Fani is an engineer and entrepreneur. He serves as an instructor for the National Science Foundation I-Corps program regionally and nationally, in addition to serving as an Industry Mentor for two National teams. His passion resides in building IoT smart-campus systems and blockchain solutions, as well as supporting young startups translating technology from academic labs. Prior to relocating back to NYC, he was CTO of an Internet-of-Things venture backed startup for 8 years. He spent 5 years at Stanford University in California as a student, consultant and vendor, where he was immersed in the Lean Startup Methodology.