Nizar Jaffer Somji
CHAIRMAN
Management
Redline communications
Canada
Biography
Nizar Jaffer Somji is a serial entrepreneur, corporate executive and board director with a proven track record of growing businesses. He is the founder and former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Matrikon Inc., a recognized leader in industrial intelligence for the oil and gas industry. Matrikon was acquired by Honeywell in June 2010 for $144 million. Nizar founded and currently serves as president and CEO of Jaffer Inc., a real estate, investment and hospitality company with assets in Canada and the USA. Nizar is also chairman of the board of Zafin Inc., an award-winning supplier of relationship banking software solutions to the financial services industry. Most recently, Nizar was appointed to the Board of Governors at the University of Alberta. Nizar holds a Master of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Alberta and a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.
Research Interest
electrical engineering
