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Fay Arjomandi

Founder & CEO at mimik Technology Inc.

California, United States

Fay Arjomandi is the Founder and CEO of the pioneering edge cloud company mimik. From 2016-2018, she was the executive chairman of H2 Wellness, a software company based in Los Angeles. Between Aug 2014 to Oct 2016, she was the CEO of digital health company NantMobile and led its Augmented reality platform (iD), several digital/genomics health initiatives, and WiGig fabless semiconductor company, Tensorcom. Prior to NantMobile, Fay was the CEO of Vodafone xone which was the innovation brand for Vodafone. She oversaw partnerships with start-up companies to develop, test and prepare for commercial deployment in Vodafone’s global markets. Additionally, her role included managing Vodafone Ventures, board membership of Vodafone Americas Enterprise and President & Chair position at Vodafone Americas Foundation. Prior to Vodafone, Fay was the co-founder and CEO of three technology startups that built location-based services (L3 Technology), mobile quality of service improvement platform (Mobidia), and mimik.

As a pragmatic technology innovator, Fay has authored many patents in Telecommunications, Transport Layer Protocols, Mobile traffic management, QoS, and Edge Cloud Computing. Fay has a unique talent for spotting future trends and “connecting the dots.”

In 2020, she was named the Edge Woman of the year by the Linux Foundation. In 2018 she was the Alumni of the Year at Concordia University in Montreal where she received her bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. In 2014, she was named as one of the most influential woman business leaders in Silicon Valley by San Francisco Business Week, and in 2006, received the distinguished Business in Vancouver’s “Top 40 Under 40? award.

She is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and advises many startup companies and is a Board Advisor to American Tower the global provider of wireless communications infrastructure.

Fay is passionate about digital inclusion and equity and has spent the last decade to create disruptive technology platforms and enablers for cloud decentralization to ensure a future sustainable internet. She has advised startup companies on how to build successful businesses, as well as corporations on digital transformation and innovation with impact. In addition to exceptional leadership and vision, Fay is a highly sought-after global speaker and industry thought leader given her specialization and years of experience in digital communications, software applications and edge cloud computing. Fay holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University. She has international experience and has lived and worked in many countries in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.


Specialties: Startup, investment fund raising, government grant
wireless networks, decentralized cloud, software systems, Leadership, strategy

Available For: Advising, Speaking
Travels From: Oakland, California
Speaking Topics: edge cloud, digital transformation, innovation

Speaking Fee $1 (In-Person)

Fay Arjomandi Points
Academic 10
Author 22
Influencer 78
Speaker 37
Entrepreneur 60
Total 207

Points based upon Thinkers360 patent-pending algorithm.

Thought Leader Profile

Portfolio Mix

Company Information

Company Type: Company
Business Unit: edge computing
Theatre: North America

Areas of Expertise

Big Data 30.36
Cloud 39.58
Digital Disruption 31.05
Digital Transformation 30.83
Ecosystems 31.71
Innovation 32.13
IoT 30.37
Leadership 30.49
Privacy 32.56
Analytics 30.07
Entrepreneurship 31.74
Startups 31.81
Mobility 33.50
Autonomous Vehicles 31.56
AI 30.08
Data Center
5G 30.65
Emerging Technology 30.90
Diversity and Inclusion
HR
Cybersecurity 30.29

Industry Experience

High Tech & Electronics
Other
Telecommunications

Publications

2 Advisory Board Memberships
Board member
American Tower
May 31, 2022

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Tags: Cloud, Innovation, Entrepreneurship

Studytracks
Studytracks
October 01, 2016
Studytracks is an evolution in exam preparation. Using proven principles, we put the core syllabus to original music allowing students to quickly study then easily recall information in a much shorter period. Truly a study anywhere and everywhere app for the new generation. For A and AS level as well as GCSE and SAT's there's a Studytracks for everyone.

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Tags: Cloud, Innovation, Startups

7 Article/Blogs
The Journey to Autonomy: Unleashing the Power Within
Import from medium.com
May 29, 2023
Once upon a time, there lived a young and curious infant named Alex. Alex was a bright and adventurous boy, always eager to explore and learn from the world around him. As he grew older, his physical abilities and understanding of the world deepened.In his early years, Alex relied on simple means to

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Disruption, Emerging Technology

The Autonomous World Is Horizontal, Not Vertical
Import from forbes.com
April 21, 2022
Companies are often still thinking vertically: designing a single “super app” where users can do everything—messaging, payments, e-commerce and more—all in one place.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Innovation

Three Tech Industry Trends To Watch
Import from forbes.com
February 24, 2022
We are now moving into a hyperconnected economy where apps and digital twins exchange knowledge seamlessly and interact commercially via smart contracts.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Innovation

How To Make Way For The Hybrid Edge Cloud In Your Digital Transformation
Forbes
December 03, 2021
Digital transformation is not a one-time event. It’s an ongoing, continuous process that should grow and evolve with the enterprise.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Digital Disruption

Privacy Is Power: Taking Back Control Of Your Personal Data
www.forbes.com
February 03, 2021
Data is the new oil. But who owns your data? The data is ours, but we are not participating in the wealth and prosperity it generates. Data needs to be classified as a financial asset that we own and needs to have monetary value.

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Tags: Big Data, Digital Transformation, Innovation

A Pragmatic Approach To Sustainable Healthcare: Overcoming Privacy Fears To Beat The Pandemic
Forbes
September 11, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how we live. As we get used to our new lifestyles, it has become clear that we’re vulnerable, and it’s very likely this won’t be our last health crisis — future global outbreaks are inevitable. So, what have we learned from the current crisis to better prepare us for the next outbreak?

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Tags: Big Data, Digital Transformation, Innovation

Customer Analytics or Data Robbery?
LinkedIn
January 21, 2020
In the pre-digital economy, we used our physical or intellectual abilities to generate income which we would in turn spend on life’s necessities and goods and services.

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Digital Transformation

1 Conference Publication
MEC & mimik: One Plus One Equals Eleven
IEEE
November 19, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to describe an enhanced approach to Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC). The new approach enables end-devices to act as cloud server nodes enabled by mimik hybrid edge cloud platform in close collaboration with MEC. We first review the client/server software architecture and its evolution to microservice architecture. We will then illustrate the benefits of the new approach where all connected nodes on the network can act as cloud servers. This new approach keeps the separation between network, service, and application layers while providing each layer with contextual awareness of other layers for efficiency and optimization. For the purpose of this document, we refer to the existing ETSI’s MEC and 3GPP’s SA6 architecture [4][5][6][10] as "network-MEC". We also introduce the concept of "hybrid-MEC" where end-devices are included as server nodes as an integral part of MEC. We will show that hybrid-MEC makes MEC more scalable, efficient, and financially feasible. We will also show that it can help improve data privacy and user experience when building cloud-native applications.

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Tags: 5G, Cloud, IoT

1 Founder
mimik Technology Inc.
Mimik Technology Inc.
January 01, 2020
mimik provides a hybrid edge cloud computing application development platform and business enablers for digital transformation. Developers and enterprises can achieve their business objectives without compromising time to market, cost, scalability, interoperability, data privacy and security, and being locked in proprietary technology stacks. mimik enables hybrid edge native application development that works across ecosystems of devices (iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, QNX, Raspbian, OpenWRT and smart IoT freeRTOS sensors), networks, and any private and/or public cloud. The mimik platform is the fastest and most direct way of connecting siloed and fragmented applications from the edge with minimal reliance on middlemen. We can help enterprises save millions of dollars in legacy backend integration while reducing their ongoing operational costs through an edge-in approach. mimik enables systematic digital transformation for a sustainable digital economy to help enterprises secure business leadership in the hyper-connected world.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Privacy, Ecosystems

1 Journal Publication
Hybrid Edge Cloud: A pragmatic approach for decentralized cloud computing
IEEE Communications Magazine (Volume: 60, Issue: 9, September 2022)
September 09, 2022
The massive growth of connected devices including sensors and machines is revolutionizing every aspect of human life. The socioeconomic impacts are significant and have already transformed many industries. In this paper, we discuss some of the challenges of the explosion of devices and exponential growth in personal digital content and machine generated data.

The centralized cloud architecture adopted in the early days of mobile internet was designed primarily to allow access to data stored on the world wide web. Today, use cases have evolved significantly. Humans and devices are now producing most of the data consumed on the internet. As a result, the existing centralized cloud infrastructure is no longer efficient nor sustainable.

There is significant waste of network bandwidth to send terabytes of data to server farms that may be hundreds of kilometers away from the source and/or destination of data. The prevalent centralized cloud architecture does not adequately leverage massive amounts of computing resources on smart devices which are idle most of the time.

Moreover, despite all the efforts to reduce network latencies, communication to server farms is a major bottleneck for latency in many applications. We introduce a novel architectural approach to cloud decentralization called Hybrid Edge Cloud (HEC) that minimizes network bandwidth usage, reduces communication latencies, and leverages resources on smart devices to reduce the burden on server farms and other centralized computing resources.

HEC combines the benefits of new network technologies such as 5G and WiFi 6 in private and public clouds to leverage computing resources on smart devices to build a sustainable decentralized infrastructure for the hyper-connected world.

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Tags: Autonomous Vehicles, Cloud, Mobility

3 Keynotes
LEAPFROG TO HYBRID EDGE CLOUD FOR A DIGITAL AFRICA!
Singularity University South Africa Summit 2021
October 14, 2021

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Leadership

Hybrid edge Cloud computing ready for prime time | MTL Connect 2021
YouTube
October 14, 2021
This presentation will describe Hybrid Edge Cloud as a key element in our transition and its mature state and readiness for prime time. We will describe a few examples on how it’s being used today and how it enables enterprises to combine the benefits of public, private, and edge cloud while making cloud transformation faster and less costly.
https://mtlconnecte.ca/en/2021-speakers/
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Tags: Cloud, Digital Disruption

IT and Business innovation with Edge Computing Trends
Mimik Technology
May 27, 2021
Fay Arjomandi’s keynote speech at IDG Edge Computing Summit 2021 Event South Korea

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Mobility

7 Media Interviews
Unlocking the next gen of apps for the hyper-connected world
Angelneers
April 25, 2022
Today 90% of all data generated on devices travels from the point of creation on devices at the edge of the cloud. But there is a better way.

In this episode, we are talking with Fay Arjomandi about how the edgeCloud computing can unlock the next generation of apps for the hyper-connected world. Fay is the founder and CEO of Mimik Technology which provides a hybrid edge cloud computing application development platform and business enablers for digital transformation.

Fay is a serial entrepreneur and renowned leader in the tech industry and has been named the “edge computing woman of the year” in 2020 and was named one of the most influential women business leaders in Silicon Valley in 2014.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Leadership

Leading Edge Featuring Fay Arjomandi
Hub Security
April 15, 2022
Our guest this time is none other than the founder, president and CEO of mimik, Fay Arjomandi. Our host is David Hochhauser, CRO at HUB Security. Topics discussed in this interview are: Edge vs. IoT,
what drives applications towards the edge, killer edge apps, challenges to deploying edge, and cybersecurity at the edge.

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Tags: Cloud, Cybersecurity, Emerging Technology

What is edge?
HUB security
April 12, 2022
Fay and David Hochhauser, HUB Security's CRO, discuss and define what the edge is, and what's the best way to address it, in order to render the experience of edge developers as seamless as possible.

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Tags: Cloud, Cybersecurity, Emerging Technology

Equalizing the power of digital information ft. Fay Arjomandi
Apple Podcasts
September 14, 2021
In this hyperconnected era, how can the average person gain back control of their data? Fay Arjomandi, founder and CEO of Mimik Technology is one changemaker aiming to do just that by disrupting the computing world with her hybrid edge cloud platform. With data autonomy embedded in Mimik’s business model, Fay aims to create an ethical, sustainable way to make data work for its producers. Listen as Fay shares her story and her vision for the future of data democratization, the usefulness of the hybrid edge cloud, and what’s next for ethical technology.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Leadership

Restructuring the way cloud technology is used | Fay Arjomandi | Afternoon "T" Podcast - #23
YouTube
April 01, 2021
Welcome to the Afternoon "T Podcast where TTT Studios President Chris Hobbs sits down with local, national, and international business leaders and entrepreneurs to learn more about their successes and failures.

In episode 23, we chatted with Fay Arjomandi, founder, president and CEO of mimik. Fay Arjomandi is a serial entrepreneur and renowned leader in tech having founded L3 Technology, Mobidia and mimik. She has filled many executive roles including CEO of Vodafone xone, the global venture incubation and Beta brand, chairman of Vodafone Americas foundation, board member of Vodafone Enterprise US and CEO at Nantmobile

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Disruption, Emerging Technology

Founder’s Podcast with mimik CEO Fay Arjomandi
YouTube
March 02, 2021
In real estate, she says, an often-used phrase is ‘Location, Location, Location. In our case it is about Decentralization, Decentralization, Decentralization.’

Read the full article at https://edgecomputingassociation.com/...

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Disruption, Emerging Technology

Roqe - Ep #24 - Fay Arjomandi
YouTube
July 06, 2020
Roqe 24 - An interview with entrepreneur and tech leader Fay Arjomandi. She left Iran as a teenage refugee. Now she is a successful CEO. Fay joins Jian to discuss disruption, determination, development and a new invention for containing the Covid19 pandemic.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Disruption, Emerging Technology

2 Miscellaneouss
The Journey to Autonomy: Unleashing the Power Within
Medium
May 30, 2023
Follow Alex's captivating journey from infancy to autonomy as a metaphor for the needed evolution in our digital world. Embrace Hybrid Edge Cloud (HEC) to empower internet applications like Alex, tapping into local device resources, fostering autonomy, adaptability, and reduced reliance on external infrastructure. Unlock the true potential of applications, making intelligent decisions and redefining possibilities for a future of independence and innovation

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Tags: AI, Cloud, Digital Transformation

What's mimik day?
LinkedIn
March 28, 2022
Company should take the time to celebrate their culture and employees.

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Tags: Diversity and Inclusion, HR, Leadership

4 Panels
Stories of women in leadership from around the world
Concordia
March 23, 2023
Co-hosted by the Barry F. Lorenzetti Centre for Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership at the John Molson School of Business and the Concordia Alumni Women & Leadership program, the event will welcome Maria Abi-Habib, Fay Arjomandi, Ginette Caron, Isabelle Dessureault, in a discussion moderated by their fellow Concordia graduate Maya Johnson, anchor of CTV News at 5 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.

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Tags: Innovation, Leadership

REfresh International Women's Day
YouTube
March 08, 2023

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Tags: Innovation, Leadership

The Future Of Connectivity Will Be DeWi And Edge
Linqto | YouTube
December 07, 2021
PANELIST: Micha Benoliel (Co-founder & CEO, Nodle), Fay Arjomandi (Founder, President & CEO, mimik), Stacey Higginbotham (Founder, Stacey on IoT and co-host on This Week in Google)

Tomorrow’s world is a hyper-connected world and this connectivity is being shaped by DeWi and Edge. No one is more in the know than these two speakers, Fay and Micha, who are trailblazing our connected futures by leveraging decentralised wireless networks. Why is this necessary? If we’re going to connect a trillion things to the internet, your data has to be secure. This panel knows low cost, energy efficient, data safe solutions. They’ll discuss what is possible today that wasn’t yesterday and the latest innovations and regulations that are accelerating and shaping our futures.

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Tags: Cloud, Emerging Technology, Ecosystems

Embracing Disruptive technology and innovation for a better future
MTL Connecte
October 14, 2021
Fay Arjomandi founder and CEO mimik, Cathie Wood founder and CEO of Ark invest and board member of mimik and moderated by Kami Dar on MTL connect event on “Embracing Disruptive Technology and Innovation for a Better Future”. Fay and Cathie will discuss the future of disruptive technology and investment in a hyperconnected world and creating a sustainable economy.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Disruption, Emerging Technology

1 Speaking Engagement
How do mimik and 5G enable transitioning from mobile internet to hyper-connected world?
mimik Technology Inc.
March 31, 2021
mimik has pioneered Hybrid Edge Cloud computing to enable any computing device to act as a cloud server to help application developers unlock the next generation of apps for the hyper-connected world. Developers can accelerate product development unitizing the mimik platform. The platform includes a run-time engine for developers to handle global functions in central cloud while moving processing workload to all kinds of edge devices from smart phones to AI-based sensors. The engine is agnostic to OS, device, networks and cloud. It is non-proprietary and works with existing standard development tools. mimik also provides ready to deploy edge microservices for a wide range of industry verticals. With mimik edgeEngine you can launch applications faster while drastically reduce infrastructure cost, minimize latency and improve security and data privacy. The platform is free to develop and has pay-as-you-grow pricing plans.

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Tags: Cloud, Mobility, Privacy, 5G

5 Videos
What are the upcoming innovative business models of hyper-connected world?
mimik Technology Inc.
July 12, 2021
What are the upcoming innovative business models of hyper-connected world?

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Innovation, Ecosystems

Influencing the direction of investment towards digital infrastructure
mimik Technology Inc.
July 12, 2021
Influencing the direction of investment towards digital infrastructure

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Tags: AI, Cloud, Digital Transformation

Fay Arjomandi 1:1 with Cathie Wood Time horizon of key technology trends
mimik Technology Inc.
July 08, 2021
Fay Arjomandi 1:1 with Cathie Wood Time horizon of key technology trends

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Tags: AI, Big Data, Cloud

Fay Arjomandi 1:1 with Cathie Wood: Why have you decided to invest in mimik
mimik Technology Inc.
May 27, 2021
Fay Arjomandi 1:1 with Cathie Wood: Why have you decided to invest in mimik

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Autonomous Vehicles, Privacy

mimik leadership series: 1:1 with Cathie Wood
mimik Technology Inc.
May 26, 2021
Fay Arjomandi, founder and CEO at mimik Technology Inc. with Cathie Wood Founder, CEO, CIO of ARK Investment Management LLC and Board member and investor of mimik Technology Inc. will discuss:

. The key technological trends driving the rapid global transformation

. The business models for the next generation of physical-digital ecosystems

. The role of computing and edge cloud in sustainable global ecosystems

. Democratization of private investments models

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Privacy

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1 Prediction
Towards a sustainable digital economy

Date : October 22, 2021

In 2022, digital transformation across multiple industries will accelerate, spurred by the regulatory push for data privacy and environmental sustainability. Decentralization will be the underlying theme; computing resources and communications have already been decentralized, and we will continue to see computing and communications included in almost all devices.
Cloud decentralization will finally happen with the maturity of edge cloud and, along with distributed ledger technology and artificial intelligence, will start transforming financial transactions. This will drive a rapid migration from the Internet of Things to an “Internet of Systems,” where siloed apps and solutions will be connected to provide the necessary foundations for a hyper-connected world and a sustainable digital economy.

Fay Arjomandi, Founder and CEO, mimik

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