Event Speaker Profile - Salim Ismail
| Company: | USA |
| Website: | http://www.salimismail.com/ |
| Details: | Salim Ismail, CEO of GraceWorks Inc, is a successful angel investor and entrepreneur. He has operated four early-stage companies, has just transitioned out of his fifth and blogs at www.salimismail.com.
Most recently, Salim co-founded and built PubSub Concepts, a New York based startup which builds internet-scale Publish/Subscribe systems and is redefining how content is delivered over the internet. The website, www.pubsub.com, was launched in early 2004 and created and leads the category of Prospective Search starting with RSS and blogs. PubSub launched the Structured Blogging Initiative in 2005 with participation from over 50 leading technology companies. Salim started his career as a software engineer with CSC Europe and then joined ITIM Associates, a boutique consulting firm headquartered in London, as a business and technology strategy consultant. For five years, he led business restructuring projects for companies like Philips, NatWest Bank, Europcar, Whitbread, Carlson WagonLit and the UK Home Office. He finished by setting up the firms practice in France. After building and operating two other early-stage companies, in 2002 Salim founded the New York Grant Company, which in its first year attracted over 400 clients and delivered over $12 million of federal grants to the local economy. The company was built solely on cashflow, received innumerable accolades and is thriving. In 2001, Salim was presented with a New York City Award of Recognition by the Giuliani Administration, and in 2003 was nominated by Crains Magazine as one of New York Citys Top 40 under 40 businesspeople. He frequently presents and speaks at conferences on the future of the internet, digital media, entrepreneurship and and private equity. He has traveled extensively, has lived and worked in eight different countries, speaks 2.75 languages and has an honors degree in theoretical physics and computing from the University of Waterloo near Toronto, Canada. « Back to event |