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Goordarzi has had two stints at Intuit , one from
2004-2010 and the second from 2011-present
to achieve the company ’ s goal of completing the taxes for everyone in the US and Canada .
After three years in the role , Goodarzi then went on to become Intuit ’ s EVP of Small Business & GM for its Small Business Group , a division focused on fuelling small business success .
The small business group he led included Intuit products including QuickBooks , QuickBooks Online , Payroll , Payments and the Intuit Partner Platform .
Atlassian & The Goodarzi Foundation While successfully leading several divisions in the Intuit portfolio , Goodarzi was , concurrently , taking steps to expand his professional career by becoming a Board Member of Atlassian , a company that builds tools like Jira , Confluence , Bitbucket and Trello to help teams across the world become more nimble , creative and aligned .
A position he still holds today , Goodarzi is the Committee Chair for Altassian ’ s Compensation and Leadership Development Committee .
In the same year that Goodarzi joined Atlassian ( 2018 ), he also launched the Goodarzi Foundation , which awards grants to female students of Iranian descent who have migrated to the United States .
It is in this way that Goodarzi has completed his aim of “ giving back ” to those in a similar position to him when he first moved to the US .
CEO of Intuit Eventually becoming CEO of Intuit in 2019 , Goodarzi is now at the pinnacle of his career with the financial software company , where he remains determined and passionate about helping the company deliver on its mission of powering prosperity around the world .
“ All of the challenges I faced growing up helped shape me and lead me to
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