By Shenthuran Vijayananthan @ MaRS July 2, 2013 – While traveling abroad, Faizal Karmali and Lee Bremer realized the potential of smart meters for promoting smarter household energy use.
Back in Ontario, the duo developed a fun, easy-to-use application to track and analyze the data collected by smart meters—Quinzee was born!
Faizal’s confidence in the product and his unwavering environmental consciousness motivated him to resign from a stable corporate career.
In fact, this boldness is a defining entrepreneurial characteristic – one that both Faizal and Lee promote at the Quinzee office. They have a rule about socks – they can be the same colour, but just not blue or black! Their justification: if you can’t be bold with the small things, you’re never going to be bold when it counts!
Faizal Karmali – Storyteller, Entrepreneur, Hope-timist
Faizal has over ten years of international experience working on social and economic development investments. He spent eight years working with the Aga Khan Development Network and its affiliates in Asia, Europe and East Africa. There he was involved in assessing and implementing investments that spanned sectors including energy, aviation, health and education.
He returned to Canada in 2010 after completing his MBA at INSEAD and has since been fully engaged in the energy sector where he designed and managed Conservation and Demand Management programs for utilities and lead a growing solar integration company.
Faizal is the Co-Founder of Quinzee – a web and mobile application that makes energy use relevant. Check it out at http://www.quinzee.ca
Faizal is always searching for ideas and innovation that make business sense and create a tangible positive impact on the quality of life of individuals and the environment.
Faizal is an avid storyteller and is often found on stage sharing his (mis)adventures with anyone who will listen.
http://www.marsdd.com/2013/07/02/off-the-cuff-faizal-karmali-of-quinzee/
http://vimeo.com/69194302
Earlier related: Story of Faizal Karmali M.A working for the Aga Khan Secretariat
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