Samir is founder and managing partner of DeriveOne (D1), a strategy consulting, insights and technology company helping enterprises align their data and insights strategies around core decisions. Over the past eight years, DeriveOne has helped Fortune 500 clients with formulating strategic initiatives and research approaches in response to emerging technology trends. Through D1’s joint venture with Olson Zaltman, Samir led the product development of Simile, a metaphor recognition and measurement tool on Qualtrics which provides insights into how consumers think unconsciously.
Prior to founding D1, Samir was a product leader at Microsoft , where he started the Microsoft Professional Program aimed at seeding the market with curriculum in data science and artificial intelligence. Samir’s D1 teams have supported clients in strategy and insights as well as in technology R&D, development, and integration of AI capabilities into existing applications. He has also spent time in Bolivia with the Peace Corps and is fluent in four languages. He graduated from the University of Michigan with degrees in economics and political science.