Safi Qureshey

Safi Qureshey (sometimes written Qureshi) is chairman emeritus, cofounder and former CEO of AST Research, Inc., a personal computer manufacturer. He is currently CEO of wireless video technology company Quartics and is involved with several start-up technology companies as an advisor, board member and seed investor. From a garage-based company in 1980, AST progressed to become a member of "Fortune's" list of America's largest industrial and service companies, with more than $2.5 billion in annual revenue. Samsung Electronics acquired AST in 1997.Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = "From PC to TV" | newspaper = OC Metro magazine | pages = | year = 2006 | date = November 9 | url = http://www.ocmetro.com/NEW_SITE/metro110906/an_earfull.php]

Through his involvement with executives from the high-tech community, UCI and a close relationship with venture capitalists, Mr. Qureshey is active in encouraging entrepreneurship in Southern California. Mr. Qureshey primarily works with companies in the technology space. He is involved in helping companies with strategic growth, mentoring, international expansion, and product direction. Qureshey is an active Board Member in selected companies and an investor in others.

A strong proponent of education and research, Qureshey currently serves as regent's professor at the University of California, Irvine's Graduate School of Management, and also actively supports U.C. Irvine's Bonney Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. In 2000 he created the "Safi Qureshey Foundation" to provide "a conduit of support for socially and economically underserved children and adults to build better and more secure futures". [ [http://www.sqfoundation.org/Background.htm The Safi Qureshey Foundation webpage - Background] ]

Qureshey was named by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to his transition team, to help him put together his new administration [ [http://www.schwarzenegger.com/news.asp?id=1315 "Arnold Announces Members Of Transition Committee"] ] . Qureshey is also a former member of President Clinton's Export Council.

Awards

He has been recognized as one of the top 25 executives by Computer Reseller News and as Portable Pioneer by PC Laptop Magazine.

Other honors include:

* 1993 Distinguished Alumnus, University of Texas at Arlington [ [http://www.uta.edu/alumni/honorees.php UTA alumni honorees] ]
* 1994 International Entrepreneur of the Year, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
* 1995 UCI Medal, the highest honor conferred by University of California, Irvine [ [http://www.foundation.uci.edu/uci_medal/recipients.htm UCI medalist recipients] ]

External links

* [http://www.quartics.com/ Quartics Official Homepage]
* [http://www.sqfoundation.org The Safi Qureshey Foundation webpage]
* [http://www.pakistanlink.com/Community/2003/oct03/17/01.html Pakistan Link Profile]
* [http://www.pakistandost.com/safi.htm Pakistandost portal - Safi Qureshi]
* [http://www.quartics.com/company/safi_quershey.aspx Quartics management profile for Safi U. Qureshey]
* [http://www.iacfpa.org/p_news/nit/iacpa-archieve/nit-staffers/top9.shtml IACPA - "Safi Qureshey, founder of AST Research, is on Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger’s transition team"]

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