Technology, startups, innovation, economics, finance and history. Founder of PeerIndex which processes social data to identify novel, actionable signals. Experience in startup after management, founder, and adviser roles at Seedcamp, eSouk, AMI Software, PlanetOut, Daylife, EVI & others. Experience in media having been a correspondent at The Guardian and The Economist Experience in product launches and innovation after launching products / running innovation programmes at The BBC, Reuters, The Guardian and The Economist. I've spoken at business schools such as Harvard Business School, London Business School and IMD and at conferences such as LIFT, ETRE and others. I've been interviewed by BBC, WSJ, New York Times, The Guardian, The Times, Technology Review, The Daily Telegraph, Le Monde, Bloomberg, Sky News, CNN, Red Herring, Techcrunch, Mashable, VentureBeat, Vogue and others. My columns & articles have been widely published around the globe.

Advisor to the founders @ Helping a pair of fantastic founders tackle a huge enterprise problem using artificial intelligence. From October 2015 to Present (1 month) LondonAdviser @ From October 2015 to Present (1 month) LondonPublisher @ My weekly digest on all things exponential: Artifical intelligence, neuroscience, exponential organisations, cleantech, robotics, longevity, gene technology & the economics, ethics, justice and politics of it all. This is a weekend project. Sign up here: http://azeem.io/s From April 2015 to Present (7 months) EarthMentor @ Early advisor to Europe's leading accelerator programme. Startup mentor From September 2007 to Present (8 years 2 months) London, United KingdomAdvisor @ Advisor in various Internet and tech deals From July 2005 to Present (10 years 4 months) London, United KingdomEvangelist @ After acquisition of PeerIndex by Brandwatch, joined the Brandwatch leadership team as person doing stuff. From December 2014 to October 2015 (11 months) London, United KingdomFounder & CEO @ PeerIndex helps companies identify what and who is influencing their customers now. We did amazing things with machine learning and large amounts of data. Acquired by Brandwatch in December 2014 From January 2009 to October 2014 (5 years 10 months) Board director @ Inuk Networks runs an IPTV platform and operates the freewire TV service From October 2005 to March 2009 (3 years 6 months) Director of Product @ Natural language, question-and-answer database From July 2008 to December 2008 (6 months) Head of Innovation @ Corporate level incubator From December 2005 to August 2007 (1 year 9 months) Member @ Member of the independent Ofcom Consumer Panel which aims to understand and respond to the interests and concerns of consumers in the communications market place. Specific areas of responsibility: -- social media/consumer internet -- youth communications issues From February 2004 to May 2006 (2 years 4 months) London, United KingdomPrincipal @ Oxmedia: advisory firm looking at new business and new business models in the technology and emerging market space Works with young firms in start-up or development mode; or with large established businesses looking at disruptions to their business system. Clients over the past years have included: Media: Sky, BBC, Independent Television Commission Telecoms: BT, IDT Finance: Morgan Stanley, Fortune Asset Management Professional services: McKinsey & Co, Cap Gemini Ernst and Young, Oyster Partners, The Next Practice Internet: 20six Weblog services--managing UK launch; advised on divestiture of business into b2c and b2b units From January 2003 to December 2005 (3 years) Chief Marketing Officer @ Search technology vendor Ran global marketing group and launched company in four countries. Also ran UK operations and won first clients in the market. From March 2001 to December 2002 (1 year 10 months) Founder @ Founded Internet incubator Raised $15.6m in equity from Moore Global and Eden Capital Seed funded: NetImperative, b2b new media publisher, www.netimperative.com Uvine, the global wine exchange: www.uvine.com 123immo, France's real estate business: www.123immo.com Nutravida.com, online health supplements play, www.nutravida.com HostEu, early ASP, flame out Also inroduced investments into: Mondus.com ($12m in, subsequently raised £100m at a valuation of £290m by Seat Pagine Galle) PlanetOut.com ($4m in, listed on Nasdaq) Another.com ($12m in, trade sale) Ipix ($1m in, listed on Nasdaq) From September 1999 to December 2000 (1 year 4 months) Member, Board of Directors @ Online media business From September 1999 to December 2000 (1 year 4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaStrategy manager @ Strategy manager for BBC Online during its formation and launch period. From August 1997 to March 1999 (1 year 8 months) Business correspondent @ Business correspondent at The Economist covering internet, software and technology. Launched The Economist's web site, one of the first paid-for websites in the world. Launched The Economist's e-mail newsletter service, reaching 250k subscribers in year one. From March 1996 to August 1997 (1 year 6 months) Correspondent @ Correspondent at The Guardian. Launched Go2, the Guardian's first editorial website From September 1994 to March 1996 (1 year 7 months) Boss @ Sold colour posters featuring fractals and artificial worlds. Extensively used ray-tracing techniques and (at the time) advanced computer graphics to generate scenes. From September 1991 to May 1994 (2 years 9 months) Oxford

MA, Politics, Philosophy, Economics @ University of Oxford From 1990 to 1994 A levels, Tons of Maths & Chemistry @ Tonbridge School From 1985 to 1990 Azeem Azhar is skilled in: Start-ups, Business Modeling, New Business Development, Product Management, Digital Media, Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Mobile Devices, Entrepreneur, Product Development, Business Development, Mobile Applications, Product Marketing, Strategy, Digital Strategy, Web 2.0, Venture Capital, Social Media, SEO, Marketing, New Media, Social Networking, Strategic Planning, User Interface Design, Professional Services, Social Media Marketing, Online Marketing, Business Strategy, Lead Generation, SEM, Strategic Partnerships, Influencer Marketing, Social Influence, Blogging, Marketing Strategy, Hats, Statistics, Applied Probability, Management