---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kurtis Heimerl <kheimerl@cs.berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:46 PM Subject: [TIER] Berkeley MBA Looking for a Technical Cofounder in Mobile Money and Remittances To: eecs-grads-jobs@eecs.berkeley.edu, Khadar Ahmed <khadar_ahmed@mba.berkeley.edu>, tier <tier@tier.cs.berkeley.edu> My friend Khadar is looking for a technical cofounder in the space of mobile money and remittances. His bio and business pitch are below: Khadar Ahmed was born in Somalia and moved to Kenya with his family due to the civil war in Somalia in 1991 where he spent five years in refugee camps without access to education. Through remittance from his father who moved to the US a few months earlier, the family moved to Garissa, Kenya in 1995, where young Khadar started attending school. In 2000, Khadar had the opportunity to reunite with his father in the United States. After earning a degree in Biology with a minor in Finance at Washington State University, he completed an accounting certificate graduate program at the University of Washington and earned his CPA certification in the state of Washington. Khadar joined Ernst & Young's Assurance practice and successfully completed quarterly reviews and year-end audits for Fortune 500 companies. He also worked at Blackrock's business operations team and provided excellent client service to large institutional investors. Khadar is currently a first year full-time MBA candidate at the Haas School of Business, studying finance and entrepreneurship. "Since moving to the US, I have experienced firsthand the limitation of the current remittance options available to those sending money back home. The current system is based on an old mentality and dated technology. It's expensive, inconvenient and unreliable. I believe there is a better way. By leveraging mobile and other technologies that exist today, I want to improve and lower the cost of international money transfers. I want to build a company that allows anyone with an internet access enabled device to send money to mobile phone wallets globally. Remittance sent back home is a lifeline to millions of people. I am eager to disrupt this market and make a difference in people's lives. I am excited!!! If you are excited, please reach out to Khadar Ahmed khadar_ahmed@mba.berkeley.edu)" _______________________________________________ TIER mailing list Website: http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu TIER@tier.cs.berkeley.edu https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tier