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Draft:Wasim Abu Salem

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Wasim Abu Salem
Born1991
Nazareth, Israel[1]
NationalityIsraeli
EducationUniversity of Haifa
(B.S. Computer Science and LL.B. Law)[2]
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, business owner
Known forLoop, Altooro

Wasim Abu Salem (Arabic: وسيم أبو سالم; Hebrew: וסים אבו סאלם; born 1991) is an Israeli entrepreneur and founder of Loop[3][4][5], an incubator and academy, and the co-founder of Altooro, an AI-based[6] technical assessment platform.[7] He is best known for building tech companies that are sustainable and socially conscious.[8] As of April 2024, Loop had reached 25,000 participants worldwide.[3]

Early life & education edit

Wasim Abu Salem was born and raised in Nazareth, Israel.[1] At the age of 13, he developed an interest in technology and coding with aspirations of building successful tech startups.[2][9]

In 2015, Abu Salem graduated with a dual degree of BSc in Computer Science and LL.B in Law from the University of Haifa.[10]

Career edit

In 2014, Abu Salem started his legal internship in Tel-Aviv at the Israeli Ministry of Justice, focusing on cybersecurity and digital privacy issues.[11] In 2016, he joined ISOC as Secretary of the Association and project manager.[12][13] At ISOC, he was responsible for managing international partnerships and worked on various projects, including public policy recommendations for adopting IPv6.[14]

In June 2015, Abu Salem was selected by the U.S. State Department to participate in the MEPI Student Leaders summer program at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, United States.[15]

In December 2015, Abu Salem founded Loop, which initially offered introductory computer science workshops to students in Israel.[2] In 2016, after Loop had reached 2,000 students,[16] he represented the company at multiple events worldwide, including the Amends Global Fellows program at Stanford University,[17] the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Silicon Valley,[18] and One Young World in Canada.[19]

In July 2017, Abu Salem opened Loop's first self-owned learning campus.[20]

In August 2021, he co-founded Altooro, an AI-based tech assessment platform that enables companies to evaluate technical skills. As of August 2022, Altooro has raised $2.5M in pre-seed funding.[21]

In January 2023, Wasim was selected among a small collection of civic society leaders to meet with United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken.[22][3]

Recognition edit

  • MEPI Student Leaders Program Alumni, Montana State University (2015)[23]
  • OYW Ambassador (2016)[19][24]
  • AMENDS Fellow at Stanford University (2016)[17]
  • Fellow at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (2016)[18]
  • Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation America(ORF) U.S. Pavilion at EXPO 2020, sponsonerd by Pepsico[25], Dubai[26]
  • TheMarker's 40 Under 40[27]

References edit

  1. ^ a b שטרקמן[Shtarkman], רותם[Rotem]; זיו[Ziv], אמיתי[Amitai] (29 April 2018). ""מספיק רעיון משוגע אחד: האם סטיב גובס הבא יימצא בנצרת?["It only takes one ambitious idea": Will the next Steve Job be found in Nazareth?]"". mako (in Hebrew). "[I was born in Nazareth]נולדתי בנצרת".
  2. ^ a b c العربية لغتنا الصف التاسع لغة, فهم, تعبير [Arabic is our language for the ninth grade, language, understanding, and creativity] (in Arabic). Israel: Center for Educational Technology(CET). 2018. p. 58.
  3. ^ a b c "The Societal Impact of Wasim Abu Salem's Educational Movement, Loop". msn.com. Wasim Abu Salem's brainchild, Loop
  4. ^ ""[The project continues: Experts in high-tech summarize the year]הפרויקט נמשך: בכירים בהיי-טק מסכמים את השנה"". People and Computers (in Hebrew). 10 February 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2023. "[Wasim Abu Salem, who founded a tech-entrepreneurship initiative called Loop]וסים אבו-סאלם, שהקים מסגרת יזמות טכנולוגית לילדים בשם לופ".
  5. ^ "There is a lot of hidden potential and a lot of interesting talent that we need to support in Nazareth". calcalistech. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-08. Wasim Abu Salem, Founder at Loop
  6. ^ "Altooro's platform helps companies "evaluate skills, not resumes"". calcalistech. 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2023-05-08. Sector: AI
  7. ^ "Altooro's platform helps companies "evaluate skills, not resumes"". calcalistech. 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2023-05-08. With Altooro, through job simulators and technical challenges, companies can automatically evaluate skill-sets and predict one's professional potential effectively
  8. ^ "USA-Pavilion-Expo-2020-Fellows-Program-Booklet" (PDF). usapavilion.org. Retrieved 2023-05-08. Wasim Abu Salem is an entrepreneur focusing on building mission-driven tech companies that are built to last. Abu Salem is the founder of Loop, a lifelong-learning initiative investing in the next generation of young talent
  9. ^ "From MEPI to Global Mentor: How Wasim Abu Salem's Vision for 'Loop' is Empowering Youth". montana.edu. Since he was 13, he had wanted to learn coding
  10. ^ Shulman, Sophie; Kabir, Omer (September 16, 2019). ""The U.K. Has a Strong Tech-Focused Post-Brexit Strategy, Says KPMG Partner"". CTECH by Calcalist. After graduating with a BSc in law and computer science
  11. ^ שטרקמן[Shtarkman], רותם[Rotem]; זיו[Ziv], אמיתי[Amitai] (14 February 2022). ""מספיק רעיון משוגע אחד: האם סטיב גובס הבא יימצא בנצרת?"". mako (in Hebrew). Retrieved 23 October 2023. "עשיתי התמחות ברשות למשפט וטכנולוגיה, מה שנקראת כיום הרשות להגנת הפרטיות"[I did my internship at the Authority for Law and Technology, which is today called the Privacy Protection Authority.]
  12. ^ גויכמן[Goichman], רפאלה[Refaella] (15 August 2016). "קליק אחד - ואישרתם להפיץ את המידע האישי שלכם מהסמארטפון[One click - and you have authorized the distribution of your personal information from your smartphone]". הארץ[Haaretz] (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-05-08. עו"ד וסים אבו־סאלם, מזכיר איגוד האינטרנט הישראלי ומנהל פרויקטים, נותן דוגמה רלוונטית[Attorney Wasim Abu-Salem, Secretary of the Israeli Internet Association and Project Manager, provides a relevant example]}
  13. ^ "סקירת פעילות איגוד האינטרנט הישראלי )ע"ר( - 6/2015-5/2016[Review of the activities of the Israel Internet Association (Registered Association) - 6/2015-5/2016]" (PDF). Knesset.gov.il (in Hebrew).
  14. ^ "מדיניות ציבורית מומלצת לפרישת פרוטוקול IPv6 בישראל[Recommended public policy for the deployment of the IPv6 protocol in Israel]" (PDF). ISOC.
  15. ^ "Meet MEPI's Best and Brightest Alumni". The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI).
  16. ^ "Loop Officially Reaches 2,000 Participants!". loop. 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  17. ^ a b "Education & Empowerment – AMENDS Global Fellows". Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  18. ^ a b Leichman, Abigail Klein (2016-06-27). "Israeli companies handpicked by White House for GES 2016". ISRAEL21c. Retrieved 2023-05-08. Two additional Israeli enterprises were chosen to present as part of GES+, focusing on youth and women entrepreneurs: Loop Organization, founded in Nazareth by lawyer and computer engineer Wasim Abu Salem to teach computer science and coding to Israeli Arab children ages 7-16;
  19. ^ a b "Facebook awards $100,000 worth of support to OYW Ambassadors | One Young World". www.oneyoungworld.com. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  20. ^ "Timeline". loop. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  21. ^ אלקסלסי[Alkeslasi], אושרי[Oshry] (27 September 2022). ""[An Israeli start-up wants an algorithm to pick the next superstar for your development team]סטארטאפ ישראלי רוצה שאלגוריתם יבחר את הכוכב הבא של צוות הפיתוח"". Geektime (in Hebrew). מאז הקמתו, גייס הסטארטאפ שהקימו אבו סאלם ומתוואלי, כ-2.5 מיליון דולר[Since its founding, the start-up which was started by Wasim Abu Salem and Mohammed Mitwaly, has raised 2.5 million dollars]
  22. ^ Lazaroff, Tovah (31 January 2023). "Israeli civic society is our 'north star,' Blinken tells grassroot organizers". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  23. ^ "Wasim Abu Salem - Training and Special Programs | Montana State University". www.montana.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  24. ^ One Young World (7 February 2017). "Why traditional education is limiting our minds". YouTube. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  25. ^ "Young Leaders from Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia Selected for Inaugural USA Pavilion @ EXPO 2020 Fellows Program". Cision PR Newswire. 1 September 2021.
  26. ^ "USA Pavilion @Expo 2020 Fellows Program - Program Booklet" (PDF). USA Pavilion.
  27. ^ "הצעירים המבטיחים 2022[The Young Leaders of 2022]". TheMarker. Retrieved 2023-05-08. (subscription required)
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