Ross Dargahi

Ross Dargahi is an entrepreneur, investor, and one of the founding members of the Mountain View Public Safety Foundation. He is currently a Principal at Volt Ventures Inc., which he founded in Mountain View in 2011 with the mission of providing advisory and capital resources to entrepreneurs across various industries.12

Background and Career

Born in Brighton, England, Ross came to Silicon Valley to work in technology.1 His career highlights include:

• Co-founder and VP of Product Development at Zimbra, a software company acquired by Yahoo! in October 20071
• Director of Engineering and Director of Product Management with the Messaging Products Group at Openwave Systems1
• Founding engineer and senior architect at Onebox, which was acquired by Openwave in 20001

Ross has also held senior positions at several notable organizations:

• Sun Microsystems
• Knight-Ridder Information
• The Baylor College of Medicine's Medical Informatics and Computing Research Program
• The Keck Center for Computational Biology
• Rice University1

Education

Ross earned his BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Houston.1

Public Safety Involvement

After taking time off to train on the east coast, Ross developed an interest in public safety training and development. This passion led him to co-found the Mountain View Public Safety Foundation (MVPSF) in 2013, along with Tony Siress and Pete DeLaOssa.1

Investment Activities

As a Principal at Volt Ventures Inc., Ross is involved in angel investing and co-investing with other investors in various startups.3

Ross Dargahi's LinkedIn profile can be found at linkedin.com/in/rossd, where he is listed as being based in Mountain View, California, with 388 connections.2