Immigration Tech & Marketing - The GMI Rocket Show - Hosted by Roman Zelichenko.

We’re exploring a nonprofit using tech to connect skilled refugees with jobs. Joining me is the CTO and co-founder John Cameron. Talent Beyond Boundaries helps, as their website puts it, unlock skilled migration pathways for refugees.  But John doesn’t come from an immigration law background - he was actually an innovator in the financial tech space first.  John had an illustrious career building tech in the financial sector and launched, grew, and sold two companies before really shifting his energy into supporting the refugee crisis.  Here’s what we’ll talk about:

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My guest today is Shiv CS, founder, and CEO of ImmiLytics. ImmiLytics provides immigration data analytics and business intelligence that allows immigration law firms & teams to dive into their data in new and insightful ways, streamline their processes and make better decisions. Shiv’s story is a really exciting one - he came to the US from India in 2000 and worked in the immigration industry from the very start, both at big law firms and large corporations.  Like a true entrepreneur, Shiv saw that there was a need in the market for better immigration data analytics, and so Immilytics was born!  Here’s what we’ll be chatting about:

Shiv’s early days and studying law in India, Shiv’s immigration journey to the US and his first immigration job, How Shiv first landed a big law immigration job, What Shiv learned as he rose through the ranks at big firms and corps, How the idea behind ImmiLytics came about and Shiv’s first steps, Where ImmiLytics is today and its future, Where Shiv sees the immigration tech industry going And more!

To Learn More about ImmiLytics:

http://www.immilytics.com

Hosted by immigration lawyer, immigration tech founder and entrepreneur Roman Zelichenko

Today we’re diving into relocation tech with my guest Nitesh Mehrotra, CEO, and founder of SixWallz. SixWallz is working to democratize relocation services by helping employees moving to a new city for work find the perfect neighborhood.  How do they do this? They leverage data from the real estate, relocation, and HR industries to provide “instant neighborhood & home recommendations to applicants & relocating employees.” As often happens in the tech space, Nitesh experienced moving first hand, saw a problem, and with his co-founder, launched SixWallz to solve THEIR problem! So, here’s what we’ll be speaking about today:

Nitesh’s early life and how he got interested in computer science, What Nitesh worked on in college & grad school as a computer science major, Nitesh’s experience working in technology in the early 2000s, Nitesh’s long career at Cisco, and his experience in the Mobility group, How the idea for SixWallz came about and the first steps Nitesh took, SixWallz’s growth throughout the years and where they are today, The future of the company and Nitesh’s vision for the future of the industry, and more!

For More Information on SixWallz:

http://www.sixwallz.com

My guest is someone who is truly disrupting the human side of international mobility: Lynn Greenberg, co-founder and CEO of Pivt! Pivt is a social app geared towards relocated, mobile and remote employees - folks moving across the world to take on new, exciting work opportunities.   Those international opportunities, however, can come at a cost.  Indeed, relocated employees often move home sooner than expected, abandon their international assignment, and at times quit altogether.  In part because they have no social network or support system in their new host city!  Enter Pivt, which was born out of Lynn’s own experience living and working abroad.  So, here’s what we’ll be speaking about today::

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Join my discussion with Elena Antoneac, CEO and founder of xpath.global, all the way from Romania!!  Elena started her career in HR and global mobility, and then in 2013 founded Nestlers, a boutique law firm focused on immigration, global mobility and employment based in Romania & Moldova.  She slowly started to realize that there wasn’t an easy way for companies around the world to connect with all the great local mobility service providers in every country, there was no… marketplace for it.  And so xpath.global was born.  She raised 1M EUR from the EU, invested her own money, and got to work!  So here’s what we’ll be chatting about:

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Hosted by immigration lawyer, immigration tech founder and entrepreneur Roman Zelichenko.

I’m excited to go across the Atlantic for episode 27 of the GMI Rocket show with the brilliant Sophy King, founder of Peregrine Immigration & Immiguru (acquired in 2015) and Owl Immigration! In 2011, after 6+ years working for other immigration companies, Sophy launched her own consultancy, Peregrine Immigration, and then built and launched two tech platforms: Immiguru,a web-based immigration knowledge center, and Immigo, an immigration case management platform. It was acquired by CIBT in 2015! Now, in 2021, Sophy’s back out on her own with a new business: Owl Immigration. Sophy’s experience is truly unparalleled, and I’m really honored to have this discussion with her! Here’s what we’re going to chat about:

Sophy’s earlier life in the UK and why she pursued Oriental Studies & Chinese language at Cambridge, Sophy’s first experiences after university and what led her to immigration, What led Sophy to launch Peregrine, How Sophy came to build and successfully launch two immigration tech solutions, The experience of going through an immigration tech acquisition, What Sophy learned at CIBT and why she went back out on her own again  And more!

For More on Owl Immigration:

https://owlimmigration.com/

Hosted by immigration lawyer, immigration tech founder and entrepreneur Roman Zelichenko

Join my discussion with Jacob Sapochnick, founder of Sapochnick Law Firm! Jacob is based in San Diego, but his reach is truly global (and massive): 279K followers on Instagram, 213.3K followers on TikTok and 68K subscribers on YouTube.  And I know other immigration lawyers are on these platforms too, but Jacob was often one of the first to jump on and, one of the most prolific and successful.  But Jacob’s also tech-savvy in other ways - his law firm has massively automated their sales and client intake process AND Jacob was an early investor in SimpleCitizen.  Talk about visionary.  So here’s what we’re going to talk about:

Hosted by immigration lawyer, immigration tech founder and entrepreneur Roman Zelichenko

I’m so excited to have Maneesha Mukhi, a YouTube expert who focuses on lawyers, particularly immigration lawyers!  Maneesha actually immigrated to the US and had F-1 visas, H-1B visas at a number of jobs, got her work-based GC process started multiple times, and only somewhat recently became a citizen.  Maneesha couldn’t find a ton of info to help her navigate the immigration labyrinth, so she launched AskEllis (www.askellis.com), which had helpful immigration blogs and access to vetted immigration lawyers.  A few years later, she started creating immigration content on YouTube, her channel really grew, and so she started helping others do the same (via https://maneeshamukhi.com/)!

Maneesha’s early life and move to the US, Her experience in college and business school, especially on a visa, How Maneesha manager her own immigration journey all those years, What inspired Maneesha to launch AskEllis, How AskEllis grew, and what made her pivot to YouTube, Success with blogs and YouTube, and how immigration professionals can do the same, And more!

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Join my discussion with Sophie Alcorn, a Silicon Valley-based immigration attorney, entrepreneur and marketing guru! Sophie got her BA from Stanford and her JD from WashU Law School. She has been working in the immigration space since her 3L internship with EOIR.  In the past 5 years, however, Sophie went from successful immigration attorney to content creator, speaker, entrepreneur and marketing machine. I don’t know how Sophie has time for everything, but that’s exactly what we’re diving into in this episode!  Here’s what we’ll be talking about:

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Hosted by immigration lawyer, immigration tech founder and entrepreneur Roman Zelichenko

Join my discussion today with Chris Richardson, co-founder of Argo, a tech-enabled company that connects visa applicants with former consular officers to prep and support them for their visa interviews. Here's what we'll be discussing:

Chris’s early days and his path in college and law school, How Chris ended in big law doing employment and immigration, Why Chris left law firm life and became a Foreign Service Officer, Life as a consular officer, and moving posts, Why Chris ultimately left the service in 2018, How the idea for Argo came about and first steps to launching it, How Argo works today and the company’s mission and future, What Chris thinks about immigration tech today and going forward, And more!

For More Information On Argo:

http://www.argovisa.com