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Saman heads up SmartZips outbound marketing communications/PR and talent acquisition initiatives. Saman brings over 20 years of management experience building successful technology services companies. Most recently, she served as Executive Vice President at NorthPoint Financial Group where she handled talent acquisition, training, and development for real estate investment professionals.

Prior to NorthPoint, Saman was founder, Chief Executive Officer, and President of AIM Computer Training where she built a multi-million dollar technology services company addressing the needs of Fortune 1000 companies. AIM was acquired in 2004. Previously, Saman spearheaded corporate training initiatives for Bartlette Electronics/Radio Shack, where she also founded Training Alternative, a subsidiary of Bartlette Electronics.

Saman received Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards from Working Woman Magazine in 2000 and 2001. She was recognized as a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in1998. She also received the NAWBO Adopt-A Business award in 1998 and the Women in Achievement Award from the Contra Costa Times in 2000.