Paul Zolfaghari
President at Saviynt
Paul Zolfaghari
President at Saviynt
United States
Overview
Work Experience
President
2022 - Current
Saviynt delivers SaaS next-generation identity management solutions that enable digital transformation. Its converged platform provides Governance, Cloud Security, Privileged Access Management, Third Party Access Governance, and Application GRC. Saviynt manages over 55 million identities at many of the world's leading organizations, including GE, Cigna, Shell, Lloyds, and Maersk.
Saviynt is an identity management company that provides cloud-first identity governance and access management solutions for businesses.
Raised $375,000,000.00 from PNC Bank and HPS Investment Partners.
Managing Director
2017 - 2022
Carrick is a private equity firm that invests in the business to business SaaS, software, and tech solution industries. Served on the firm's Investment Committee and was chairman of its Operations Committee. Member of the Board of Directors of portfolio companies Saviynt, Exiger, Mavenlink, The Flatiron School, Seven Lakes Technologies, and Everspring.
Carrick Capital Partners is a private equity firm that focuses its investments on software, SaaS, and tech-enabled companies.
Chairman of The Board of Directors
2018 - 2021
Accel-KKR acquired Mavenlink and merged it with Kimble to create Kantata. Mavenlink delivers enterprise SaaS solutions for services organizations, including resource planning, project management, collaboration, accounting, and analytics.
President
2012 - 2016
MicroStrategy ("MSTR" Nasdaq) delivers enterprise analytic and business intelligence solutions for global organizations. Its software platform is available both on premises or in the cloud.
MicroStrategy provides enterprise software for business intelligence, mobile intelligence, and network applications.
Raised $7,931,000,000.00 from Silvergate Bank.
Chief Operating Officer
2010 - 2012
ParAccel was acquired by Actian. ParAccel was an enterprise analytic database company with global customers across verticals, including financial services, retail, and e-commerce. ParAccel is the software foundation for Amazon AWS' Redshift enterprise data warehouse platform.
Executive Vice-President, Worldwide Operations
1999 - 2010
Responsible for $500M global software, services, and support revenue and company's operational P&L. SVP, Worldwide Business Affairs from 2002 to 2005 with responsibility for strategic global commercial relationships. VP, Chief of Staff from 1999 to 2002 oversaw key strategic, corporate, and operational initiatives.
MicroStrategy provides enterprise software for business intelligence, mobile intelligence, and network applications.
Raised $7,931,000,000.00 from Silvergate Bank.
Senior Attorney
1995 - 1999
Represented United States Executive Branch (DoD, Intelligence Community, White House) in legal/technology matters. Maintained Top Secret Security Clearance (TS/SCI).