Darius Lahoutifard

Darius Lahoutifard
Founder

Darius Lahoutifard is the founder of MEDDIC Academy, the only platform legally authorized to provide MEDDPICC® certifications, through his exclusive ownership of the MEDDPICC® trademark.  Since 2017, MEDDIC Academy has been a school for sales and leadership training for tens of thousands of executives at tech firms such as Google, Amazon, Salesforce, Cisco, S&P Global, and many startups and scaleups. He is also a best-selling author, serial entrepreneur, and former executive at industry leaders such as PTC and Oracle.

At PTC, he accomplished something exceptional. Leading the team at PTC France, he outperformed Dassault Systèmes in its own territory — France. While PTC was enjoying legendary global fast growth, it had never beaten the IBM–Dassault alliance globally. Under Darius’s leadership, PTC France broke that pattern, growing from $4M to $27M in just three years with a team of 150, and surpassing Dassault in France in 1995.

Trained as a robotics engineer, Darius made a bold leap into sales and quickly rose through leadership ranks. At just 28, he became CEO of a Schlumberger subsidiary, managing a $10M business.

His passion for innovation led him to launch four tech startups—including Business Hangouts, a Google G Suite broadcasting app with millions of users that was acquired in under three years. He has helped raise over $20M in venture funding and contributed to the success of both early-stage ventures and established firms like Agile/Oracle and Think3.

Darius holds a Master’s in Robotics Engineering from École Centrale Paris , now Centrale-Supelec, (ranked first in entrance exams) and a Certificate in Organizational Analysis from Stanford University. He is a published author, patent holder, and guest lecturer at the University of Washington and the National Defense University.

He is familiar with six languages and has published works in three. Darius has worked across Europe, Asia, and the U.S., and has lived in California since 2009.

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