Naeem is the founding partner of Concordia Ventures, a company focused on guiding
entrepreneurs with all aspects of starting and running a company. Naeem has been with six startups and has extensive experience in mentoring and coaching CEOs.

His last assignment was the president and CEO of Pyxis Technology Inc., a company specializing in advanced chip design software for nanometer technology. Naeem has been president and CEO of two other high tech startups (Silicon Design Systems and Veridicom, a Bell Labs spin-off that invented the silicon fingerprint sensors today found on most laptops). Naeem has held senior marketing and engineering positions at several companies including Quickturn Design Systems that he joined at its infancy and stayed for 11 years until it was sold to Cadence Design systems. Quickturn did an IPO in 1993 and grew to $125M in revenues.

Naeem holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Brown University (magna cum laude), Rhode Island, and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota. Naeem serves on advisory board of six companies and is a charter member of TiE (world’s largest nonprofit focused on fostering entrepreneurship) and a charter member of OPEN where he also holds the post of general secretary for the Silicon Valley chapter. He is a member of Board of Directors of Tejit Inc. and Numetrics Pvt. Ltd. and is an advisor to the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan where he serves as an advisor to Entrepreneurship & Small & Medium Enterprise Center (ESMEC).

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