Before my father passed, he asked us to deliver handmade cards and gifts to family members near and far on holidays and occasions. CircleIt was built to replicate this special gift he left behind.
– Art Shaikh, Founder
Early on in his life, my father developed a passion for seeing the world through the lens of a camera. He spent countless hours capturing our childhood – it’s because of him my extended family has amazing memories captured on film to share with our future generations.
My father started digitizing and organizing these memories to ensure they were preserved for his entire family. Before he passed away, he asked me and my brothers to do things for him in the future like delivering specific cards to mom on birthdays and flowers on their anniversary. He crafted a handmade card for my young niece for us to deliver when she gets married.
One day this question popped in my head – what if I’m not here tomorrow? How will these memories get delivered? There has to be a better way. A modern way. A secure way to preserve these memories for generations.
After speaking to friends, coworkers, neighbors – everyone has their own solution that works for their family. The more people I spoke with the more stories I heard and it helped inspire me to build a technology that can solve this problem for not just my family, but for the entire world.
We wanted to build a generational platform that would allow users to communicate across time. With CircleIt, you can send cards to any future date and time. For example I can have CircleIt deliver a card full of wisdom and well wishes to my 2-year-old nephew on his future wedding day – possibly decades from now. All I have to do is set the occasion, even if I don’t know the actual date, and our smart technology will take care of the rest.
On CircleIt you can also build and nurture your digital family tree, send old home movies, record voice messages, share vintage family photos and even order physical gifts – all to be delivered at just the right time in the future.
Delivering letters, photographs, and gifts for family members who are no longer with us is nothing new. But the way we’ve done it hasn’t changed for the last 100 years. It’s time to take that same old methodology and bring it into the 21st century. That is what CircleIt was built for.
We’re a diverse group of passionate folks that have been touched in some way by the story of CircleIt. Click on the people below to learn a little bit more about the faces behind our generational platform.
Rafi has 25+ years of experience in the fintech, telecomm, healthcare, insurance and legal/regulatory industries. He has spearheaded numerous initiatives, in collaboration with business leaders across various organizations and industries, prototyping and evaluating new concepts, strategies and solutions. Rafi is skilled at creating and executing visions for IT infrastructure, platforms, architecture and applications aligned with corporate business strategies. His acute business acumen, combined with his technical expertise, has allowed him to build and lead large, complex, enterprise-wide solution design, architecting and directing end-to-end applications development from needs analysis to systems delivery. Since beginning here at CircleIt, Rafi has built, nurtured and now leads a high-performing team of like-minded developers that have spent countless hours bringing CircleIt to life. Not only does he ensure our platform is totally reliable and secure – he also plays a major role in the ideation, development and implementation of our growing list of exciting new features. Rafi is a true team player and loves to roll up his sleeves and dive right in to help troubleshoot and solve any obstacle that’s thrown his way.
Rafi has lead diverse teams at Household International, Ameritech, Verizon, Aetana, American Family Insurance and Wolters Kluwer.
Sami hails from Motorola and has held numerous management positions throughout his 23 year tenure there. He truly thrives under pressure and can easily handle driving multiple projects at once with strong attention to detail and problem solving capabilities. Throughout his time at Motorola, he’s honed his ability to help develop, analyze and integrate complex technical solutions – and it’s put to great use here at CircleIt. Sami works closely with Rafi and the entire tech team to ensure that all eCommerce initiatives remain on track and on schedule with as few speed bumps as possible.
Sami’s specialties include: program/project management, ITIL & PMP certification, leading multicultural cross functional teams, business operations, sales, LTE, LMR, strategy, vendor management, engineering management and account management.
Ori is a master organizer and excels under pressure, often while juggling multiple responsibilities. She’s a people person and puts her interpersonal skills to great use here at CircleIt. Ori always has a smile on her face while maintaining vendor relationships, company financials and internal HR needs. Her extensive experience leading diverse sales and marketing teams comes in handy on a daily basis as she works closely with the CircleIt marketing team. Ori really is the backbone of the CircleIt team and is always willing to lend a hand – no matter the need.
Teresa started her career 20+ years ago as a graphic designer creating content for digital media outlets before it was the cool thing to do. She’s a strategic thinker with the unique ability to understand and implement the psychology behind successful results-driven marketing efforts. With CircleIt, Teresa is responsible for supervising a cross-functional team of graphic designers, copywriters, social media experts and photographers/videographers in the strategic development of targeted messaging and focused deliverables.
Teresa has built and led premier creative teams at The Clear Blue Agency, CertusBank, SourceLink and TreeSaw Design.
Joe’s official title is a growth hacker, but he’s really a miracle worker. With over 10 years experience in SEO, PPC, social media and email marketing – he’s working his magic here at CircleIt bringing new members to our platform and ensuring that our existing members remain engaged throughout their journey. Joe enjoys working closely with his fellow team members to develop comprehensive marketing strategies that get results. He loves sharing his expertise with others and has been published in industry-leading publications including Databox’s Blog, Business News Daily, Smart Entrepreneur’s Blog and Real Expert Advice.
Samantha is a young designer with fresh and innovative ideas. She’s organized and is a true creative that loves the ideation process. From designing all digital assets to managing social media platforms – and everything in between – Samantha wears multiple hats here at CircleIt. Her designs have boosted engagement across platforms and ensured that CircleIt is being shared with the world.
Afzal has been in search of flaws and investigating inconsistencies professionally for nearly 10 years. At CircleIt he’s responsible for continuously pushing, testing and analyzing our platform to ensure it remains user-friendly, fully functional and stable. Afzal is a great team player and is a whiz at developing test plans, documenting results and reporting findings. His strong troubleshooting skills, paired with his unique ability to think in the abstract to see how small details fit into the bigger picture, make him a huge asset to the CircleIt family.
CircleIt, available in the App Store and Google Play was inspired by the story of a unique gift left from beyond the grave. The family of CircleIt founder, Art Shaikh, was left with gifts from his father to be delivered after he passed. These thoughtful gifts and messages allowed his father to continue sending reminders of his love to his family long after he was gone. It helped ensure his story lives on through future generations. And, it’s this unique sentiment that inspired the birth of CircleIt.
Sending gifts and messages to loved ones from beyond the grave isn’t exactly new. Whether it’s a wife receiving flowers on Valentine’s Day each year after her husband’s passing, or a daughter getting flowers from her father years after he had passed, families have long looked for ways to connect with their loved ones after they’re gone. With CircleIt, there’s now a centralized place for people to preserve their memories and facilitate gift and flower deliveries for years to come – which is something you can’t find from traditional social media and other communication platforms. “Every technology of today is bound by time. Everything is now, now, now. It’s for the likes,” Shaikh said. “There’s not a single technology out there to safeguard your legacy for generations.”
Through patented technology, CircleIt enables the creation and scheduling of chat messages, cards and physical gifts to be delivered at any future date. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Art Shaikh and his team have big plans for future releases of CircleIt. “We want our users to grow with us. Our goal is to become the global go-to platform for legacy planning, preservation and fulfillment.”
CircleIt, available in the App Store and Google Play was inspired by the story of a unique gift left from beyond the grave. The family of CircleIt founder, Art Shaikh, was left with gifts from his father to be delivered after he passed. These thoughtful gifts and messages allowed his father to continue sending reminders of his love to his family long after he was gone. It helped ensure his story lives on through future generations. And, it’s this unique sentiment that inspired the birth of CircleIt.
Sending gifts and messages to loved ones from beyond the grave isn’t exactly new. Whether it’s a wife receiving flowers on Valentine’s Day each year after her husband’s passing, or a daughter getting flowers from her father years after he had passed, families have long looked for ways to connect with their loved ones after they’re gone. With CircleIt, there’s now a centralized place for people to preserve their memories and facilitate gift and flower deliveries for years to come – which is something you can’t find from traditional social media and other communication platforms. “Every technology of today is bound by time. Everything is now, now, now. It’s for the likes,” Shaikh said. “There’s not a single technology out there to safeguard your legacy for generations.”
Through patented technology, CircleIt enables the creation and scheduling of chat messages, cards and physical gifts to be delivered at any future date. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Art Shaikh and his team have big plans for future releases of CircleIt. “We want our users to grow with us. Our goal is to become the global go-to platform for legacy planning, preservation and fulfillment.”
FEATURED STORY
He’s got a great story about his dad when his dad was dying, he said, Art, I’ve collected these gifts that I want you to give to your family members and my family members throughout history.
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He’s got a great story about his dad when his dad was dying, he said, Art, I’ve collected these gifts that I want you to give to your family members and my family members throughout history.
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