Technology Investor, Entrepreneur And Consultant
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Tahir is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, inventor and a technologist. As a founder and managing partner of Collide Village, a milestone driven technology accelerator, Tahir has a deep passion to change the local technology startup landscape by investing and coaching entrepreneurs on how to build a successful, repeatable and scalable business model through data-driven entrepreneurial .Tahir serves as General Partner of an investment firm where he focuses on Angle and Private Equity Investing in startup companies in a variety of industries. Tahir has a passion for taking start-up ideas and converting them to businesses. Tahir enjoys helping entrepreneurs through a structured process of mentorship. Tahir founded Fusion Solutions in 2002 to serve the specialized technical consulting, mobile solution development and staffing needs of large telecom companies. Under his leadership and management, the company has experienced unprecedented growth on a national level. During his tenure, Fusion has received various awards and recognition including 2nd fastest growing company in Dallas-100 by SMU's Cox School of Business and Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship as well as the 5th fastest growing company in America in the 2007 Inc. magazine Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing companies. Prior to founding Fusion Solutions, Tahir served in a number of technical and management positions with Ericsson. For eight years he focused on wireless products and led a number of new development projects. He also served as interim Chief Technology Officer of an internal new technology venture. Tahir was selected by Ericsson’s leadership for an award as an inventor of “wireless storage network”. He also holds 14 patents in wireless technologies, is a Cum Laude graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.