Decibel
Omar Tawakol is a Founder Advisor at Decibel. Omar also serves as the Vice President & General Manager of the Cisco Contact Center business unit. In this role, Omar is responsible for the development and execution of the Cisco Contact Center strategy and portfolio. Prior to this role, Omar was the co-founder and CEO of Voicea which he led until its acquisition by Cisco in August 2019. Voicea is a voice-based AI assistant platform used by over 10,000 companies and attracted investments from Cisco, Google, Salesforce and Microsoft.
Prior to Voicea, Omar Tawakol was the founder and CEO of BlueKai which built the world's largest consumer data marketplace and data management platform. BlueKai was acquired by Oracle in 2014, and Omar served as the Senior VP & GM of the Oracle Data Cloud business unit.
Omar earned an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University and a BS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Decibel
Decibel is an independent venture capital firm created in partnership with Cisco to push the conventional boundaries of early stage investing. Decibel combines the speed, agility, and independent risk-taking traditionally found in the best venture firms, while offering differentiated access to the scale, entrepreneurial talent, and deep customer relationships found in one of the largest tech companies in the world. This approach is an industry first and provides a unique way for entrepreneurs to get access to unparalleled resources at a time and stage when they need it most.