Vahe Aghabegians
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was educated in Armenian schools of Teheran. After graduating from high school, in 1973, he left for the United States, where he attended Wentworth Institute of Technology
Wentworth Institute of Technology
The Wentworth Institute of Technology is an independent, co-educational, technical design and engineering college located in Boston, Massachusetts...
and Northeastern University in Boston
Boston
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and received a BS in Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
in 1978.
From 1975 to 1979 was employed by Hairenik Association, Inc. (a publishing
Publishing
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house) as operations manager. Was a founding member and executive director of UniPrint Inc. (a printing
Printing
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house). From 1982 to 1984 he was the president of The Romney Group, Inc., (a national sporting goods distribution company). Founded, and from 1984-1998 was the president and chief executive officer of MicroComp Enterprises, Inc.
In June 1998 moved to Armenia and from 1999 to 2007 worked as Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Vartan Oskanian. From 2000 to 2002 was assigned the managing director of "Lincey Foreign Investment" Project Implementation Unit (PIU) with the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Armenia.
While at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he conceptualized and implemented Armenia's Electronic Visa (eVisa) system (2003). From June 19, 2007 to June 11, 2008 Vahe Aghabegians served as the Executive Director of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund (The Armenia Fund).
In its March 2004 issue, the National Geographic magazine published a 22 page article (the result of a total of 93 interviews) written by Frank Viviano
Frank Viviano
Frank Viviano is a Sicilian-American journalist and foreign correspondent. He attended De La Salle High School in Detroit and the University of Michigan.His journalism career began in 1977...
, highlighting Armenia. The feature, titled “The Rebirth of Armenia,” describes the present day Armenia with photographs and maps. The article includes a brief profile of Vahe Aghabegians, a high technology advisor to the Armenian government, Aghabegians hopes to “shepherd Armenia into the 21st century industrial world.”
Aghabegians speaks Armenian
Armenian language
The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora...
, English
English language
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and Persian
Persian language
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.