Fields and Skills of the Future & Discovery, Sharing, & Application of Knowledge in Islam – Zain A. Gulamali (View IPN Profile)
Webinar was held on Sunday, December 10, 2017
Program Overview
Join the Ismaili Professionals Network (IPN) for a Spotlight Session on Fields and Skills of the Future and Discovery, Sharing, and Application of Knowledge in Islam. Zain Gulamali, venture capital investor at Amazon’s Alexa Fund, will guide us through Fields of the Future (e.g. computational linguistics, food science and technology, early childhood development); Skills of the Future (e.g. coding and digital literacy, intellectual humility, global orientation, empathy); and their foundational roots in Islam. We will also explore how to incorporate constantly-changing trends into one’s career path planning process.
Speaker Profile
Zain A. Gulamali works in Corporate Development and Ventures at Amazon in Seattle. At Amazon, Zain manages the Amazon Alexa Fund, which is Amazon’s $100 million venture capital fund to invest in consumer and enterprise applications of voice technology, IoT / connected devices, artificial intelligence, robotics, and more. Prior to Amazon, he worked in mobile gaming (Pocket Gems), private equity (Warburg Pincus and Monitor Clipper Partners), and investment banking (Goldman Sachs). Zain is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has served as a National Board Member of the Aga Khan Education Board since 2012, and he has served in various national and local leadership roles in Muppies (Muslim Urban Professionals).
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