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OPEN Tri-State is hosting a panel to discuss pathways for professionals to channel their passions into real action, by serving on non-profit boards. The topics will cover: How to think
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OPEN Tri-State is hosting a panel to discuss pathways for professionals to channel their passions into real action, by serving on non-profit boards. The topics will cover: How to think about non-profit boards; What makes an effective Board Member; Tips from the Pros; and How to find your next Board role.
Moderator:
Salman Ravala – Partner, Criscione Ravala, LLP; Board Member, Scholarship America
Panellist:
Noorain Khan – Director, Ford Foundation; Board Member, Girls Scouts of USA
Riaz Siddiqi – Chairman, Clovis Point Capital; Chair, American Pakistan Foundation
Donato Tramuto – Ex CEO, Tivity Health; Founder/Chairman of Tramuto Foundation;
Board Director of Robert F Kennedy Human Rights; Founder & President, Health
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Questions: Faisal Mushtaq
Faisal.Mushtaq@rocketmail.com
www.opentristate.org
(925) 5294299
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Our annual event to celebrate the reason we work hard and seek impact on the world and our community: our friends and family. This year, we found out that OPEN
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Our annual event to celebrate the reason we work hard and seek impact on the world and our community: our friends and family. This year, we found out that OPEN Chicago boasts some standouts in cricket and also confirmed that none of our members is about to change careers to a professional tennis player.
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Families of Charter Members and Executive Committee Members
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This was a unique opportunity to learn from some of the most thought-provoking individuals and a chance to expand your network among professionals and entrepreneurs! Mr. Ghaffar spoke about the power
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Mr. Ghaffar spoke about the power of data analysis and opportunities in the industry for
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Mr. Dziedzic shed light on the role of FBI in addressing ever-evolving cyber threats and proactive
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This was a great event to learn and network with like-minded professionals and entrepreneurs. Mr Dellheim discussed the challenges and lessons learned to be an entrepreneur as well as intrapreneur for
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This was a great event to learn and network with like-minded professionals and entrepreneurs.
Mr Dellheim discussed the challenges and lessons learned to be an entrepreneur as well as intrapreneur for several high growth organizations.
Mr Ilyas shared his deep expertise in protecting individuals and organizations from cyber threats, including the latest approaches bad agents are using to steal and extort.
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All Day (Tuesday)
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Edward Dellheim
Edward Dellheim
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Jibran Ilyas
Jibran Ilyas
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This event was heavily attended and featured many words of advice on perseverance and pragmatism.
Mr Ahmed leads a discussion on how to lead effectively in today’s world and balance all the demands on our time.
Mr Raheem spoke about his career and work with the South Asian community in insurance and financial services and his successes and failures within a sales and sales management career.
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All Day (Sunday)
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OPEN Chicago
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Haris Ahmed
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(Saturday) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
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1969, Time Goes On
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Ali Zaidi
Ali Zaidi
Ali Zaidi is one of the famous and leading Pakistani Politician who is the current Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs, in office since 11 September 2018. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. His professional career includes being a successful entrepreneur and small business owner with vast experience of operating businesses in various sectors.Mr. Zaidi was Founding President of the Imran Khan Foundation US, an IRS tax-exempt 501 C-3 charity organization based in the US. He is currently a member of PTI’s Core Committee. Besides being a member of the Core Committee, also currently on the list of official Spokespersons of PTI.Furthermore, he served as International Coordinator from 2004 until 2008 and organized PTI chapters around the globe
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Ashar Aziz
Ashar Aziz
"Ashar Aziz is the Founder, Executive Chairman of SkyElectric Inc. He is also the creator of the core energy intelligence and management technologies embedded in the SkyElectric Smart Energy System. In 2018, Mr. Aziz received the most prestigious National award, Sitara-e-Imtiaz for his services in IT Industry. Previously, Ashar founded FireEye, Inc., (NASDAQ:FEYE), a global cyber-security company, in 2004. He served as the CEO of FireEye from 2004 until November 2012 and also served as its Board Vice Chairman, CFO and CTO. Prior to FireEye, Ashar founded Terraspring, Inc., which was acquired by Sun Microsystems, Inc., in November 2002. Following the acquisition, he and served as Chief Technology Officer of the Sun N1 program until October 2003. Ashar graduated from MIT with a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Mr. Aziz later received the University of California Regents fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley where he completed his MS in Electrical Engineering Computer Science."
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Asma Khalil
Asma Khalil
Asma Khalil is one of the few leaders in the country having the experience of working in several key industries of the digital ecosystem. Asma currently a country Director at Careem, is the former COO of Daraz, a start up mentor at the NIC, an e-commerce consultant, and has held several key roles in big corporations like Telenor, Jazz and Nestle. Asma has also worked as an advisor to the government and the ministry of IT and Telecom in shaping up the e-commerce and digital policy for Pakistan. Developing the first mobile banking (easypaisa) strategy, running the first Telco/e-commerce partnership, leading the countrys first Daraz Black Friday and driving the first digital Pakistan website are a few of the many achievements that Asma has to her credit. We are glad to have her as part of our panel to share key insights on the challenges of digital ecosystem expansion in Pakistan and how well the government is supporting this mission.
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Atif Rais Khan
Atif Rais Khan
"Atif Rais Khan is Cofounder and Chairman of LMKR and LMKT; two distinct technology companies. An experienced CEO, Board Member, and entrepreneur with over 30 years of international business experience with private as well as government entities. Atif is also the majority shareholder and Chairman of StarTimes Communications Private Limited, a subsidiary of StarTimes Communications China - global provider of direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting which was recently awarded a DTH license by PEMRA."
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Dr. Arshad Ali
Dr. Arshad Ali
"Dr. Arshad Ali is currently the Executive Director at the HEC. He has over 100 nationally and internationally acclaimed publications to his name. He has also been awarded numerous medals for being a distinguished scientist and researcher. He is actively working on various research projects with Stanford USA, Caltech USA, UWE UK, and University of South Brittany France. He has served as member of the International Advisory Board of the “International ICFA Workshop on HEP Networking, Grids, and Digital Divide Issues for Global e-Science”."
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Dr. Vaqar Ahmed
Dr. Vaqar Ahmed
Dr. Vaqar Ahmed is the Joint Executive Director at Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI). Earlier, he has served UNDP as Advisor, and has undertaken assignments with Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and Ministries of Finance, Planning and Commerce in Pakistan. He has published extensively in areas such as macroeconomic modeling, inclusive growth and infrastructure reforms, trade and taxation policies, regional trade agreements, trade in services, energy governance, border-related trade infrastructure, youth employment, women-led social enterprises, and social safety nets.
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Faisal Aftab
Faisal Aftab
"Faisal is Managing Partner of Lakson Investments Venture Capital (LIVC). He has over 18 years of experience as an executive, investor and entrepreneur in media-tech, real estate, venture capital, financial services and management consulting. He has been employed by, or acted as an advisor to several public and private sector corporations as well as the Government of Pakistan. Prior to leading LIVC, Faisal was an Executive Vice President in New York at CloudStream Media Inc., an Intel Capital backed Over The Top (OTT) content streaming service and technology provider."
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Maleeka Bokhari
Maleeka Bokhari
Barrister Maleeka Bokhari is currently serving as parliamentary secretary of law & justice. She has over 8 years experience of working in various legal/advisory roles in both UK and Pakistan. She also established a broad civil practice which includes advice on all corporate, regulatory, property and employment law matters. She also works as a lead transaction advisor for a number high profile clients in the oil and gas industry, public-private partnership projects, in addition she also advised and assisted in drafting legislation and legal amendments for a political party in Pakistan, which includes the Anti-Terrorism Act 1996, Islamabad Local Government Amendment Act 2013, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtsesab (Accountability) Commission Act 2016 and Arbitration Amendment Act 2013. She was appointed as a member the judicial commission legal task force on 2013 general elections rigging, and a member of the joint opposition legal team on Panama Papers in Pakistan, involved in drafting the terms of reference for the proposed judicial commission on the aforesaid matter.
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Meenah Tariq
Meenah Tariq
Meenah Tariq’s latest position was the Head of Strategy and Accelerator at Invest2Innovate Pakistan. In her role at i2i, Meenah supported hundreds of entrepreneurs since 2015, across a wide variety of industries and geographies. She is a passionate supporter of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Pakistan and has been designing and implementing programs to practically support women entrepreneurs, encourage entrepreneurial mindsets in young people, and equip entrepreneurs across the country with the business acumen required to scale high-impact businesses and SMEs. Beyond running the i2i Accelerator program, she conducts trainings on business creation and scale, mentors a number of startups, and teaches entrepreneurship at local business schools at the undergrad level. Meenah is also constantly experimenting with business ideas of her own - the latest is an experiential gift delivery platform operating in Islamabad and Pindi! Prior to I2I, Meenah was completing her MBA at Babson College, as a Fulbright Scholar.
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Melinda Good
Melinda Good
Melinda Good is the Operations Manager in the World Bank Pakistan office. She oversees the World Bank’s approximately $8b investment program in Pakistan, covering human development, sustainability, infrastructure and economy and competitiveness. Melinda has worked in the World Bank’s Washington, DC and Indonesia offices. Melinda began her career as a lawyer in private practice, and worked with the Asian Development Bank and the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
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Mohsin Termezy
Mohsin Termezy
Mohsin seeks passionate talent who are out to write new stories. He is a fintech professional evangelizing and supporting organizations preparing themselves for digital transformation. Born into an expat family, his belief in entrepreneurship, diversity and inclusion helped him traverse a journey of 22 years from flight simulators to payment systems to development sector engagement. Working for global brands like Citibank, Samba Financial Group, Dhabi Holdings taught him growth but his true pride is his experience of building the first true mobile app development company of Pakistan in 2001 raising money with TMT Ventures- the first VC fund of Pakistan. He is currently building ICT sector interventions with USAID Small and Medium Enterprise Activity (SMEA) program to help IT/ITES enterprises achieve growth , enable SME digitization and access to finance. He holds a bachelors in Avionics Engineering, MBA from IBA, Karachi and diploma in Supply Chain Management
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Mudassar Hussain
Mudassar Hussain
Mr. Mudassar Hussain is currently serving as a Member (Telecom) in the Ministry of Information Technology & Telecom. He sits on the board of PTCL, ,Ignite, USF and PSEB. He is an expert in Telecom Policy, Information Technology, strategy formulation and Telecommunications research. Prior to joining MoITT, working as Telecom Policy & Regulatory Consultant with Ufone and being at the MoITT as Director he served on the Boards of the National Telecommunications Corporation, the Telecom Foundation and the National Radio Telecommunications Corporation.
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Naeem Zamindar
Naeem Zamindar
Naeem Zamindar is CEO of Zamindar Capital and Former Minister of state and chairman of Pakistan Board of Investment. Naeem has on his credit the setting up of Pakistan fund initiative as Acumen Pakistan chief executive officer. Previously, Naeem had served as Wateen Telecom CEO; Mobilink (now Jazz) CEO, and a senior investment manager at Intel Capital in Silicon Valley, where he was involved in over 20 investments in high tech firms. He is a professional certified by the State of Washington as a CPA and has an MBA from the prestigious INSEAD Business School. His vision is to promote and enable Pakistan as an attractive investment destination.
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Owais Anjum
Owais Anjum
Owais is currently CEO of eMumba. He is a Silicon Valley trooper for a good number of years, is a Spartan armed with an MBA from San Jose State University, the oldest public institution on the West Coast of USA. He has led a subsidiary of a Silicon Valley Company in Pakistan and is now administering his own startup, eMumba. One of the biggest achievements of his startup is “Cricout – A Social Network for Cricket” available online and in the form of smartphone apps. Owais is an esteemed and distinguished member of the Islamabad entrepreneurial circle and volunteers his time for mentoring. He has also been an active member of OPEN Silicon Valley chapter in the past.
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Owais zaidi
Owais zaidi
Owais is the Co-founder and CEO of CreditFix, Pakistan’s first Digital Lending Company. CreditFix utilizes Machine Learning and Big Data and combine to enable low income borrowers to borrow for big ticket loans for starting or growing business. It is the only digital lending player in emerging market that is doing ticket sizes up to ,000 completely digitally. Owais also founded The Hive, Pakistan’s most premium co-working space which is currently in growth mode and expanding across Pakistan. He actively evangelizes open source technology and believes in power of collaboration through crowdsourcing and social networks. He has delivered lectures across South Asia and Middle East on electronic payments and commerce, founding and managing startups and financial inclusion. He is passionate about value creation through use of technology for business and social development."
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Rabeel Warraich
Rabeel Warraich
Rabeel Warraich is the Founder of Sarmayacar, a recently launched seed fund syndicate dedicated for Pakistani startups. He is currently vice president at private equity firm GIC Investment Management based in London. He specialized in Economics from University of Oxford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has experience of working with Morgan Stanley, Convergent Wealth Advisors etc.
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Sayyed Ahmad Masud
Sayyed Ahmad Masud
Sayyed Ahmad Masud is CEO & Co-director of Change Mechanics | Founders Institute.He is an advertising & branding guy with over 3 decades in the industry who now helps build Start-ups and develop an innovation economy. He used to mentor and coach the new generation of Start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs. Previously he is not only the part of Pakistan’s entrepreneurial ecosystem but also had a wide network in Asia and Silicon Valley. He was also the part of The Indus Entrepreneurs and the Islamabad Director for the Global Tech Accelerator. He is also teaching Entrepreneurship at the Master’s level and also in the Advisory Committees of 3 leading Universities.
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Shandana Gulzar Khan
Shandana Gulzar Khan
Shandana is Parliamentary Secretary at Ministry of Commerce. She is experienced Trade and investment Legal professional with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry. She is Skilled in Negotiation, International Trade, International Economic Law, Policy Analysis, Strategic legal frameworks and Dispute Settlement. Strong, disciplined legal professional with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) focused in Corporate Governance; Economics of Law and Regulation; WTO and International Economic Laws from University of Cambridge.
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Syed Ahmed
Syed Ahmed
"Syed Ahmad is the Founder and CEO of DPL, a leading IT exports company based in Islamabad. He is also an industry leader . Currently, he is the Chairman of P@SHA, the only Govt licensed representative IT trade body in Pakistan. He is also the author of Digital Policy of PTI, which is part of PTI’s manifesto. At present, he is a member of Prime Minister's Task Force on IT & Telecom. Syed is currently serving various government entities such as Pakistan Software Export Board, KPIT Board and incubators such as NEST I/O and Comsats Cubator-1ne."
Schedule
- Day 1
- December 1, 2018
08:45 AM Registration & Greetings08:45 AM - 9:45 AM
9:40 AM Welcome Note - Dr. Arshad Ali 9:40 AM - 10:00 AM Speakers: Dr. Arshad Ali
10:00 AM Talk - Ali Zaidi - Keynote Speech10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Ali Zaidi brings with him immense experience of entrepreneurship and businesses in multiple sectors in the country, coupled with his insight on government initiatives and policies that would promote business activity and the spirit of entrepreneurship in Pakistan. Speakers: Ali Zaidi
10:30 AM Talk - Naeem Zamindar - Enabling an Entrepreneurial Revolution in Pakistan10:30 AM - 11:00 AMAmidst the ongoing wave of entrepreneurship, Naeem Zamindar is one of the key persons, possessing insight on how entrepreneurs can be enabled and what can be done to make Pakistan an attractive investment destination. His diverse experience of corporate, government and entrepreneurship gives him a unique position when it comes to being an enabler.Speakers: Naeem Zamindar
11:00 AM Talk - Syed Ahmad - A Retrospective of IT Industry from Govt Perspective11:00 AM - 11:30 AMThe IT industry has always been a major sector for churning out entrepreneurs. The government policies directly impact the IT industry and its growth. Syed Ahmad, having worked actively on government policy and industry association, which makes him the perfect person to shed light on the prominent happenings of the IT industry from a government perspective.Speakers: Syed Ahmed
11:30 AM Literary & Performing Art - Haider Farooq11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
11:50 AM Fireside Chat - Melinda Good - Equal Economic Growth Opportunities for Everyone11:50 AM - 12:15 PMEquality is paramount when one considers economic growth. In light of the tremendous work that the World Bank has been doing on equality of economic growth, Owais Anjum chats with Melinda Good around the building blocks for equal economic growth and what role the government, private sector and various other entities have to play to promote such a growth. Speakers: Melinda Good, Owais Anjum
12:15 PM Panel Discussion - Government as Enabler12:15 PM - 1:00 PM This panel discussion would revolve around the theme of ‘government as an enabler for inclusive growth’ and how government can redirect its policies, plans and budgets to nurture the entrepreneurial activity and promote job creation. The panel would take a multi-dimensional view of the challenges faced by the private sector and small and medium businesses and how government can assist businesses in overcoming constraints through governance reforms. Speakers: Asma Khalil, Dr. Vaqar Ahmed, Maleeka Bokhari, Sayyed Ahmad Masud, Shandana Gulzar Khan
1:00 PM Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Literary & Performing Art - Siyal Khan2:00 PM - 2:15 PMMusic tends to bring people closer - enjoy the fine melodies courtesy Siyal Khan who is a Rabab player, hailing from Peshawar.
2:15 PM Talk - Ashar Aziz - The Art and Science of Scalability 2:15 PM - 2:45 PMFor most entrepreneurs and startups, the question of scalability is an important one – the importance of the timing, the limited resources and policy constraints are only some of the hurdles they need to overcome to take their businesses to the next level. Ashar Aziz is someone who has done it with the companies he has founded and has tremendous experience when it comes to mastering the art and science of scalability. Speakers: Ashar Aziz
2:45 PM Fireside Chat - Atif Rais Khan - A Public Private Partnership leading to Multimillion $ Global Success2:45 PM - 3:10 PMPrivate-public partnership is paramount for the success of businesses. Atif Rais Khan has done it all, from starting his own companies and mentoring startups to investing in them and now having started incubators in Peshawar and Karachi. Given his diverse experience of working with the public sector, he is the right person to shed light on how businesses can become global brands through public-private partnerships. Speakers: Atif Rais Khan, Meenah Tariq
3:10 PM Panel Discussion - Access to Finance for Startups & Early Stage Companies3:10 PM - 3: 50 PMEarly stage startups are often posed with the question of raising money to build and grow their businesses. Various experts specializing in access to finance come together in this panel to discuss the significance of startups’ readiness to receiving capital, the right mindset when it comes to investment and the opportunities available to startups to explore opportunities of accessing capital. Speakers: Faisal Aftab, Mohsin Termezy, Mudassar Hussain, Owais zaidi, Rabeel Warraich
3:50 PM Closing Note - Farrukh Malik3:50 PM - 4:00 PMFarrukh is President at OPEN Islamabad. He will be talking about the milestones achieved by OPEN so far and will briefly sum up the future plans and activities.
4:00 PM Tea & Networking4:00 PM - till end
09novAll DayAnnual Business Conference
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Our conference was attended by over 250 for a full day of high-profile speakers, panel discussions, networking and socializing. We boasted an impressive line-up of speakers featuring many successful entrepreneurs and business executives, as well as an addition to this year event is OPEN-Chicago iGNITE Session – it featured 6 early-stage entrepreneurs pitching their ideas to potential customers and investors. In one case, a pitch received a seven-figure investment!
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Mr Javed Ahmed Umrani, Consul General of Pakistan, Midwest
H.E. Ali Jehangir Siddiqui, Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States
M. Raghib Hussain, Chief Strategy Officer, Marvell Semiconductor
Aiman Akhtar, CEO, 3D Smiths & Co-Creator, Fungisaurs
Hwa Kinoshita Kim, Co-Creator Fungisaurs
Sarah Abbasi, Founder & Creative Director, Sahroo
Omar Javed, Founder, Unduit
Asim Farooq, Co-Founder, Enablei
Raees Ebrahim, Co-Founder, Nannies4us
Nida Shekhani, Cofounder, Nannies4us
Mr Aslam Khan, Vice Chairman, TGI Fridays
Amna Shah, Founder i-Card Inc, CFO AHS Consulting
Tariq Khan, Founder & CEO Global Diversity Marketing
Jibran Ilyas, Managing Director, Stroz Friedberg
Vivek Mehra, Founder & CEO Parqex
Zain Jeewanjee, CEO Insure123 Insurance Agency
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OPEN Chicago
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1969, Time Goes On
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This was a terrific event to learn from entrepreneurs who are in the business of serving entrepreneurs.
Ms. Flener shared from her extensive experience managing international patent and trademark portfolios in a wide range of areas in addition to advising on M&A diligence.
Mr. Chalisa spoke of the critical role he has played in growing field sales forces through various recruiting programs, working closely with management and with the company’s Multicultural Marketing team to increase presence in diverse markets.
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Zareefa Flener
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Aamir Chalisa
Managing Director, Futurity Insurance Group
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All Day (Sunday)
Organizer
OPEN Chicago
21aprAll DayNetwork & Learn: AI in Healthcare
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Held in collaboration with American Muslim Health Professionals (AMHP) and Muslim Urban professionals (MUPPIES), this event provided a peek into the future on two of the hottest trends: Healthcare and
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Held in collaboration with American Muslim Health Professionals (AMHP) and Muslim Urban professionals (MUPPIES), this event provided a peek into the future on two of the hottest trends: Healthcare and Artificial Intelligence followed by networking.
Topics ranged from how to transition from corporate to entrepreneur,
opportunities in the application of AI, social & regulatory challenges, industry cross-pollination and algorithms vs. machine learning. Our panellist provided thought-provoking and sometimes humorous insights into their success stories and their knowledge of what the future holds.
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Dr Khan Siddiqui
CTO & Chief Medical Officer, Higi
Omair Siraj
Founder & CEO, Chestnut Health Company
Farrukh Khan
Co-Founder & CEO, Inference Analytics
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All Day (Saturday)
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OPEN Chicago
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– Top executives from Telcos
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– Top executives from Telcos
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– Top executives from Telcos
– C-level executives of IT companies
– Deans and Heads of leading universities
– Business owners from a variety of industry verticals like manufacturing, health care, real estate etc
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06dec11:00 am1:00 pmOPEN Chicago Exclusive CM Holiday Social Brunch
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OPEN Chicago Exclusive CM Holiday Social Brunch We would like to invite the honourable CM of the OPEN Chicago and their respective spouses to the Holiday Social Event. Please Register by Nov
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OPEN Chicago Exclusive CM Holiday Social Brunch
We would like to invite the honourable CM of the OPEN Chicago and their respective spouses to the Holiday Social Event.
Please Register by Nov 11th, so we can get a confirmed HeadCount for the event, and book location.
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- CM Registration – $65.00
The Brunch is $65/Person. Highly encouraged to bring respective spouses.
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(Sunday) 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
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– Top executives from Telcos
– C-level executives of IT companies
– Deans and Heads of leading universities
– Business owners from a variety of industry verticals like manufacturing, health care, real estate etc
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– Top executives from Telcos
– C-level executives of IT companies
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1969, Time Goes On
24sep6:00 pm9:00 pmAnnual Technology Leadership Event
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OPEN Chicago - Annual Technology Leadership Event OPEN Chicago is proud to honour Rafiq Mohammadi as the keynote speaker for our annual technology leadership event. Mohammadi is one of the biggest
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OPEN Chicago – Annual Technology Leadership Event
OPEN Chicago is proud to honour Rafiq Mohammadi as the keynote speaker for our annual technology leadership event. Mohammadi is one of the biggest success stories of the Pakistani American community.
The event will be hosted at 1871, the premier incubator of start-ups in Chicago. Come, meet professionals, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists at this exciting location.
Rafiq Mohammadi
Rafiq Mohammadi served as general manager, Promote, of HP Autonomy, a business unit within HP software. In this role, he was responsible for defining the business vision, direction and goals of Promote, as well as driving the sales, marketing, service delivery and development organizations working to exceed business objectives.
Mohammadi has more than 15 years of experience in the content management space. He served as group chief technology officer (CTO) of HP Autonomy, after the completion of HP Autonomy’s acquisition of Interwoven. He co-founded iManage, Inc. in 1995. He also played the role of CTO at iManage where he was a key member of the team that successfully built the company from a start-up to a profitable and growing publicly traded software company that went IPO within four years. After the Interwoven’s acquisition of iManage in 2004, Rafiq was CTO of Interwoven for four years, where he helped the company to establish its dominant market leadership in both Web Content Management and Document Management.
Mohammadi holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
1871, 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza
Organizer
OPEN Chicago
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(Friday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
1969, Time Goes On
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(Thursday) 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
1969, Time Goes On
Speakers for this event
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Ali Sufyan
Ali Sufyan
Ali Sufyan have done BSCS (Hons) from University of Lahore, and also done ADSE from APTECH worldwide. He has 10+ years of extensive market experience on Microsoft technologies.