Kouros Vala, MBA, PMP®

Kouros Vala, MBA, PMP® has over 14 years of IT experience. From 2022 to present, they have been the IT Manager at Ridecell. From 2021 to 2022, they were a Senior IT Engineer at Infinera. From 2020 to 2021, they were an Information Technology & Project Management Consultant at an Undisclosed Startup. From 2016 to 2020, they were an IT System Administrator, Sr. IT Engineer, and Primary IT Asset Manager & Business Analyst at Velodyne Lidar, Inc. From 2008 to 2016, they were an IT/MIS Manager - System Admin, Sr. IT/MIS Specialist, and IT/MIS Specialist at Velodyne Acoustics LLC.

Kouros Vala holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business, a Bachelor of Science (B.S) in Business Administration from San Jose State University, and minors in Economics and Communication Studies from San Jose State University. Kouros also holds certifications from Hawk Ridge Systems in SolidWorks Enterprise PDM Administration (2019), the Project Management Institute in Project Management Professional (PMP) (2021), and the California Department of Real Estate in CA Real Estate Salesperson License.