Salim Lakhani (SM ’09) and his classmates, Jarek Wilkiewicz (SM ’09), Philip Matuzic (SM ’09) and Ivetta Starikova (SM ’09) are growing their start-up company, WebEnabled, based on a project they started as students in the Software Management program at Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley. WebEnabled is an instant web development platform that allows developers to build and sell web applications.
With over 1000 users of the platform, including a large agency in Los Angeles, who are currently beta testing the application development and sharing components, Lakhani expects paying customers for the business within the next six months.
Lakhani received a bachelor’s degree in business and commerce from the University of California, Berkeley in 1990. He began working in Silicon Graphics and quickly proved his abilities and became the manager of technical services in 1992. His hobby in programming provided an opportunity to teach several classes, including several classes in UNIX at Foothill/DeAnza College. After numerous years of work in the software industry, Salim was interested in expanding his knowledge through educational opportunities. One of his colleagues, Dave Nugent (SM ’09), mentioned an interest in the Software Management degree at Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley and recommended that Salim look into it as well. He did, and they both entered the part time program in Fall 2007.
More: http://www.cmu.edu/silicon-valley/alumni/news/where-are-they-now/lakhani-profile.html
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