Finance and corporate development advisor Ibrahim Mohammed is president of Luminary Investments in Santa Monica, Calif. He has more than 12 years experience successfully managing early-stage and explosive-growth companies.

Over the last several years, Mohammed has worked with more than 40 growth companies in all phases of development, and led fundraising and corporate development efforts for companies in such diverse industries as automotive, financial services, real estate, payment systems, education, telecom, and software. His successes include Autofusion Corporation, a national partner to AAA for online car buying and refinance; EFT Systems, a debit-card payment solutions leader with 1000-plus ATMs; and WITS Corporation, which he co-founded with Arif Diwan.