Karim Hussein Ph.D

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Biography

Dr. Karim Hussein serves as Managing Partner at Algebra Ventures. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at D-Kimia. He served as Board Member at Integreight. He also serves as a Board Member at Sarwa Capital. Prior to moving to Egypt, he was Senior Vice President of Products and Engineering at WebMD from 2004 to 2011. He had responsibility for directing product management, technology strategy, and architecture across WebMD's consumer and professional divisions. Prior to WebMD, he was a co-founder and CTO of Riskclick, a financial technology firm specializing in commercial insurance applications. He helped build the firm to over 60 employees and over $5 Million in annuity revenue. Prior to founding Riskclick, he worked for Booz Allen & Hamilton where he was a member of the Global e-Commerce team. Since he came back to Egypt in 2011, he has been working on transferring his experience to rising Egyptian startups. He co-founded the first angel investor network in Egypt - Cairo Angels. He is an investor and board member of several startups including Integreight, Shezlong.com, and Simplex. Dr. Hussein graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with Bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. He subsequently received a Doctor of Science Degree in the field of Information Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT.