming Financial Circuit in 2000, Mr. Nazari served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Savvion, where he positioned the start-up in the emerging business process management (BPM) software and helped the company become the market leader with global enterprise customers in banking and ecommerce. Prior to Savvion, Mr. Nazari held various products, marketing, and business management positions where he turned new technology and concepts to leading market products and successful businesses. Adrian is an Author and Speaker, holds US patents, BSEE, and Masters in Business Management from Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was a Sloan fellow.Specialties: Executive Leadership, Personal Finance, Consumer Credit, Entrepreneurship, Product Management, Product Launch, Analytics, Finance, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Business Intelligence, Corporate Development, Consumer Internet, SaaS, Web 2.0

C-Suite strategic leader with expertise in financial and operational execution. Proven results including fundraising, financial operations, M&A, budgeting, go to market, and people operations.

Global experience with international acquisitions, scalability, and growth strategy.

People oriented leader with strong sense of accountability and superior results in driving positive change.

Pejman Makhfi is a Silicon Valley technology veteran, startup incubator and advisor in the high-tech industry. Pejman has more than twenty years of progressive experience in providing consultancy services and best practices to entrepreneurs, technology investors, and forward-thinking Startups. Widely known as a leader in the field of Business Process Automation and Knowledge Modeling, Pejman has an extensive background in the software and financial industries and has been the key architect for several award-winning industry leaders, such as FinancialCrossing and Savvion. His background includes CTO at CreditSesame, managing Data Science and Engineering teams, Founder at Synrgix, a leading M&A solution provider, VP of solutions at Progress | Savvion, managing multiple verticals, including Financial Services and Life Sciences, Director of Venture Development at Singularity Institute, Managing Director of a private angel group, as well as CTO position at TEN, a top Silicon Valley technology incubator hosting more than fifty Start-ups. Pejman managed TEN's R&D as well as advised clients on the issues and trends affecting early stage and emerging growth companies. Since its inception, TEN has helped launch of over sixty Startups, including eBay, iPrint, Xros, and Vertical Networks. Mr. Makhfi holds a B.S./M.S. degree in Computer Science from Dortmund University in Germany and is a certified Scrum Master, an internationally licensed Project Manager (PMP) as well as a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB). He has authored multiple Patents and standards and is an active contributor to organizations such as "IEEE Neural Networks Society", "American Association for Artificial Intelligence" and "American Society for Quality".Mr. Makhfi is the author of numerous patents and papers, including Heptalysis - A methodic approach to Technology Venture Management and NPDI Processes (to manage New Product Development and Introduction).

Adrian Nazari is an acknowledged industry expert and founder of Credit Sesame Inc. Credit Sesame is a new and easy way for consumers to seamlessly manage their cash and personal credit together and grow both for free! Adrian was founder and CEO of Financial Crossing where he brought innovative advisory solutions to banks and FIs to better manage and guide consumers credit decisions at the point of sale. Prior to Financial Crossing Adrian was founder and CEO of Financial Circuit where he brought 1st of a kind solutions to financial advisory market to become holistic and help their clients manage their credit and liability side of their balance sheet more effectively. Prior to forming Financial Circuit in 2000, Mr. Nazari served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Savvion, where he positioned the start-up in the emerging business process management (BPM) software and helped the company become the market leader with global enterprise customers in banking and ecommerce. Prior to Savvion, Mr. Nazari held various products, marketing, and business management positions where he turned new technology and concepts to leading market products and successful businesses. Adrian is an Author and Speaker, holds US patents, BSEE, and Masters in Business Management from Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was a Sloan fellow.Specialties: Executive Leadership, Personal Finance, Consumer Credit, Entrepreneurship, Product Management, Product Launch, Analytics, Finance, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Business Intelligence, Corporate Development, Consumer Internet, SaaS, Web 2.0