# Vaseem Anjum

> Vaseem Anjum is a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and CEO of Innowi Inc., a Santa Clara-based restaurant technology company delivering all-in-one POS, kiosk ordering, QR code ordering, and kitchen management solutions to restaurants across the US. Before entering the restaurant tech space, he founded SchoolCity Inc. in 1999, an influential K-12 assessment and personalized learning platform that served nearly 2 million students across 140+ districts before merging into Illuminate Education in 2018. With a hardware engineering background spanning National Semiconductor and NEC Electronics, Anjum brings a rare arc from chip design to edtech exit to hospitality software.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Innowi Inc.
- **Organizations:** Innowi Inc., SchoolCity Inc., Illuminate Education, Inc., NEC Electronics, National Semiconductor
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Engineering, Master of Science, Computer Science, Oregon State University
- **Known for:** Founded SchoolCity Inc. in 1999, which grew to serve nearly 2 million students across 140+ school districts in 16 states, Led SchoolCity through a successful exit via five-way merger into Illuminate Education, facilitated by Insight Venture Partners, Built Innowi into a restaurant technology platform serving 30 million customers

## Career timeline

- **1987-1994** — Design Engineer and Senior Design Engineer at National Semiconductor, Santa Clara
- **1994-1999** — Design Manager at NEC Electronics
- **1999** — Founded SchoolCity Inc., a K-12 assessment and personalized learning platform
- **2013** — SchoolCity launched Common Core State Standards software in partnership with Action Learning Systems
- **2018** — SchoolCity merged into Illuminate Education in a five-way merger facilitated by Insight Venture Partners; Anjum became Managing Director at Illuminate Education
- **2018-2022** — Managing Director at Illuminate Education, Inc.
- **2022** — Joined Innowi Inc. as Chief Executive Officer (October 2022)

## Achievements

- Founded SchoolCity Inc. in 1999, which grew to serve nearly 2 million students across 140+ school districts in 16 states
- Led SchoolCity through a successful exit via five-way merger into Illuminate Education, facilitated by Insight Venture Partners
- Built Innowi into a restaurant technology platform serving 30 million customers
- Innowi's platform reduces third-party delivery commission fees by up to 30% for restaurant operators
- Over 35 years of technology leadership spanning semiconductor engineering, edtech, and restaurant software

## Latest updates

- **2024-09** — Innowi published educational content on restaurant technology optimization and online ordering profitability
- **2022-10** — Vaseem Anjum joined Innowi Inc. as Chief Executive Officer
- **2022-07** — Departed Illuminate Education after four years as Managing Director

## Links

- Website: https://innowi.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vaseemanjum
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/vanjum
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/InnowiInc

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Last updated: 2026-05-14