Maher Hakim Ph.D

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Biography

Dr. Maher Hakim serves as a Partner at 212. Dr. Hakim served as Board Member at Meddy.com. He is an Angel Investor. He co-founded and served as President at Apexion Technologies. He served as a Board Member at Qatar Science & Technology Park. Dr. Hakim is a sought-after expert and educator in technology innovation and entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship financing, venture capital, and M&A in the tech industry. He served as Vice President, Products and Chief Technology Officer at Pharos Technologies. He is currently on the Council of the European Innovation Academy - a nonprofit educational institution recognized globally for excellence in tech entrepreneurship education. He has about 20 years of experience as a high-tech entrepreneur and a corporate executive in the information technology industry. Between 1994 and 2012, he lived in Silicon Valley, founded five technology startup companies, and served in various management and leadership roles at large software companies such as Infor and Autodesk. He was involved in many M&A tech transactions on both sides and participated in taking one company public on the Nasdaq stock market. In addition to teaching, Dr. Hakim is a board member, advisor and mentor to several tech startup companies and is an active angel investor, and he frequently writes blog posts on innovation and entrepreneurship. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer-Aided Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (1993) M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1990), and a BS in Civil Engineering from Damascus University (1987). He serves as an Advisor at Stellic. He serves as a Board Member at Wellbees.