Shavkat Karimov

Head of IT Community of Uzbekistan, entrepreneur, investor, mentor, keynote speaker, top-level executive. Earlier, I worked as a Head of SEO at Microsoft, leading one of its most visited websites: Microsoft Community (Answers). Most recently I was a Vice President of SEO at BOLD, a leader in the resume/career fields.

I got 2 degrees: International Law (UWED in Uzbekistan) and Film Directing (VGIK in Russia), created 20 short films, wrote 3 books, created 2 social networks, was one of the biggest web directory owners in the world, lived and worked in the USA, Canada, Sweden, Belgium and other countries.

I came to the US as an extraordinary person (EB1A), returned to Uzbekistan to share my experience and knowledge with young generation of Uzbekistan.