Salim is a technology strategist, software engineer, and successful entrepreneur. He is also the founding executive director and global ambassador of Singularity University (singularityu.org), is one of the world's leading experts of the subject at the very core of the Company's strategy.

He researched and authored the bestselling book Exponential Organizations, which has sold over 500,000 copies and is considered the most influential business book of the last decade.