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Abdelsalam served as a senior patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia. More recently, he served as the managing director of North America’s first industry 4.0 accelerator, where he led efforts to develop investment theses, source deals, and work closely with companies. The accelerator focused on technologies in artificial intelligence, robotics, big data, additive manufacturing, advanced materials, industrial IoT, cloud computing, cyber security, and augmented/virtual reality.
Abdelsalam built Akibah Health Corporation鈥攁 high-tech, venture-backed startup鈥攆rom the ground up, growing the business from a fledgling startup to a multimillion-dollar company in six years. He also served as an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Wayne State University.
With an interest in developing scalable solutions that maximize social and economic impact, Abdelsalam has served as an advisor and entrepreneur-in-residence to several governments and organizations around the world.
He has also volunteered with several community-based organizations, including Global EIR, which provides a pathway for foreign-born entrepreneurs to launch U.S.-based companies, and Dream of Detroit, which combines community organizing with housing, land, and economic development to build healthier communities and empower marginalized neighborhoods.
Abdelsalam holds a master鈥檚 degree in administration from Cornell University and dual bachelor鈥檚 degrees in industrial engineering and economics from Florida State University.