# Naira Musallam

> Naira Musallam is a SightX co-founder and Co-CEO whose background spans social-organizational psychology, applied statistics, university teaching, and research consulting. She helped build the consumer research platform after working to make specialized knowledge more accessible through education and Arabic translation. She is also a mountaineer who climbed Denali with co-founder Tim Lawton in 2015.

- **Role:** Co-CEO & Co-founder at SightX (acquired by Rep Data in April 2026)
- **Organizations:** SightX, Rep Data, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York University, YSC Ltd., International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution
- **Nationality:** Israeli citizen; identifies as Palestinian
- **Education:** BA, Psychology and Communication, Tel Aviv University, MA, Psychology in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, PhD, Social-Organizational Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Helped make conflict-resolution scholarship available in Arabic., Earned a Columbia doctorate and taught graduate research and statistics at Columbia and NYU., Co-founded SightX, acquired by Rep Data in 2026.

## Career timeline

- **2003** — Arrived in the United States to study at Teachers College on a U.S. State Department scholarship.
- **2008** — Oversaw Arabic translation work on The Handbook of Conflict Resolution while a doctoral student.
- **2011** — Completed her PhD at Teachers College, Columbia University.
- **2014** — Was teaching at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs; her research career also included leading R&D for the Americas at YSC.
- **2015** — Co-founded Frontier7 with Tim Lawton; the pair summited Denali on June 30.
- **2019** — Frontier7 rebranded as SightX.
- **2023** — SightX launched Ada, a generative AI research consultant.
- **2026** — SightX was acquired by Rep Data in April; Musallam subsequently participated in Rep Data research events.

## Achievements

- Helped make conflict-resolution scholarship available in Arabic.
- Earned a Columbia doctorate and taught graduate research and statistics at Columbia and NYU.
- Co-founded SightX, acquired by Rep Data in 2026.
- Summited Denali with Tim Lawton in 2015; Teachers College described her as the first Arab woman to do so.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Featured in Rep Data’s recap of its Quirk’s London panel on confidence in modern research; also presented a connected-workflows webinar with Steven Snell.
- **2026-04** — Rep Data announced its acquisition of SightX.
- **2025-08** — Published findings on perceptions of American brands across ten markets following her Quirk’s New York presentation.

## Links

- Website: https://sightx.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naira-musallam-36385592/

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Last updated: 2026-10-16