Sam Nasserian

Sam Nasserian began their career in 2005 with SAP, where they held positions in Consulting, Strategy and Business Development. In 2009, they joined JustAnswer as General Manager and Head of International, where they managed the international expansion and grew the company's international revenues from near negligible to over $30 Million per year. In 2013, Sam moved to Upwork as Head of IT Category, managing the company's business growth on a category level and initiating and executing on several large projects which significantly grew the company's business. Upwork went public in 2018. In 2014, Sam founded Cozymeal, where they served as Founder and CEO. In 2018, Sam began taking on roles as Investor and Advisor for various companies. Most recently, in 2021, they joined Vistro.io as an Advisor.

Sam Nasserian attended Stanford University from 2007 to 2009, receiving an MS in Business + Management. Prior to that, they attended RWTH Aachen University from 2000 to 2005, where they earned a BS and MS in Computer Science and Mathematics.