Born in Tehran, Iran, Goodarzi came to the United States as a child and grew up in Orlando, Florida. He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at the University of Central Florida and a master’s in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Before coming to Intuit, Goodarzi worked for Invensys, serving as global president of the products group. He also held a number of senior leadership roles at Honeywell and served as the CEO and co-founder of a technology startup, Lazer Cables Inc. Goodarzi joined Intuit in 2004, successfully leading Intuit’s two largest businesses – its consumer group and its global business solutions group. Previously, his roles at Intuit included serving as Intuit’s CIO, as the general manager of Intuit’s ProTax organization and Intuit’s Financial Services Division. In 2019, Goodarzi was named CEO of Intuit and, declared Intuit’s strategy to be an AI-driven expert platform with data and artificial intelligence fueling innovation across the company. Under his leadership, Intuit has transformed from a tax and accounting platform to a global financial technology platform.