Hamid Karimi

Hamid Karimi has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning over many years. Hamid'smost recent role is as the VP Technology Alliances & OEM at OPSWAT, where they are responsible for managing all aspects of the vendor ecosystem and leading technology licensing and joint go-to-market execution. Hamid is also the P&L owner for the second largest revenue generating product team.

Prior to their current position, Hamid was the Founder of CloudArm in 2009 and the Global VP of business development and technology licensing at Beyond Security from 2016 to 2018. Hamid also worked as the Technology licensing principal at Bitdefender from 2012 to 2016 and as the Advanced Technologies Products leader at Fortinet from 2011 to 2012.

Before that, Hamid held roles at OPSWAT, Deep Nines Technologies, Inc., nCipher, Inc., Neturity, and Infineon, where they gained experience in product strategy, sales, business development, corporate planning, and marketing. Hamid has also managed strategic partnerships with major companies such as Microsoft, SUN, Juniper, Oracle, and Broadcom.

Overall, Hamid Karimi's work experience demonstrates their expertise in technology alliances, OEM, business development, and product strategy in the IT and cybersecurity industries.

Hamid Karimi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering with a specialization in EE, CE, CS, and Logic Design from San Francisco State University, which was obtained by 1988. In addition to their degree, Karimi has pursued further education and obtained various certifications. Hamid has completed a program in Project Management at UCSC Silicon Valley Extension. Karimi has also obtained certifications in Advanced Certified Engineer from SCO, Business Negotiations from Wilson Learning, CNE from Novell, Positive Power and Influence from Situation Management Systems, Inc., Presentations That Work from M.R. COMMUNICATION CONSULTANTS INC., and Project Control & Business Management from UCSC Extension Silicon Valley. The exact dates of obtaining these certifications are not provided.