Sameer Somal is the CEO & Co-Founder of Blue Ocean Global Technology. He is a frequent speaker at conferences on digital transformation, online reputation management, search engine optimization, relationship capital and ethics. Fundamental to his work at Blue Ocean Global Technology, Sameer leads collaboration with an exclusive group of PR, Law, Digital Marketing, and Web-Development agency partners. He helps clients build, monitor and repair their digital presence. Sameer is a published writer and Internet Defamation subject matter expert witness. In collaboration with the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, he authors continuing legal education (CLE) programs and is a member of the Legal Marketing Association (LMA) 2030 Task Force. Sameer proudly serves on the board of the CFA Institute Seminar for Global Investors, College Possible and Girl Power Talk. He is an active member of the Society of International Business Fellows
Current positions with CFA Institute & CFP Board:
• CFAI Institute Talkshow: The Topic @ Hand, Host
• CFA Institute Financial Analysts Seminar, Board of Regents
• CFA Institute Global Approved Speakers List (ASL), Member
• CFA Institute Exam Grading, Senior Grader
• CFP Board Council on Education, Member
• CFP Board Women’s Initiative (WIN), Advocate
Blue Ocean Global Technology serves clients and agency partners in 40+ countries. Kodak and Blockbuster exemplify how quickly the average lifespan of a company listed in the S&P 500 significantly decreased from 67 years in the 1920's to 15 years today. We have completed 3000+ web development, portal, eCommerce, and software projects over the past 15 years. We are Online Reputation (ORM) Experts, which includes building a positive reputation around select key words and mitigating a negative reputation on google.
Recent Speaking Engagements include:
New York State Bar (Albany, NY)
Scotiabank Executive Strategy Retreat (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands)
Project Management Institute (Los Angeles, CA)
Montgomery County Paralegals Association (Bluebell, PA)
Legal Marketing Association (Orlando, FL)
Empowering A Billion Women (Austin, TX)
Legal Marketing Association (Philadelphia, PA)
CFA Institute VBA Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Clear Law Institute (Arlington, VA)
Mobile Growth Summit (New York, NY)
FPA National BE Conference (Baltimore, MD)
Benchbar Conference (Atlantic City, NJ)
Legal Week (New York, NY)
The US State Department’s Foreign Service Institute (McLean, VA)
Global Digital Marketing Summit, Mick Law (Phoenix, AZ)
Dimensional Fund Advisors (Austin, TX)
SEI Investments (Oaks, PA)
The Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Philadelphia, PA)
The Philippines HR Summit (Manilla, Philippines)
Women Economic Forum (Delhi, India)
CFA Institute Leaders Conference (San Jose)
The LavaCon Content Strategy Conference (Las Vegas, NV)
Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.)
NAPFA Annual Conference (Phoenix, AZ)
Finance Logix Technology Conference (Las Vegas, NV)
FPA of New York (New York, NY)