# Kayvan Khalatbari

kayvan khalatbari (Kayvan Soorena Tyler Khalatbari-Limaki) is an Iranian-American entrepreneur; he was a mayoral candidate in Denver, Colorado, in 2019. == Early life and education == On August 1, 1983, kayvan khalatbari was born in Lincoln, Nebraska to his father Abbas Khalatbari, an immigrant from Iran, and his mother Terri Ramel (now Terri Smith), a small-town Nebraskan.After graduating from high school, Khalatbari earned an associate degree in architectural-engineering technology from the Milford campus of Southeast Community College at the age of 19. He worked at the Lincoln office of M.E. Group, a mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering firm, before being transferred to their Denver office in 2004.