Vafa Shams

Vafa Shams has had an extensive work experience spanning various industries and roles. Starting in 1992, Vafa served as an Account Director for Vodafone at Nippon Ericsson K.K. before becoming the General Manager of Business Management for the same company. In 1999, Vafa joined Northstream as a Senior Consultant for a brief period before transitioning to Ericsson, where they held positions such as General Manager of the Service Layer & SI Practice and Regional Sales Director of Service Layer and Systems Integration. From 2005 to 2008, Vafa co-founded MAP Capital Advisors, an independent boutique investment and strategic advisory firm. Vafa then became the Telstra Account Director at Alcatel-Lucent from 2008 to 2014. In 2015, Vafa served as an Innovation & Commercialisation Consultant for Ventures at ConvergentMedia and became a Member of Melbourne Angels Inc. In 2016, Vafa joined EducationCurb Pty Ltd as an Advisory Board Member. Finally, since 2017, Vafa has been actively involved in Wirepas, initially as the Country Director for Aust NZ, SE-Asia, and currently as the Head of APAC.

Vafa Shams holds a Bachelor's Degree with Honours in Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering from Monash University. Additionally, Vafa has pursued further education at Macquarie Business School, where they are currently working towards an MBA degree in Business Administration.