Karim Zaïdi Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

As an AM, adding value at all steps of the sales cycle: designing solution during pre-sales, delivering data/AI projects, and follow-on/renewal revenue after a job well done.Doubled the size of the company and re-building/re-tooling many aspects of the business

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

As an account manager, gathered customer requirements and ensured delivery of impactful products big and small. Farmed existing accounts for growth opportunities. Also, learned and applied the basics of company building to begin growing the company.

Early Product Manager, designing distribution trick for new e-commerce video widget product

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• dotcards inc., aerovisual inc.
• Completed Y Combinator Startup School certification
• Wore many hats between Product Management, Engineering, Marketing
• Designed and built minimum viable product for digital business and ID cards
• Self-directed aerial footage production summer internship for Project Management minor

Quebec, Canada

• Provincial Level Soccer Referee
• Led various teams of officials to officiate high-level matches such as competition finals, derbies and playoff matches
• Selected by committees and management to top of provincial referee rankings, mentored/coached referees in-training
• Officiated over 1000 matches, including 200 matches at the semi-professional and university levelsWas promoted to the top tier of refereeing in Québec in 2016.

United States

Had thousands of customer conversation helping customers reach the next step in their car purchasing journey, at dozens of yearly auto shows across the continent.Handled Dieselgate through grassroots campaigns.

Montreal

This is a summer internship that I took up in order to familiarize myself with office environments and fundraising.

Master Of Management Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Management, 3.91

Mostly learned what not to do at in a high-growth startup environment, but learned a lot nonetheless. Aside from that: • Venture Capital.

Startup School, Certification

This is where I learned what you SHOULD be doing at a startup. Talk to customers, ship a little product, talk to customers ship a little.

Bachelor Of Science, Innovation & Project Management, 3.51

I combined my three certificates into a Bachelor's degree, known as bac-par-cumul. These three areas of study were never offered by any.

Certificate, Creativity And Innovation

This degree is where I learned most of my product management skills. • Facilitating Product Design and Problem Solving • Leading Customer.

Certificate, Project Management

IT Project Management option

Certificate, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Software Engineering

I switched from this program after completing the engineering core and the computer science core.

Baccalauréat Français, Applied Sciences, Physics And Chemistry Specialization