{"id":110,"date":"2019-07-12T00:57:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T00:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp_4_ecommerce2019\/?post_type=speakers&#038;p=110"},"modified":"2020-11-19T11:46:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T11:46:56","slug":"mergim","status":"publish","type":"speakers","link":"https:\/\/ecommerceconference.mk\/2020\/en\/speakers\/mergim\/","title":{"rendered":"Mergim Cahani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Mergim Cahani is the Founder and CEO of Gjirafa Inc - a video content, programmatic advertising, e-commerce platform with a primary focus in Kosovo and Albania, with the goal to expand throughout the Balkan's region. Gjirafa is one of the fastest-growing tech startups in Europe, with triple CAGR, and has raised around $10 million from reputable international investors. Previously, in New York, Mergim was part of Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR), an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science at St. John\u2019s University, an executive management consulting program at Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), the President of the Board of Governors at the American Chamber of Commerce in Kosovo, board member of ATOM Institute and GAP Institute, an advisory board member of several startups, accelerators and funds, and has over 15 years of industry experience with startups, technology, management, investment experience, and a few failed startups. His education includes a BS and MS degree in Computer Science, an MBA in Management from St. John\u2019s University and New York University.\\r&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:15233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:[null,2,0],&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Mergim Cahani is the Founder and CEO of Gjirafa Inc &#8211; a video content, programmatic advertising, e-commerce platform with a primary focus in Kosovo and Albania, with the goal to expand throughout the Balkan&#8217;s region. Gjirafa is one of the fastest-growing tech startups in Europe, with triple CAGR, and has raised around $10 million from reputable international investors. Previously, in New York, Mergim was part of Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR), an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science at St. John\u2019s University, an executive management consulting program at Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), the President of the Board of Governors at the American Chamber of Commerce in Kosovo, board member of ATOM Institute and GAP Institute, an advisory board member of several startups, accelerators and funds, and has over 15 years of industry experience with startups, technology, management, investment experience, and a few failed startups. His education includes a BS and MS degree in Computer Science, an MBA in Management from St. John\u2019s University and New York University. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1120,"template":"","class_list":["post-110","speakers","type-speakers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mergim Cahani - eCommerce Conference 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ecommerceconference.mk\/2020\/speakers\/mergim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mergim Cahani - eCommerce Conference 2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mergim Cahani is the Founder and CEO of Gjirafa Inc &#8211; a video content, programmatic advertising, e-commerce platform with a primary focus in Kosovo and Albania, with the goal to expand throughout the Balkan&#8217;s region. 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