Zee Rahim

Current

Semi-Retired; Strategic Advisor to up and coming Companies at Pure Business Strategy, LLC

Past

President, Satellite Activation Services Division at InPhonic, Inc
Chief Operations Officer at VMC Satellite, Inc/ VMC Wireless, Inc

Education

University of Virginia
TJHSS&T

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Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

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Zee Rahim’s Summary

I retired as President of the VMC Satellite division of InPhonic in November of 2006, and currently act as a strategic advisor to several companies. I spent almost two years in full retirement mode before founding Pure Business Strategy, LLC, an entrepreneurially focused consulting firm. I am now looking to grow my consulting business and to identify a few additional interesting young companies that could benefit from my involvement on a strategy/ investor level.

Zee Rahim’s Specialties:

General business and executive management, strategy, e-commerce, internet marketing, affiliate marketing, pay-per-click marketing, complex problem solving, business law matters, financial budgeting and reporting, creative approaches to profitable growth and maximizing revenue.

Zee Rahim’s Experience

Semi-Retired; Strategic Advisor to up and coming Companies

Pure Business Strategy, LLC

(Management Consulting industry)

November 2006 — Present (2 years 9 months)

Pure Business Strategy is a private company that I founded to manage consulting engagements and my personal venture capital investments. After spending two years in my first retirement, I am now available for new Board of Directors engagements and I am actively looking for new consulting clients (I appreciate referrals!).
President, Satellite Activation Services Division

InPhonic, Inc

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; INPC; Internet industry)

April 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 8 months)

Prior to my retirement, I guided VMC's integration into this Nasdaq listed company, and oversaw the generation of record levels of revenue and EBITDA. We doubled our headcount and added multiple new product lines. We also negotiated and cemented long term contracts with several key business and marketing partners. We hit our financial performance targets early, and I was able to retire with six months left on my contract.
Chief Operations Officer

VMC Satellite, Inc/ VMC Wireless, Inc

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 1997 — April 2005 (7 years 5 months)

I co-founded and grew a series of highly successful *profitable* businesses, without the need for outside investors or seed capital. We grew VMC Wireless from zero revenue to a peak of almost $100 Million (annualized) in less than four years. During the same time, employee headcount grew from two to over one hundred, as we handled over 100,000 cell phone applications and 20,000+ cell phone shipments per month. While negotiating a successful exit from that company, we started VMC Satellite, which quickly grew to be one of the largest marketers of satellite TV services in the US. We grew our affiliate base to over 250,000 marketers, and we added multiple complementary product lines. VMC Satellite was acquired by InPhonic (formerly listed on the NASDAQ) for over $23 Million in April of 2005.