A seasoned entrepreneur with global vision and international business management acumen, Syed Gilani has more than 17 years of proven experience in transforming business ideas into profitable global enterprise with deep understanding of North American, Caribbean, European and Asian Markets.

Syed began his career at a very young age by managing the international trade division of his family business and successfully turned it into one of the fastest growing organizations in the region by effectively identifying and connecting trade routes between South and Central Asia. Syed then turned towards construction and successfully managed a wide range of city development projects, a significant part of more than $100 million plan.

Satisfying his innovative and creative entrepreneurial instincts, Syed started a technology, research, marketing and research company,Trans-Atlantic Business Solutions (TABS), which quickly became one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. His commitment to give back to the communities led him to co-host one of the most popular radio talk show in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Money Talk and More, for more than a year and to write and speak on the business and entrepreneurial development topics at various leading forums for many years. In 2008, Syed was invited at the Royal Business Dinner in England where he represented the American Asian community at the prestigious event. Later in 2009, he represented Pakistan in the largest trade mission of New York state's history.

In 2011, Syed was honored as one of the 50 Outstanding Asian American Entrepreneurs by the AABDC and featured by the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, leading Virgin Islands' newspapers and acknowledged by the Governor of the Virgin Islands. Recently Syed has been inducted as the Sounding Board Member at Columbia Business School and appointed as a Board Member at one of the leading publicly trading companies, Oxford City Football Club.

Syed is currently working as the CEO and President of Safr, ridesharing focused on women empowerment.