Qualifications
Co-founder and CEO of KUDO, a multilingual meeting and AI speech translation platform
Founder of Media Vision (acquired by Televic Conference) and Conference Rental
Member of YPO; co-founder of Swiss audio technology company AVAtronics
Expertise
Language interpretation technology
AI speech translation
Localization
Conferencing systems
Global communication
Entrepreneurship
Fardad Zabetian is the co-founder and CEO of KUDO, a cloud-based platform that delivers real-time language interpretation and AI speech translation for web meetings and live conferences. A serial entrepreneur in the conferencing and language-technology space, he previously founded Media Vision (acquired by Televic Conference) and Conference Rental, providers of simultaneous interpretation and conferencing systems. He is focused on removing language and access barriers so people can communicate in their own language across the globe.
Experience
Co-founder & CEO at KUDO, Inc
Jan 2017 — Present · 9 yrs 9 mos
Founder at Conference Rental
Jan 2007 — Present · 19 yrs 9 mos
Co-Founder at AVAtronics
Oct 2016 — Present · 10 yrs
Advisor at SweatPals
Oct 2022 — Present · 4 yrs
Advisor at atmoky
Apr 2023 — Present · 3 yrs 6 mos
Founder at Media Vision
Jun 2002 to Jul 2022 · 20 yrs 1 mo
Co-founder and CEO of KUDO, a multilingual meeting and AI speech translation platform
Founder of Media Vision (acquired by Televic Conference) and Conference Rental
Member of YPO; co-founder of Swiss audio technology company AVAtronics
Language interpretation technology
AI speech translation
Localization
Conferencing systems
Global communication
Entrepreneurship
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