About Sameer
Sameer Ahmed Khan is the founder and CEO of Social Champ, a social media management tool. He is a skilled developer, public speaker, and an ecstatic explorer of the ocean. He has been featured in the top 25 under 25 by TechJuice twice and endorsed by industry legend Guy Kawasaki.
“You know what you want to be. Know what excites you so that you can wake up every morning and be that person again. Be crazy. Do the plays, be the Deepu Sultan, do augmented reality, do virtual reality, be a computer scientist. Do JavaScript. Whatever kicks you, choose that. Nobody knows what you want to be. I cannot tell you what you are good at. It's only you who will matter.”
Sameer Ahmed Khan
The story of
Sameer Ahmed Khan
Sameer Ahmed Khan received his early education in Qatar before relocating to Pakistan to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, where he secured the 2nd position at the University of Karachi. Three years into his professional journey, Sameer, along with his two co-founders, initiated a software bootstrap business, OuzelSystems. Concurrently, he pursued his passion projects, including GameOChat, RemindZapp, and Educating Dreams.
Drawing wisdom from Silicon Valley influencers like Guy Kawasaki, Sameer evolved into an accomplished entrepreneur and speaker. His journey saw him speak at prestigious events hosted by TEDx, Microsoft, and others, offering workshops on Technical Coding, Motivational Talks, and Social Media Training.
Formerly recognized as a Nokia Developer Champion and a Microsoft Certified Professional & Specialist, Sameer currently serves as the Facebook Developer Circle Lead: Karachi. After nine years of balancing consultancy with his passion projects, he dedicated himself full-time to Social Champ, a revolutionary social media management tool endorsed by Guy Kawasaki. Today, Sameer is renowned as an entrepreneur, speaker, and mentor, leveraging his diverse experiences to catalyze the transformation of digital media worldwide.
Technical Expertise
Sameer specializes in developing cross-platform applications using frameworks like Ionic and PhoneGap. As a full stack MEAN (MongoDB, Express, Angular, Node.js) developer, he adeptly navigates both front-end and back-end development tasks. While he possesses strong design sensibilities for crafting responsive user interfaces, his primary focus lies in front-end development.
He is also proficient in automating tasks with Grunt and Gulp, managing source code with Git, and adhering to Scrum methodologies. He also excels in deploying applications on cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, and Heroku.
Storyline
- 2012
- Graduated from Karachi University
- Started Working an office job
- 2014
Started OuzelSystems
Launched GameOChat
Introduced Educating Dreams
Shut down GameOChat
- 2015
Started RemindZapp
- 2011
Started Work on a new app to market RemindZapp
- 2016
Tested the new app
- 2015
Tweeted to Guy
- 2020
Social Champ came into being
- 2020
Shut down OuzelSystems to work on Social Champ full-time
- 2020
Acquired Investment s
- 2020
Hired a team of developers & marketers
- 2020
Won 25 under 25 by Techjuice
- 2020
Won PASHA Awards
- 2020
Went to Techstars
- 2020
Spoke at Websummit
- Today
Started mentoring at Toronto Founders Institue