About me
Khuram Zaman is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of University Startups, where he leads the development of custom generative AI solutions built on Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks to help underserved communities with personalized pathways to greater college and career opportunities. He is the former CEO of Fifth Tribe, a leading software development and data science firm serving the Washington DC Metropolitan Area, and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, where he co-teaches “Launching Entrepreneurial Ventures.” In his professional capacity, Khuram has provided consulting services to clients as diverse as Silatech, Kaiser Permanente, Oxfam America, the Department of Defense, Ernst and Young, and The Hult Prize. His writing has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur.com, and Business2Community.
• In 2022, he received the “Outstanding Entrepreneurship Faculty Award” at Georgetown University.
• In 2020, he was featured in the PBS mini-series “Niall Ferguson’s Networld” and was also recognized as one of the Top 70 RealLIST Connectors by Technical.ly DC.
• In 2019, he received the “Above-and-Beyond Mentor Award” for his work serving as a mentor at the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Summer Launch program.
• In 2018, Fifth Tribe was featured in Arlington Now, highlighting Fifth Tribe’s innovative digital approaches.
• In 2017, Khuram came in 1st place and won $5,000 for a dataset on ISIS Religious Texts in the Kaggle September Dataset Competition.
In his free time, Khuram mentors entrepreneurs in the US, Europe, MENA, and South Asia through programs like the Aspen Digital Equity Accelerator, Peace Tech Accelerator, the Halcyon Incubator, Georgetown University's Summer Launch, Legacy International, and TechCamp.
Khuram is certified in Applied Data Science (MIT 2022), Design Thinking (IDEO 2019), Agile Scrum (Scrum Alliance 2017), and Marketing Strategy (Cornell 2015). He is a 10,000 Small Businesses Fellow (Goldman Sachs 2018) and an Emerging Leaders Fellow (Small Business Administration 2016). Khuram graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (2005) and from Widener University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate (2008).