Who We Are

Our team consists of seasoned investment professionals who have over 50 years of combined entrepreneurial experience in building profitable, global enterprises from the ground up and over 25 years of combined investing experience in successful information technology and life science companies.

Saeed Amidi, President/CEO, saeed@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Tannaz Amidi, EIR Program Administrator, tannaz@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Syed Azhar, VP of Information Technology, syed@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Kayvan Baroumand, Chief Operating Officer, kayvan@plugandplaytechcenter.com
JT Buffmire, Business Relationship Associate, jt@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Candace Denton, Corporate Development Manager, candace@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Jojo Flores, Co-Founder & V.P. Operations, jojo@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Rachel Ghilarducci, Front Desk Coordinator, rachel@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Jackie Hernandez, Director of Operations, jackie@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Joe Krupowicz, Systems Administrator, joe@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Tracey Laden, Sales & Operations Coordinator, tracey@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Alex Lopez, Head of Facilities
Sumit Mahawar, Business Relationship Manager, sumit@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Zarko Maletin, MBA,, International Business Development Analyst, zarko@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Carolina Marino, Recruiting Relationship Manager, carolina@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Jamie Martinez, Event Coordinator, jamie@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Alireza Masruor, Funding Manager, alireza@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Jupe Tan, VP International Relations, jupe@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Nickolas Turner, Business Relationship Manager, nturner@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Connie Weisman, Recruiting Relationship Manager, connie@plugandplaytechcenter.com
Svetlana Yezhova, Webmaster, webmaster@plugandplaytechcenter.com