Asif Khan

Principal – ARK Consulting
Location Based Marketing Association

Asif R. Khan is a veteran sales and business-development executive and entrepreneur with an outstanding track record in both the public and private sectors. Having recently completed an assignment as country manager for Vex Canada, one of the world leaders in WiFi, with operations in more than 35 countries, Asif is now focused on working as an independent consultant, speaker and venture capitalist to the location-based services community. In support of this, Asif has recently formed the Location Based Marketing Association a group dedicated to research and education in the space.

Prior to joining Vex Corporation, Asif held senior positions in Sales and Business Development at Octopz Inc., HelpCaster Technologies Inc. and Borderware Technologies.

Asif was also a founding partner of Whodunet Inc., a network security and supply chain management business and has also held permanent and consulting positions at range of industry-leading organizations that include IBM, Oracle, Netcom, SAP, Royal Bank of Canada, and many others.

An avid technology evangelist, Asif holds a degree from the University of Waterloo, and blogs at http://www.asifrkhan.com and can be found on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/asifrkhan