Naeem Zafar
Naeem joined Bitzer Mobile as President and CEO in late 2010. In his 25 years of professional experience he has led three venture-backed high-tech companies in Silicon Valley and served on the Boards of several companies. For the past 4 years Naeem has been helping young entrepreneurs start companies. Naeem is a faculty member at the Haas Business School at the University of California Berkeley, where he teaches Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Naeem was the president and CEO of Pyxis Technology Inc., Silicon Design Systems and Veridicom, a Bell Labs spin-off that invented the silicon fingerprint sensors today found on most laptops. Naeem has held VP positions in marketing and engineering at both private and publicly traded companies.
Naeem has authored multiple books on the subject of entrepreneurship. He is a frequent speaker and sought-after advisor on the topic of starting companies and building scalable businesses around the world.
Naeem obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Brown University (magna cum laude), Rhode Island, and a Master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota.
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Tariq Rana
Tariq is a successful retail and management expert trusted by industry leaders worldwide. Starting on the retail sales floor in 1983, Tariq steadily worked his way up from department supervisor to mid-manager to corporate management, while continually honing his skills along the way.
He managed large retail stores, delivered bottom line results by cost control and developing strong teams. He is known for improving poor performing stores, opening new retail establishments within budget and time frame, training and development of General Managers, Supervisors and high potential managers for large retailers in the United States. He developed a number of courses and training workshops in partnership with senior management.
For 14 years Tariq served as the director of the Asian American Resource Center at California State University Los Angeles (CSULA). He provided a life-line to the Center through an era of budgetary upheaval and coordinated outstanding forums and symposia which received national recognition. Tariq served as the chair for the faculty advisory board for the center and advised student clubs and organizations.
He obtained a Bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering from CSULA and a Certificate in the Executive Management Program from Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Tariq has developed curriculum for courses in Retail management and Import-Export
Business for LA International College. He is a frequent lecturer at local universities and in South East Asia.
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