Term of Office: November, 2007 - May, 2011 Profession: Entrepreneur

Biography

Omar Ahmad was born in Ohio and raised in a small North Central Florida town. He attended the University of Florida and majored in Material Science Engineering. He spent several years in Washington, D.C. working for the Discovery Channel. In 1998, he moved to California to work for @Home Networks and then Netscape. Omar Ahmad was a technology visionary and seasoned entrepreneur with more than 18 years of experienced leadership in building, running and securing critical internet infrastructure.

Mr. Ahmad served on the San Carlos Economic Development Advisory Commission for several years and was a graduate of the 2005 San Carlos/Redwood City/Belmont Leadership class, focusing on the County’s most pressing issues, including transportation, health care, law enforcement and housing. He was the Co-Founder and Chairman of Webmonsters, served on the Board of Advisors for the National Youth Science Camp Alumni Association and the Technical Advisory Board for Platial.com. He was a frequent speaker on copyright/IP issues, internet infrastructure, security and policies.

Mr. Ahmad was passionate about service and giving back to my community. He was an avid photographer, pilot and mountaineer with successful summits of Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Elbrus.

Work on Council Committees

Each year, the Mayor assigns members of the City Council to serve on Citywide and Regional committees representing the City of San Carlos. Here are the committees that Former Mayor Ahmad served on as a Committee Member and Alternate Committee Member in 2011.

Council Committees

• Advanced Life Support (ALS)
• Airport Roundtable
• Belmont - San Carlos Fire Department JPA Board
• California High Speed Rail
• CalTrain Joint Powers Board of Directors (Council of Cities Appointment)
• C/CAG Airport Land Use Committee (ALUC)
• Council of Cities
• Council Finance Subcommittee (Council Ad Hoc Committee)
• Economic Development Advisory Commission (EDAC) (Council Liaison)
• Electronic Communications Policy (Council Ad Hoc Committee)
• Emergency Services Council
• Harbor Industrial Association (HIA)
• Peninsula Congestion Management Relief Alliance
• San Carlos Green (Council Liaison)
• SamTrans Board of Directors (Council of Cities Appointment)

Alternate Member, Council Committees

• Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
• City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG)
• League of California Cities Peninsula Division