Moe Kermani

Managing Partner at Vanedge Capital

Moe focuses on investments in the areas of cloud computing, machine intelligence, analytics, and cybersecurity. Prior to joining Vanedge, Moe was a Vice President of NetApp Inc. (NTAP:NASDAQ), a leading provider of enterprise data storage solutions. Before that, Moe was President and CEO of Bycast Inc., the world leader in storage virtualization software for large-scale digital archives and storage clouds. During his tenure at Bycast, Moe led the company from a seed stage startup to a profitable market leader with a global customer base. Bycast was successfully acquired by NetApp in the spring of 2010. Moe is a member of the Board of Directors of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TMX).

Moe has extensive experience in working with entrepreneurial companies and taking leading-edge technology products to market. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of HEAVY.AI (previously OmniSci), Illusense, xCures, Rigado, Plotly, and Echodyne. He has also served on the boards of Wurldtech Security Technologies (acquired by GE), Metafor (acquired by Splunk), MediaCore (acquired by Workday), Bitfusion (acquired by VMware), Xtract, and Boundless Spatial (acquired by Planet Labs), and Quantum Benchmark (acquired by Keysight).

In recognition of his work, Moe was awarded the BC Technology Association’s Person of the Year for 2011. He is also a recipient of Business in Vancouver “Forty Under 40” award. Moe holds a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of British Columbia and holds several U.S. Patents for his past technical work.