Fariborz Maseeh (Persian: فریبرز مسیح : Farīborz Masīh, born 1959) is an Iranian-American engineer who works in the field of micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS).
[citation needed][1] He also founded the Kids Institute for Development and Advancement (KIDA), a treatment clinic and education facility for autistic children in Irvine, California; Orbitron LP, a global macro long-short hedge fund; and The Massiah Foundation, a charitable organization of which he also serves as president.
[3] Maseeh remained in the Portland area and taught engineering courses at Clackamas Community College.
Once he received his doctorate, Maseeh started working as a senior research scientist at a technology start-up firm in Silicon Valley.
Maseeh is also a former trustee of The Foundation at University of California at Irvine (UCI), former Executive Member of California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), past chairman of the board of directors of Children’s Hospital of Orange County Foundation for Children, and past board member of the Boys and Girls Club of Boston.