NVGT NEW CEO:
Shar Pourdanesh (President/Treasurer/Secretary/Director)
Mr. Pourdanesh has been the CEO, Treasurer, Secretary And Director Of Novagant Corp. since June of
2015.
Shahriar Pourdanesh was born July 19, 1970 in Tehran, Iran and is a former American football offensive
lineman who played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers, and
Oakland Raiders from 1996 to 2001 when in 2001 a severe knee injury cut his career short. He was also
signed to a one-year deal with the Cleveland Browns in 1993 under coach Bill Belichick. He is the only
Iranian-born football player in NFL history and has over 80 professional starts in his career. An All-
American and All Conference selection, and two time team captain for the University of Nevada at Reno,
where in 1992 he was awarded Nevada's Most Outstanding Offensive Player award. He was an integral part
and leader of one of the nation's top offenses during that span, and helped lead the Wolfpack to three
conference titles and a spot in the 1990 1AA National Title game. He was inducted into the Nevada athletic
Hall of Fame in 2005.
While with the Redskins Mr. Pourdanesh founded Washington Gateway International, a real estate
development company. During the period of Mr. Pourdanesh’s ownership and control of Gateway it
acquired and developed 42 properties in the metropolitan area of Washington D.C. Gateways’
developments included the acquisition of existing condominiums, and residential properties in addition to
the development and construction of new condominiums, residential properties and commercial properties.
When Mr. Pourdanesh was traded by the Washington Red Skins to the Pittsburg Steelers he sold Gateway
a profit. In 2002 after retirement from football brought about by a knee injury, Mr. Pourdanesh established
Jack’s Sports Bar and Grill in Southern California. Jack’s was in successful operation until 2009 when Mr.
Pourdanesh transferred ownership of the estabishment.
Upon transfer of Jack’s, Mr. Pourdanesh was asked by the founders of PRB Pharmaceuticals to be Chief
Operations Officer of the Company. PRB successfully developed and distributed new antiviral products
during the china bird flu pandemic. Mr. Pourdanesh left PRB in 2007 to join a startup cell phone company,
Affordable Portables, as its Executive Vice President Of Business to Business. While at Affordable
Portables Mr. Pourdanesh built highly successful sales and marketing efforts which resulted in annual sales
of US$12,000,000 for the Company.
Mr. Pourdanesh left Affordable Portables to found 3G Mix Media which continue to provide indirect sales
and marketing consulting services to its customers. Mr. Pourdanesh is a graduated from the University Of
Nevada At Reno in 1993 with a Bachelor Degree in Business and Marketing.
