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Current position
Founder and Chairman at Global Innovation Catalyst
Experience
- Innovation Catalyst
Global Innovation Catalyst LLC
January 2016 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area - Chairman, BIT-AMENA Center for Building Innovation Economies
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
2016 – Present | Berkeley, California - Global Innovation Advisor
500 Startups
January 2016 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area - Co-Founder & Chairman
Global Catalyst Partners
1999 – Present | Palo Alto, CA - Co-Founder & Charter Member
iBRIDGES
January 2014 – Present - Founding Mentor
Unreasonable Group
2009 – Present - Founding Investor & Board Member
SoundHound
2006 – Present | San Jose, California - Founding Advisory Board Member
Harbour.Space
2015 – Present | Barcelona, Spain - Advisory Board Member
Partners for Sustainable Development
2009 – Present | Palestine - Advisory Council Member
IVECA International Virtual Schooling
2009 – Present | Greater New York City Area - Co-Chairman
United Nations Global Alliance for ICT in Development (UN GAID)
2009 – 2011 | New York, NY - Chairman Emeritus
Relief International
2003 – 2009 | Greater Los Angeles Area - Co-Founder & Chairman
Actelis Networks
1999 – 2009 | Fremont, CA - Co-Founder & Chairman
Planetweb
1996 – 2009 | San Francisco Bay Area
Honors & awards
- Global Instigator For Good
- Philanthropists of the Year Award
- Middle East International Film Festival
- The Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award
- SVForum's Visionary Award
- Best Arabic Film (Cairo International Film Festival)
- Special Jury Prize - Silver Pyramid (Cairo International Film Festival)
- Honorable Mention - Skyy Prize (San Francisco International Film Festival)
- The Tech Museum Awards (The Tech Museum Awards)
- Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award
- Master Entrepreneur Award Winner Northern California Region