Mr. Somji is a serial entrepreneur, corporate executive and board director with a proven track record of growing businesses. He is the founder and former President and CEO of Matrikon Inc., a recognized leader in industrial intelligence for the oil and gas industry. Nizar grew Matrikon from a one person operation to a publicly traded, multinational company employing 600 people, which serves customers on six continents and produces revenues in excess of $90 million. Under Nizar’s leadership, Matrikon enjoyed 22 years of growth, profitability and international expansion, all with a strong, debt-free balance sheet. Matrikon was acquired by Honeywell in June 2010 for $144 million. Nizar founded and currently serves as President and CEO of Jaffer Inc., a real estate, investment and hospitality company with assets in Canada and the USA. He is also Chairman of Zafin Inc, supplier of relationship banking software to the financial service industry and on the Board of Governors, University of Alberta. Nizar is currently serving as Director General Campus Development at Aga Khan University, overseeing major construction projects in Pakistan, Afghanistan & East Africa. He resides in Edmonton Canada, he has 2 children a son and a daughter and 3 grandchildren. Nizar holds a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta and a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.
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