It's with pleasure to let you know that this news hit major news media around the world and has been creating a lot of buzz around Yocale!
Yocale was awarded the prestigious Silicon Valley 2016 Tie50 top Start-up award - selected from over 2000 companies worldwide!
What we do:
We connect businesses and consumers on Yocale.com. Consumers search and book appointments with a spa, chiropractor, dentist, dog groomer, and almost any kind of business that takes appointments. It’s free to Consumers, and provides one place to connect with local services and manage appointments.
Who we are: https://business.yocale.com/leadership/
Arash Asli
CEO and Cofounder
Business in Vancouver’s Top Forty under 40 business executive - 2013
Farzad Mazarei
COO and Cofounder
Ehab Samy
CTO and Cofounder
Julie Bevacqua
CMO and Cofounder
Amir Chaychi
Vice President, Software Development & Cofounder
Board Members include:
Afshin Doust
Cameron Brine
Aiman El-Ramly
Daniel Frank
David J. Raffa
Daniel D. Veniez
Yocale was awarded the prestigious Silicon Valley 2016 Tie50 top Start-up award - selected from over 2000 companies worldwide!
TiE50 is TiE Silicon Valley’s premier annual awards program keenly contested by thousands of technology Startups worldwide. Awards are announced at TiEcon, the world’s largest conference for entrepreneurs. TiE is a global, not-for-profit network of entrepreneurs and professionals dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship. TiE provides a platform for mentoring, networking and education for technology entrepreneurs worldwide. Our global network of 61 chapters located in most major North American, Asian and European countries and cities with more than 11,500 members across 18 countries.
What we do:
We connect businesses and consumers on Yocale.com. Consumers search and book appointments with a spa, chiropractor, dentist, dog groomer, and almost any kind of business that takes appointments. It’s free to Consumers, and provides one place to connect with local services and manage appointments.
Who we are: https://business.yocale.com/leadership/
Arash Asli
CEO and Cofounder
Arash is at the forefront of business growth. Before Yocale, he oversaw a half-billion dollar portfolio of enterprise and SMB business solutions at Aptean as Executive Vice President of Business Solutions & Strategic Alliances. He also grew the company’s largest global division to profitability and held roles including EVP Professional Services, Worldwide VP of CRM, and VP Sales Consulting. Recognized as a pragmatic and transformational leader, Arash has a unique blend of technology, business development, corporate and finance experience. His expertise spans many industries including financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, and real estate. Arash is honored to have been named the Business in Vancouver’s Top Forty under 40 business executive. In his free time, you can find Arash traveling, biking, skiing, taking photos, or at the gym.
Business in Vancouver’s Top Forty under 40 business executive - 2013
Farzad Mazarei
COO and Cofounder
Farzad is a serial entrepreneur at heart. He has built and sold several companies around the world and has been in the IT industry since 1984. At age 23, he led a $300 million dollar award-winning IT project for an oil and gas company. Three years later, he ran a $500 million organization in partnership with Siemens. After that, he led a multinational petrochemical project that was awarded for excellence in management from IUST and IIE. Most recently, he was with Oracle where he managed multi-million dollar projects for the company. Farzad has a proven track record for building companies from the ground up including start-ups in the UAE and Singapore.
Ehab Samy
CTO and Cofounder
With over 20 years of software experience behind him, Ehab has done it all. He has sold, taught, implemented, and built business solutions for every conceivable industry and market size, including numerous award-winning applications for many organizations such as USAID (US Agency for International Development), Kodak, Xerox, and Pivotal CRM. An established thought leader, Ehab has presented at many industry conferences, published numerous articles on reputed online and printed media, and was the first to integrate popular established social media channels into Customer Relationship Management solutions in a way that enhanced the value of social media for CRM users. Ehab’s true passion is solving business problems with technology, while his biggest strength is building teams and best of breed solutions from the ground up and delivering them in record breaking time and cost. Before Yocale, Ehab was in charge of product management for the Pivotal CRM solutions where his team re-architected the entire suite of Pivotal CRM applications and brought the company and solutions back to the attention of industry analysts and media.
Julie Bevacqua
CMO and Cofounder
Julie helps start-ups grow and succeed. Before her days at Yocale, Julie served as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Aptean, one of the largest enterprise application software companies, where she managed all aspects of global marketing for the company’s diverse offerings, including CRM, eCommerce, ERP and supply chain solutions. Julie has also held a variety of positions with CDC Software, which later became Aptean, including serving as the Vice President of Global Marketing. Over the course of her career, she has managed through more than 20 strategic acquisitions that both increased market share and expanded the business footprint. Julie currently serves as QuickMobile’s CMO and advises technology companies servicing the financial, telecommunications, and emerging technology markets.
Amir Chaychi
Vice President, Software Development & Cofounder
Amir drives technology and architecture decisions. He has 19 years of software development experience in enterprise companies including Nokia, Sophos, CDC Software, and Aptean. His skills span software development, systems analysis, and software design. Amir has a Master of IT and Software Engineering and a Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer Science. With his extensive experience and academic background, Amir has developed product roadmaps and solutions that meet market requirements. In his spare time, Amir enjoys being with his family, playing chess, tennis and skiing.
Board Members include:
Afshin Doust
The CEO and founder of YesPros. Under his guidance, his company has generated in excess of $1.5 billion dollars in financing since its inception in 2005. An entrepreneur with professional background in finance, real estate, sales, and management with extensive experience in sales training and recruiting.
Cameron Brine
The Executive Director of Management Development at Vancouver Coastal Health. His leadership roles span a variety of functions including business development, marketing, revenue performance management, human resources, and investor relations.
Aiman El-Ramly
The Chief Strategy Officer for ZE PowerGroup Inc., the award winning developer of the ZEMA software for energy and commodity markets and the Chief Operating Officer for ZE Power Engineering Ltd, an engineering design and project management company.
Daniel Frank
the Interactive Executive Producer at Electronic Arts (EA) overseeing the design and development of EA’s global network of web properties. Prior to this, he was an Executive Producer at Microsoft leading in the development of first-of-a-kind Interactive TV and mobile consumer products after spending 13 years at IBM, most recently as Web Media Director in the Global Business Services division.
David J. Raffa
has worked in the technology sector for over 30 years in a variety of roles including scientist, corporate finance lawyer, and venture capitalist. He currently provides corporate finance advisory services to a number of young technology companies, often in the capacity of executive board member. David has led or been involved with numerous successful exits including Parasun Technologies, ActiveState, Wolf Medical, RFind, and TSC Software, and has been an advisor to Flickr, Layer 7 Technologies, and Avigilon who have gone onto achieve successful exits or have gone public.
Daniel D. Veniez
is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of mimik Technology Inc. He has a unique blend of governance, management, capital markets, and government experience. For 28 years, he has held board and executive management positions within privately held and publicly listed corporations in North America. Dan also served as a Senior Policy Advisor in federal Departments of Industry, Science and Technology; Employment and Immigration; Indian Affairs and Northern Development. He has led and participated in trade delegations throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States. Dan ran for a seat in the House of Commons in the national election of 2011 as an official candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada.
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