Farzad (Zod) Nazem is former Chief Technology Officer of Yahoo! Inc. At Yahoo, Mr. Nazem also served as Executive Vice President of Engineering & Site Operations, Senior Vice President of Communications & Technical Services, and Senior Vice President of Product Development & Site Operations. Prior to Yahoo, Zod held a number of technical and executive management positions at Oracle Corporation, including Vice President of Oracle’s Media and Web Server Division. Nazem earned a B.S. degree in Computer Science with highest honors from California Polytechnic State University.