About
Nawar Alsafar is a software engineer and entrepreneur who holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and has worked on embedded systems and connected TV products, including roles at Hewlett-Packard and the mobile platform startup ItsOn, where he managed a team of 14 engineers. He founded Stremium, an open streaming TV platform that participated in the 500 Startups accelerator (Batch 25) and raised a $1.3M pre-seed round. Stremium was acquired by Fireside in November 2022, after which Alsafar became Head of Engineering.
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Experience
- BytezFoundercurrent2021 β presentUnited States
- 500 StartupsBatch 252019San Francisco Bay Area
- WunderkindChief Software Architect, Graph2017 β 2018New York, New York
- Augur (Acquired)Founder2013 β 2016Boulder, CO
- TechstarsBoulder2013Boulder, CO
- Genetic Ink (Acquired)Engineer2013Greater Atlanta Area
- Startup FreelancerFreelance - Web Developer / UX Designer / Marketer2012 β 2013Atlanta
- SniffeeCo-founder, Head of Customer Development2012Greater Atlanta Area
- McKinsey & CompanyOperator2011 β 2012Greater Atlanta Area
- Renaissance Now CorporationPresident2008 β 2012United States
- Clinton Global InitiativeMember2010 β 2011
Skills & more
Start-ups54Business Strategy25Strategy24Analytics19JavaScript20Optimization21SaaS19Python16Product Development15Business Planning11Team Leadership10Java9
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CSSMarket AnalysisHTML 5Machine LearningWeb DevelopmentC++Ruby on RailsEconomicsCSS3Adobe Creative SuiteSQLVB.NETLanguages Arabic Β· English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nawar Alsafar?
- Nawar Alsafar is a software engineer and entrepreneur who holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and has worked on embedded systems and connected TV products, including roles at Hewlett-Packard and the mobile platform startup ItsOn, where he managed a team of 14 engineers. He founded Stremium, an open streaming TV platform that participated in the 500 Startups accelerator (Batch 25) and raised a $1.3M pre-seed round. Stremium was acquired by Fireside in November 2022, after which Alsafar became Head of Engineering.
- Where does Nawar Alsafar work?
- Nawar Alsafar is Founder of Bytez.
- What companies did Nawar Alsafar found?
- Nawar Alsafar founded Bytez.
- Where did Nawar Alsafar go to school?
- Nawar Alsafar studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Systems Engineering); Udacity (Nanodegree, Natural Language Processing); Udacity (Nanodegree, Blockchain Development).
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