Ali Malihi, M.B.A., Proven CEO, COO, and Corporate Development Officer

--------------------Influential, Highly Hands-On Top-Producing C-Suite Executive-----------------

----------------------------President & Co-Founder of Back Bay Group-----------------------------

Welcome to my profile! I am the President and Co-Founder of Back Bay Group, and a 40-year veteran of the financial services industry, with solid experience in asset management, corporate finance, venture capital and private equity, as well as incubation stage entity formation. I assist companies with their strategic positioning, business development, corporate finance and capital formation issues. My activities have been targeted toward small to mid-size U.S. companies, and institutional investors and family offices from the U.S., Europe and the Middle East.

CONTACT

☎️📲 1-617-543-9730 📧 ali@backbaygroup.com

CAREER & LEADERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS

✦ Four of the fifteen companies invested attained Unicorn ($Billion exit value) attributes ✦ Introduced the concept of ESG (Environment, Social & Governance) within the constraints of a low carbon, net zero or carbon neutral and a zero-carbon economy, to devise go-to-market and business development initiatives ✦ Mastered strategic positioning, corporate finance, capital formation and M&A strategies. ✦ E-Ink: eink.com - Back Bay Group was early investor and helped define the market leading to KINDLE and enhanced the exit value on E-Ink from $205M to over $450M. ✦ Virtusa: virtusa.com helped fund the Company in 2000 when revenues were $3M and headcount at 250 employees: Virtusa reached a $2B market cap ( publicly traded) with 12,000 staff, taken private by Baring Private Equity Asia on September 10, 2020. ✦ Exact Sciences: exactsciences.com specializes in colon cancer assessment at the DNA level: Product is Cologuard - Publicly traded (Symbol: EXAS) @ a $12 B market cap. ✦ Major Investor and the Executive Chairman of the Board of Silicon Kinetics Inc. ✦ Over a decade at Paine Webber (UBS) as SVP, and Chairman’s Council member. ✦ Currently serves for over a decade as an observer on Auterra Inc.’s Board. ✦ Former Advisory Board Member of a major Massachusetts non-profit charitable organization serving the poor, homeless and the community.

EXPERTISE

♦ Start-ups ♦ Private Equity ♦ Venture ♦ Debt Financing ♦ M&A ♦ IPOs ♦ Strategic Partnerships ♦ Mentoring ♦ Innovation ♦ Operations ♦ Marketing ♦ Corporate Finance ♦ Venture Capital ♦ Technology Integration ♦ Idea Incubation ♦ Business Development ♦ Asset Management