Khalil Jai Hokimi, 33, is an experienced marketer with a focus in college marketing, B2B and B2C sales. He has over 10 years of revenue-generating expertise in the areas of customer acquisition, sales management, marketing, and business development.

Khalil has played instrumental roles in helping numerous small companies grow to become multi-million dollar producers. He has also acted as a college market advisor for franchisees of corporations such as McDonald's, Domino's Pizza, 7-Eleven and New York Broadway shows such as Rent and Cabaret. Khalil is now a senior management member in a Washington-based technology company where he works with leading US universities to help them expand their transaction systems and card program offerings.

Khalil is the President and co-founder of the Association of Moroccan Professionals in America (www.amp-usa.org), a non profit organization that aims to unite Moroccan professionals in the US and provide them with a platform where they can easily share their knowledge and contacts to advance social and professional development. He is also the owner of US-Morocco Consulting (www.usmorocco.com ), a firm that specializes in helping small companies locate and grow trade opportunities between the US and MENA countries.

He received multiple awards including a Knightship from His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco, an Outstanding Leader Award from the Association of Moroccan Students in America, a top national achiever award from Blackboard Inc, as well as a Partner of the Year Award from Clemson University.

He earned his undergraduate degrees in International Commerce from the Institut Supérieur De Gestion in Toulouse -France, and in Business Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. He is currently pursuing an MBA program at the Instituto de Empresa.

Khalil is married and lives in the Washington, DC area with his wife Rym and his son Ryan. He can be contacted at Khalil@hokimi.com.