Saif Akhtar
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
I'm Saif (pronounced 'Seff'), and I work with companies on GTM and growth.
Experience
Co-founder / COO at SimplyHRA
2022-03 - Present | San Francisco Bay Area
We empower small businesses and startups to provide the best health benefits experience to their employees.
Co-founder / COO at Horizon Labs
2020-05 - Present | San Francisco Bay Area
We work with small businesses and startups as their product team, providing engineers/developers on an hourly basis.
Vice President Operations at Intellus AI
2021-11 - 2022-10 | San Francisco Bay Area
We've built AI tools that identify inefficiencies and wastage in your cloud, SaaS, and AI deployments.
Co-host at The Startup Studios Podcast
2020-02 - 2022-11 | United States
StartupStudios is a podcast that highlights advisors, specialists, investors, fractional executives, and ecosystem resources for early-stage companies.
Co-Founder at Saif Akhtar Consulting
2018-01 - 2022-11 | United States
My consulting firm for part-time startup work.
Vice President Operations at Cresance Inc
2020-11 - 2021-11 | San Francisco Bay Area
AI for cloud efficiency.
Co-Founder at Cannabis Genome DAO
2022-07 - 2022-07 | Santa Barbara, California, United States
"AWS for Cannabis data", the Cannabis Genome DAO was created by Delta Leaf to incentivize participation in open-source cannabis genome research.
Chief of Operations at Delta Leaf Laboratories
2021-05 - 2022-07 | Santa Barbara, California, United States
Plant & cannabis genetic testing lab that worked with home growers & commercial growers to analyze their plant DNA.
Chief of Operations at Planet N Group of Companies
2018-03 - 2020-01 | Asia
Part of the Founding team for an Asia-focused venture capital fund, growing operations from scratch and investing in pre-seed, seed, and series-A startups.
Co-Founder at xC - Seed Fund
2018-03 - 2020-01 | Pakistan
A seed fund & accelerator program aimed at investing early in Pakistan's youth making up % of the country's population.
Director at F Community
2019-06 - 2020-01 | San Francisco Bay Area
Independently ran the Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Meetup group for months, growing it to over , members by hosting weekly events in San Jose, Palo Alto, Oakland, and San Francisco.
Co-Founder at GetCompass
2015-09 - 2016-01 | San Francisco Bay Area
Built a competitive intelligence tool at Angelhack to help digital marketers write better ads, like WhatRunsWhere but for social ads.
Product Owner at Smashon, Inc
2014-08 - 2015-01 | San Jose, CA
Led the development of a social, local, and mobile health & wellness platform with angel funding, eventually closing partnerships with Safeway, Whole Foods and Genentech and growing to k MAU.
Co-Founder at Spartups Accelerator
2012-09 - 2015-01 | San Jose, CA
Grew a free Meetup group for student entrepreneurs into a , sq.ft incubator and accelerator program in downtown San Jose partnered with the City and San Jose State University.
Operations Manager at OrionCKB
2010-08 - 2012-08 | San Jose, CA
Employee # at a performance marketing agency where I managed seven-figure budget social campaigns for brands like The Body Shop, Palo Alto Page Networks, Quixey, Viggle, Beepi, Wargaming America, and many more.
Co-Founder at Pinfluence
2012-06 - 2013-08 | San Francisco Bay Area
Built a SaaS for large brands to manage their Pinterest communities, eventually growing the boards for Victoria's Secret, Best Buy, and Conde Nast Group by millions of followers.
Generalist at Nerd Tribe
2011-12 - 2012-06 | Austin, Texas Area
Hacker house where I lived with other entrepreneurs building ideas into prototypes, including a smartphone intervalometer, podcast app, and an independent movie about parkour called "People in Motion".
Education
BS in Mechanical Engineering
San Jose State University 2005-08 - 2009-05
High School
Foundation Public School - Karachi 2000 - 2005
Skills
Languages: Urdu Other: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Software Development