Sidney Minassian

Sidney Minassian has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Currently, they serve as the Chief Executive Officer at Saasyan, a leading company in AI-Powered Online Student Safety for K-12 Schools. In this role, Sidney focuses on ensuring the online safety of students through cybersecurity controls, alerting systems for cyberbullying and self-harm, and easy reporting of student online activities.

Prior to Saasyan, Sidney worked as Founder, CEO Coach & Venture Advisor at ImpactLadder, where they provided guidance and support to entrepreneurs and business leaders to accelerate the growth of their businesses. Sidney also served as an Advisor at Versent, assisting with the integration of teams and clients after Contexti, a big data analytics company founded by Sidney, was acquired by Versent.

As the Founder & CEO of Contexti, Sidney successfully built the company into a multi-million dollar business, serving enterprise customers and partnering with global technology vendors and solutions integrators. Sidney later transitioned to become a Board Member & Advisor at KAYWEB Angels, LLC, where they served from 2011 to 2016.

Before Contexti, Sidney founded GrowthQ, a coaching and advisory company for high-growth tech founders. Sidney also founded Liaise Inc, a company that revolutionized task management by automatically capturing and organizing information from emails. Sidney led Liaise from its launch in Australia to the USA, gaining recognition from prestigious events and leading tech blogs.

Sidney's entrepreneurial journey began with Think Software, where they served as Founder & CEO for over six years. Prior to that, they worked as the Founder & Principal Consultant at Montage Advisory, and earlier in their career, they gained valuable experience as a Senior Consultant at KPMG.

Throughout their career, Sidney Minassian has demonstrated their expertise in building and growing technology ventures, providing valuable guidance as a coach and advisor, and driving innovation in the field of online student safety and task management.

Sidney Minassian obtained a Masters degree in Applied Finance from Macquarie University between 1997 and 1999.