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Deena Shakir is a Partner on the investing team at Lux Capital, a venture capital firm investing in counter-conventional, early-stage science and tech ventures, with $2.4 billion AUM. She is particularly interested in breakthrough approaches in health, home, and access that can positively transform lives. Prior to joining Lux, Deena was a partner at GV (formerly Google Ventures), supporting a portfolio of more than 300 companies. She also directed social impact investments at Google.org, and led strategic partnerships for early stage products in healthcare, research, machine intelligence and search at Google. Deena serves on the Boards of several non-profits including Tarjimly, TechWadi, and AMIDEAST. She is a Kauffman Fellow and a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member.

Deena Shakir is a Partner on the investing team at Lux Capital, a venture capital firm investing in counter-conventional, early-stage science and tech ventures, with $2.4 billion AUM. She is particularly interested in breakthrough approaches in health, home, and access that can positively transform lives. Prior to joining Lux, Deena was a partner at GV (formerly Google Ventures), supporting a portfolio of more than 300 companies. She also directed social impact investments at Google.org, and led strategic p

Fireside Chat: A Conversation with Deena Shakir

Greetings Deena,

Hope all is well at your end.
I am a computer science graduate with 14 years of experience in the domain.
I have 5 years of experience as a digital CRM marketing director and in business development.
Is there a chance to review my resume and check if there is any vacancy that suits my profession?
Stay safe and best regards;
Raed Alloud

CRM & BUSINESS DEVELOPER DIRECTOR

Hello Deena. Happy to attend the seminar and your wonderful effort and
I am a teacher of Arabic language and my experience in this field for 5 years and I would like to find a chance to work in any international school

معلم 

Hello Deena! Looking forward to learning from your experiences and hopefully get to work with you in the future. I am a journalism and pr background with 3 years of experience total in communications and sales.

Journalism

Hi Ms Deena, kindly I am searching for job, I have 7 years experiance in retail fashion ,as a sales person and admin supervisoir.
Iam willing to work in new domain. I would like to share my CV  in order to check if your interested and can help me find a new job, 
Thanks,

Hello ms deena i have 2 years of experience at careem company,job title supply associate in operation center

I’m looking for a job 

Hii Ms Deena,

I have 8 years of experience in International sales and marketing in electrical projects and different electrical  products. Now its seems to be that electrical sector is not a good line at the salaries are low from other sectors. So I want to be in sales and marketing but I wanted to switch my sector to FMGC or Advisory firms or Banking Insurance. But it seems to be very difficult as every company wants similar experience role.
Please help how can i switch my sector now at this stage.

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