Imran Aftab is the Co-Founder & CEO of 10Pearls, a global AI-powered digital engineering partner helping businesses innovate, digitalize and scale. He has bootstrapped 10Pearls from his mom’s kitchen, to now a world-class organization of over 1,300 employees with offices in 4 continents. The company’s fast growth, focus on social responsibility and customer excellence have earned it numerous recognitions and awards. 10Pearls has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the US for 5 years in a row, named on the list of fastest growing companies by The Financial Times, recognized on CRN Solutions Provider 500 List, and cited several times by advisory firms Gartner and Forrester for its expertise in digital experience. Imran’s vision has been to balance purpose, profits and people. He has founded Empower Foundation, a charitable organization that invests in opportunity creation for the youth, helping children and empowering women across geographies where 10Pearls operates in. In recognition, WBJ awarded 10Pearls the Social Impact Eagle Award and the Washington Post calls 10Pearls a double bottom line company. Prior to co-founding 10Pearls, Imran was the Director of Global Outsourcing at AOL-Time Warner where he managed over $150M in annual spend across 10 countries helping affect organizational efficiencies and transformation. His experience on the product side stems from working at MicroStrategy where Imran led product management for industry-specific business applications. He started his corporate career as an investment banking analyst for JP Morgan Chase. Imran is the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2022 Mid-Atlantic Award Winner. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and the Mindshare Entrepreneur Network. He dabbles in angel investing and is interested in socially impactful tech startups. Imran earned his MS in Chemical Physics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and his BA in Chemistry from Bard College. As Founder and CEO, Imran spearheads 10Pearls, a global 320+ person, world-class application development company helping businesses digitally transform. 10Pearls provides businesses technology acceleration and innovation to stay competitive in today’s digital economy. 10Pearls’ clients include some of the world’s most exciting start-ups, high growth companies, and large global enterprises. Prior to 10Pearls, Imran served as the Director of AOL’s Global Outsourcing, where he managed over $150M annual outsourcing spent over twelve vendors spread across seven countries. Imran has been involved with various stages of product development, and has held position ranging from VP of Products at Paxfire to Product Manager at MicroStrategy. Other companies he has worked for include Sprint and JP Morgan Chase. Imran serves as an advisor and investor to start-up’s, and is interested in helping entrepreneurs who believe in a mission that encompasses both financial and social gain.He is a graduate of Mindshare, a forum of CEOs of D.C. area’s most promising technology companies, and is a member of YPO.