Santa Clara University

CEO, TapSmack

Vagish has successfully managed and worked with multimillion dollar competitive challenge projects that have not only been implemented successfully, but executed with a high degree of efficiency and quality. He has been a successful team-based and individual entrepreneur, having taken high-tech and construction-based start-ups to multimillion dollar growth in less than five years, His track record includes measurable success at Cisco, Synopsys, DMS, TEAMWRKX, Varshyltech, and NexSentio. Vagish holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in engineering management from Santa Clara University.

Some of his certificates and licenses include: Class B General Contractor license from CSLB, certificates from the American Board for Certification in Home Land Security, USGBC for Green Initiatives and Six Sigma. He currently serves as a CEO of TapSmack and is on the Board Of Directors at NeXsentio, Sentio Development and Varshyltech.

Vagish is also serving as a founding member for the SCU Ring Knockers. On a personal note, he is a pencil artist, an award winning athlete, a coach and judge at competitive sports events (swimming, cricket and marathons), business plan discoveries, and is involved in a  variety of community programs. Vagish currently has patents pending for “idea to creation and co-creation of idea.” His academic training and personal drive have enabled his leadership in software development and entrepreneurial ventures.  Vagish has also taught classes on "Social Media," "Internet-based Community Development," "Starting Startups," and "How to Sync Management Teams of Mid- Level Companies." He is an angel investor/advisor for growing companies in Silicon Valley and globally with current investments in more than five active companies.