Sameer Mithal

Mr. Mithal is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications, technology and media industries. He has expertise in P&L management, operations, strategy and business development along with experience working in Asia, Europe, Latin America and across the continent of Africa. Currently, along with Samantha Ory, he is co-founder of Alternative Asset & Private Equity firm Skyfall Assets, which focuses on Consumer, technology, manufacturing and distribution investment opportunities

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Over the past decade, Mr. Mithal’s primary focus has been in evaluating new technologies, incubating small/startup companies and scaling businesses. Most recently, he spent five years as Executive-in-Residence with Deloitte’s US Innovation team in New York helping the firm to identify new “white space” opportunities, evaluating cutting-edge technology companies (e.g., in the geospatial data, computer vision and climate change industries), and developing multi-year implementation plans.

Prior to that, Mr. Mithal worked for almost a decade developing water treatment facilities in Africa and Asia implementing new IoT and data-driven systems to manage and maintain a network of over 500 plants.

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Mr. Mithal started his career as a software engineer developing applications for the manufacturing industry and subsequently, post his MBA studies, spent a decade working with companies in the telecommunications industry in strategy and operations roles. He was also the founder of ASA Networks, a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) in upstate New York which deployed both WiFi and White Space technologies to provide internet services in underserved areas.

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Mr. Mithal has earned an MBA from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, an MS in Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a B. Eng in Electronic Engineering from the Curtin University of Technology in Australia. His passions include playing competitive tennis, travel and non-fiction literature.

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