Announcements

Yale Alumni Connect Industry to “One Yale”

One year ago, Friends of Yale from Industry (FYI) started as a response to the global pandemic to help Yale students find opportunities for professional development inspired by Dean Chun and Dean Cooley. Marvin Chun’s call on April 27th, 2020 began our journey and we were inspired by Lynn Cooley’s immediate and enthusiastic support …

Yale Alumni Interview with SafeRock CEO Shah Karim

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit last spring, the Office of Career Strategy has seen a boost in alumni engagement, leading to more opportunities for Yale students in all schools.

Throughout the years, alumni have been involved with OCS in many different ways — including mentoring students directly, providing career guidance and hosting panel discussions. These …

Forbes: 2021 Is A Year Of Opportunity In Retailing

New restrictions imposed by governors throughout the United States, because of the recent resurgence of the coronavirus, makes the present holiday selling period very uncertain. Store managements do not know how many store units will actually be able to serve customers. For retailers hoping to salvage this year, much depends on how fast digital …

IRI Interviews Shah Karim as Thought Leader

SafeRock’s CEO Shah Karim was recently nominated as a 2020 Digital Innovation Thought Leader by the Innovation Research Interchange. IRI members are comprised of governmental organizations, multinational companies, such as Procter & Gamble, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, John Deere, Boeing, NASA, and S.C. Johnson, as well as companies that represent global chemical, industrial, manufacturing, …

CEO Shah Karim speaks on Digital Transformation

Digital Alchemy to Create Value and Reduce Risk

This Thought Leader Interview was conducted by Lee Green, VP of Knowledge Creation at the Innovation Research Interchange (IRI), with Shah Karim, CEO of SafeRock, on November 19th, 2020. IRI membership is comprised of governmental organizations, multinational companies, as well as companies that represent the chemical, industrial, …

SafeRock’s CEO Shah Karim on Retail’s Best Concepts

MediaMarktSaturn Retail GroupMediaMarktSaturn with its outlets Saturn and MediaMarkt is a consumer electronics giant with €20+ billion in annual sales and #1 market position in 9 European countries, more than 2.5 million daily store visitors and about 2 million daily unique online visitors.

What retailers can learn:

40% of online orders are picked up in store, …

SafeRock Data Science Talk @ Yale University

Yale students got an opportunity over the weekend to hear more about careers in data and the new digital economy at an event organized by the Association of Yale Alumni.
The event was part of the “Careers, Life and Yale” series, a program in its third year that brings alumni back to campus to discuss …

CEO Shah Karim elected to Tribeca Disruptor Foundation

Shah Karim is an expert on big data and multi-channel retail, and chief executive officer of SafeRock, a greater New York City company that provides analytic solutions to improve shareholder value and improve return on investment. With customer behavior and technology changing constantly, management must simultaneously handle Amazon’s impact, succeed online, and attract new customers. …

CEO Shah Karim at Yale Club Meeting

As a board member of the Yale Club of North Jersey and Rockland, Shah attends monthly meetings with fellow Yale alumni. The club gathers Yale alumni from all over northeastern New Jersey (including Bergen County, Montclair, and vicinity) and Rockland County, New York for fellowship and fun.

CEO Shah Karim elected President of Yale Club in NJ

SafeRock’s CEO Shah Karim has recently been elected as the President of the Yale Club of North Jersey and Rockland. The club gathers Yale alumni from all over northeastern New Jersey (including Bergen County, Montclair, and vicinity) and Rockland County, New York for fellowship and fun.