Raffi Kassarjian

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Birthplace Beirut
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Lived in Beirut, Tehran, San Francisco, Yerevan
Resides in Yerevan
Education Stanford
Profession Tech
Languages Armenian, English
Ethnicities Armenian
Dialects Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian

Raffi Kassarjian is CEO and Principal Advisor at Sensyan, a boutique advisory firm focused on the growing Armenian tech sector. Since moving to Armenia in 2008, Raffi has led the following organizations as CEO: iCON Communications (pioneer wireless internet service provider), TeamViewer Armenia (also serving as Senior Vice President at TeamViewer GmbH), and the Union of Advanced Technology Enterprises (UATE). He was also a member of the Management Board of Converse Bank Corporation. Previously, Raffi was Vice President and General Manager at Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE: FICO). Prior to Fair Isaac, he was a Senior Manager with Accenture’s Strategic Services practice.

Raffi was born in Beirut, lived briefly in Tehran, and spent over 30 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. He holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration degrees from Stanford University. He is an adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenia, and founding board member of Repat Armenia Foundation, Impact Hub Yerevan, and EVN Report.

He lives in Yerevan, is married and has two children.