# Faiz Mohamed Haneef

> Faiz Mohamed Haneef is the founder and CEO of NeoITO and a managing partner at Neotera Ventures. His technical background includes Hallmark, Lowe’s and Infosys. He has written publicly about building NeoITO from a rented space, finding early customers through his network and putting employee capacity ahead of accepting every client. His work also includes Happilee and participation in the Kerala startup community.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at NeoITO
- **Organizations:** NeoITO, Neotera Ventures, Happilee, TiE, Numax Cloudtech, PropertyOK
- **Education:** University of Kerala
- **Known for:** Founded and continues to lead NeoITO, established in 2014., Expanded NeoITO’s US presence with a Salt Lake City office announced in 2020., IBM Certified Application Developer - WebSphere Commerce V6.0, issued April 2009, listed on LinkedIn.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2014** — Worked in technology roles involving Hallmark, Lowe’s and Infosys; NeoITO’s leadership biography confirms this background.
- **2014** — Founded NeoITO; Crunchbase lists February 2014 as the start of his founder and CEO role.
- **2017** — A NeoITO culture essay dates his interview question about client demand and employee capacity to this year.
- **2020** — Became a TiE charter member in April, according to Crunchbase; NeoITO announced a Salt Lake City office in October.
- **2022** — Marked eight years of NeoITO and discussed plans for company products; published an essay on entrepreneurial frugality on December 7.
- **2026** — Featured in a KPH House conversation about AI, services, products and venture capital; listed on Neotera’s team as managing partner.

## Achievements

- Founded and continues to lead NeoITO, established in 2014.
- Expanded NeoITO’s US presence with a Salt Lake City office announced in 2020.
- IBM Certified Application Developer - WebSphere Commerce V6.0, issued April 2009, listed on LinkedIn.
- Managing partner at Neotera Ventures; TiE charter member.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — At research time, NeoITO lists him as founder and CEO and Neotera Ventures lists him as managing partner. This is an observation date, not an appointment date.

## Links

- Website: https://www.neoito.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faizmh
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/gofaizmh
- GitHub: https://github.com/faizmh

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Last updated: 2026-10-25