Frank Zamani
| Frank Zamani | |
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| Born | 1965 Tehran, Iran |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | United States |
| 🎓 Alma mater | California State University, Chico Distinguished Alumni [1] |
| 💼 Occupation | |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
Frank Zamani is an American entrepreneur and cloud-computing pioneer. He is currently the Founder and CEO of Caspio.[2]
Early Life[edit]
Born Farhang Zamani in Tehran, Iran, “Frank” was raised in the Bahá’í Faith. Facing religious persecution, he fled Iran in 1986 amid the threat of forced conscription during the Iraq-Iran war.[3]
Smuggled across the border to Pakistan, Frank was granted asylum in the United States in 1988; he and his brother Payam Zamani entered the country with only $75 in cash.[4]
Career and Accomplishments[edit]
Graduating with a degree in Computer Science from the California State University, Chico in 1994,[5] Frank began his career as a software developer at Microsoft until the late 1990’s.[6]
In 1994, Frank co-founded Autoweb.com with his brother Payam Zamani. Autoweb.com made an initial public offering (IPO) in March of 1999.[7] Shares of AutoWeb.com rose $26 from an open price of $14 to a closing price of $40, making the company worth $938 million.[8] In 2001, AutoWeb.com was acquired by Auto-by-Tel LLC.
Following the success of AutoWeb’s IPO, Frank left the company to pursue an independent business venture. He founded Caspio in 2000 based on the idea of enabling non-technical business professionals to create their own database-centric web applications without coding. Today, Caspio powers more than 1 million applications in over 100 countries[9] and is ranked a "Leader" in low-code platforms for business developers by Forrester Research.[10]
Frank is honored with a Distinguished Alumni award by California State University, Chico,[11] where he sits on their Industry Advisory Board.
Philanthropy[edit]
Since 2011, Frank has spearheaded an annual fundraising event for the Association for the Cohesive Development of the Amazon (ADCAM) in Manaus, Brazil.[12] Each year, he and the employees of Caspio raise money to help orphans and children from underprivileged families to receive an education.
References[edit]
- ↑ "CSU, Chico Distinguished Alumni". California State University, Chico. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ↑ "Caspio Management Team". Caspio. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ↑ "Follow the Leader". Forbes. April 25, 2005.
- ↑ "E-List". Entrepreneur. July 1, 1999.
- ↑ "Frank Zamani profile at California State University". CSU. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ↑ "Executive Profile: Frank Zamani". Bloomberg. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ↑ "Crunchbase:AWEB". Crunchbase. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ↑ "Autoweb.com Scores with $938M IPO". New York Post. March 24, 1999.
- ↑ "Caspio Surpasses One Million Applications Built on Its Low-Code Platform". Business Wire. January 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Caspio Named a Leader in Low-Code Platforms for Business Developers". Business Wire. October 23, 2017.
- ↑ "CSU, Chico Distinguished Alumni". California State University, Chico. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ↑ "The Hidden Power of Philanthropy for Your Startup". Wired. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
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