Naseem Makiya

Founder at Impactive (formerly Outvote) at Impactive

Naseem Makiya has had a diverse range of work experience in various roles and companies.

Naseem is the founder of Impactive (formerly Outvote), a platform that enables volunteers to organize their communities and take actions to support campaigns and causes. Naseem has been leading this venture since 2017.

Prior to starting Impactive, Naseem founded Outvote in 2017, which focused on mobilizing volunteers for political campaigns through various means such as reminders, texting, story sharing, and phone banking.

Before their entrepreneurial pursuits, Naseem worked as a Freelance Software Engineer for CodeForCommunity.org from August 2016 to June 2017.

From November 2015 to August 2016, they served as a Software Engineer in the Growth team at DataCamp.

Naseem's earlier experiences include working at Moovweb, where they held multiple roles. From May 2014 to November 2015, they were a Software Engineer and was involved in building a marketing lead generation tool, developing an internal data warehouse, and contributing to the core platform engineering team. Prior to that, they served as a Developer Programs Manager from October 2013 to April 2014 and as a Developer Advocate from July 2012 to October 2013.

Overall, Naseem Makiya has a strong software engineering background and has excelled in various roles, including founding and leading their own company.

Naseem Makiya attended Y Combinator in 2018, where they completed the S18 program. Prior to that, Naseem's educational background includes a Bachelor's degree from Harvard University, and they also earned a Master's degree from UCLA. Unfortunately, the specific start and end years for their time at Harvard and UCLA are not provided.

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  • Founder at Impactive (formerly Outvote)

    February, 2021 - present

  • Founder at Outvote

    June, 2017

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