Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Brianna Cook
Founder & CEO
Brianna is the founder and CEO at IoTeedom, starting in 2017 after completing her Master's degree in International Business. Brianna has over 10 years of sales and marketing experience working with different level international enterprises to form their sales and marketing strategy within both the B2B and B2C markets. She currently works as a Digital Consultant and Independent contractor. Brianna formed IoTeedom after researching the agglomeration economy in Tokyo, Japan. She wanted to find a solution - a network - to interconnect these mega-economies via technology all over the world to help people live a better quality of life and share resources as done in Eastern, collectivist cultures.
Charbel Abi Khalil
Partner
A creative and business-savvy professional, Charbel has over 15 years of progressive experience across a broad range of technical, sales and management functions in diverse ICT segments. Currently, Charbel is a Business Development Manager of SIRADEL MEA, working with cities and technology players to support advancing ICT accessibility and digital inclusion in urban environments and across a broad range of functions that are important to all cities. Prior to joining SIRADEL, Charbel held several positions in Project Management, Product Management, Business Consulting, and Key Account Management. He has worked closely with international clients and partners and performed in-depth analyses and benchmarking to identify optimal solutions and build key account relationships. Charbel holds a Master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering, a certificate in Management of SMART Urban Infrastructures from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Social Media Marketing from Northwestern University, and a Data Science Professional from IBM.
Khizran Khan
Director
Khizran has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communications Engineering. He is currently working on a fibre optics and broadband connectivity project for FIFA 2022 in Qatar. Khizran and Brianna met after the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 in Hyderabad, Telangana. Khizran has assisted in the promotion of IoTeedom to the Indian government and start-up business scheme. He has also assisted in gaining hardware and IT vendors within India.
Derek Van Vliet
Advisor, ALTS Capital, Stamford, CT
IoTeedom is a graduate of the ALTS Capital Online Accelerator Program. This is a global program designed to scale best-in-class startups. We are pleased to have IoTeedom as one of our Venture Portfolio Companies. IoTeedom and its “SMART Cities” solution represents a great derivative play on the growth of emerging markets. Brianna has demonstrated herself to be one of the great emerging thought leaders in Internet of Things (“IOT”) businesses and international development efforts.