How a filmmaker built career in IT, became head of SEO in Microsoft and inspired young Uzbek coders

Our guest is Shavkat Karimov, Head of the IT Community of Uzbekistan.

Long time ago Shavkat started his path as a writer and filmmaker. He tried to make his career in Hollywood and even got some success — but it was not enough to move on. So he switched to IT long before it became mainstream.

He started as an SEO specialist and made a great career in this field. For example Shavkat was Head of SEO and Principal manager in Microsoft at its headquarters in Redmond.

For 25 years Shavkat lived outside of Uzbekistan — in the USA and Canada — and finally came back to his homeland. Now he is a speaker, investor, mentor and an inspirational figure for young generation of Uzbek IT community