Imran SAYEED

Imran's Contribution to Teach the World

Imran also decided to take the leap of leaving the corporate world in exchange for the world of social good. He co-founded Teach The World Foundation, Inc., with the belief that digital technology has massive potential to transform education.

Imran's career

Imran is part of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation faculty at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He also serves on the board of directors of Engro, a multi-billion dollar publicly traded conglomerate and on the Industry Advisory Board of HERE Technologies, the largest mapping and navigation company in Europe. His role on both boards is to drive digital transformation and promote the use of innovation to create new growth opportunities.

Previously Imran:

• was CTO and head of the Digital practice for NTT Data, the 6th largest technology consulting company in the world with 75,000 employees in 45 countries and $16 Billion in annual revenue

• was an entrepreneur for 13 years, having founded 2 successful software product and services companies

• co-founded Open Environment, a leading middleware product company that he helped grow from a 10-person startup to an IPO in 1995

• Started NetNumina, a technology strategy and consulting firm that he led as Chairman and CEO and grew from a 15 person startup to one of Computerworld’s Top 100 emerging companies and Inc 500’s fastest growing businesses, and subsequently sold to Keane in 2005

• served as Founding Global President of OPEN, an entrepreneurship and leadership organization, which has over 5000 executives and entrepreneurs in 14 cities around the world.

• holds a patent on Internet security technology he jointly developed with Citibank

Imran was named by Computerworld as one of the Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2013. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Harvard Business Review for his work on entrepreneurship, digital technologies, and innovation.