WASHINGTON ā US President Joe Biden has nominated a Pakistani-American, Dilawar Syed, as the deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Syed, currently serves the President at an AI for healthcare company, Lumiata, announced the development on his Twitter handle. Previously, he had been leading Freshworks, a software company.
He wrote: āIām deeply humbled & honored by President Bidenās nomination of me to help lead @SBAgov as the Deputy Administrator. If confirmed by the US Senate, I will put my heart & soul into helping small businesses everywhere in these challenging times. Their grit makes America strong.ā
Dilawar Syed immigrated to the US as a freshman student to attend The College of Wooster in Ohio and later he continued his education there.
Iām deeply humbled & honored by President Bidenās nomination of me to help lead @SBAgov as the Deputy Administrator.
If confirmed by the US Senate, I will put my heart & soul into helping small businesses everywhere in these challenging times.
Their grit makes America strong. pic.twitter.com/625UHEWgIP
— Dilawar Syed (@dilawar) March 3, 2021
Syed holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned a B.A. in Economics and Computer Science from The University of Texas at Austin.
A statement issued by the White House about his nomination described his civic efforts āat the federal, state, and local level focusing on economic growth and entrepreneurship.ā
āHe served on President Obamaās White House Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) and chaired the White House Initiative on AAPIsā Economic Growth Committee. In that role, Syed led the administrationās engagement with small businesses across the US after the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,ā read the statement.