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Basel Salahieh

Founder

Founder at Vimmerse

San Jose, California, United States

FoundedVimmerse ยท YC

About

Basel Salahieh holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and has worked as an immersive media algorithms architect at Intel, where he led editorial work on MPEG Immersive Video standards. He is the founder and CEO of Vimmerse, a company developing animation and visual tools for digital branding.

LinkedIn โ†—

Founder at VimmerseYC W22

Intro paths

YC

Basel went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) โ€” any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator โ€” the partner who ran Vimmerse's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile โ†—

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In turn, Basel can intro founders to Vimmerse's investors below.

Vimmerse's investors ยท 1

Y Combinator

Experience

  1. VimmerseChief Executive Officercurrent2023 โ€” present
  2. VimmerseChief Technology Officer2021 โ€” 2023San Jose, California, United States
  3. SySSR ุงู„ุฌู…ุนูŠุฉ ุงู„ุณูˆุฑูŠุฉ ู„ู„ุจุญุซ ุงู„ุนู„ู…ูŠPresident2017 โ€” 2023https://syssr.org/
  4. Intel CorporationGraphics Hardware Engineer2019 โ€” 2021
  5. Intel CorporationResearch Scientist2015 โ€” 2019San Jose, California
  6. University of ArizonaResearch Assistant/Associate2010 โ€” 2015
  7. SySSR ุงู„ุฌู…ุนูŠุฉ ุงู„ุณูˆุฑูŠุฉ ู„ู„ุจุญุซ ุงู„ุนู„ู…ูŠCo-founder and Coordinator2013 โ€” 2015http://www.syssr.org/
  8. University of OklahomaResearch Assistant2008 โ€” 2010

Education

  1. University of ArizonaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Computer Engineering2010 โ€” 2015
  2. University of ArizonaMaster of Science (M.S.), Optics/Optical Sciences2014 โ€” 2015
  3. University of OklahomaMaster of Science (M.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering2008 โ€” 2010
  4. University of AleppoBachelor's degree, Electrical2002 โ€” 2007

Skills & more

Optical Engineering12Image Processing18Image Analysis11Computation5Computer Vision8Medical Imaging5Optics9Electrical Engineering3Algorithms10Zemax2DLP2OpenCV4
+4 moreSimulationsResearchMatlabC++
  • How to Think Like a Successful Product Manager - BUS156 Course โ€” Stanford Continuing Studies
  • Innovation Explorer โ€” Intel
  • Convolutional Neural Networks โ€” Coursera
  • Structuring Machine Learning Projects โ€” Coursera
  • Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization โ€” Coursera
  • Neural Networks and Deep Learning โ€” Coursera

From Basel's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Arizona75

Tom KalinskeInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersEmily FritzePartner at The Westly GroupLaura SageDirector, Marketing & Investor Relations at Windham Capital PartnersDylan TaylorSSV II Investment Committee at Seraphim SpaceRay CostantiniVenture Partner at Suncoast VenturesDr. Julie PullenChief Scientist and Partner at Cerulean Ventures

+ 69 more

Also attended University of Oklahoma45

Tianlin WangManaging Director at Intel CapitalNathan PingeltonManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersMichelle GonzalezCorporate Vice President and Global Head, M12 at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Nathaniel HardingManaging Partner at Cortado VenturesMike MoradiGeneral Partner at Cortado VenturesSusan MoringGeneral Partner at Cortado Ventures

+ 39 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Intel Corporation279

Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel Capital

+ 273 more

Also worked at University of Arizona5

Patrick Oโ€™ConnorManaging Partner at Summit Peak VenturesJennifer HiattOperating Partner, Recruiting at Greybull Stewardship LLCBenjamin BrockwellPrincipal at AZ-VCAndrew GranatsteinPrincipal at SpaceFundAbby McElhinnyChief Scientific Officer at AOA Dx

Also worked at University of Oklahoma6

Sarah PappasSocial Media Strategist at Curate CapitalSteve HansonFmr CEO, Baptist Health Kentucky at Empactful CapitalAaron WebsterManaging Partner at Cameron VenturesHunter MeisterBusiness Development Manager at Infinity Capital PartnersNathan YuInvestor at Afore CapitalKristin GarciaEcosystem Advisor at Cortado Ventures