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************************************************************************* MONDAY, JULY 19thth, Dr AHSON RABBANI, Vice President, THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION Dr Ahson Rabbani is the Vice President of The Citizens Foundation (TCF) in Pakistan. Ahson has been involved with TCF for 12 years as a supporter, volunteer, and donor. Ahson holds a doctorate in business administration (Social Marketing) and has 20 years of work experience. In the corporate sector he has served as Regional Manager - South Asia for GE and as Country Manager – Automotive Lubricants for Mobil in Pakistan. In the social sector he has worked in areas of health with local affiliate of Population Services International D.C. and capacity building with the Aga Khan Foundation.
************************************************************************* Past 2010 Mentorship Dinners MONDAY, APRIL 12th, RAFAT ALI, FOUNDER, PUBLISHER & EDITOR, CONTENTNNEXT MEDIA (SOLD TO GUARIDIAN NEWS & MEDIA IN 2008); FORMERLY, MANAGING EDITOR OF SILICON ALLEY REPORTER Since founding paidContent.org in 2002, Rafat has overseen the rollout to three new verticals and the expansion into revenue generating events for the parent company ContentNext Media. Before ContentNext, Rafat was managing editor of the Silicon Alley Reporter. Editor & Publisher has called Rafat “journalism’s poster boy for career independence from news companies,” and CBS MarketWatch has called him “a pioneer in using the Web for an almost real-time business news feed.” Per Reuters, "ContentNext’s flagship paidContent, founded in 2002, has quickly established itself as a must-read among executives in the media and digital media sector." In July 2008, Rafat sold ContentNext Media to UK-based Guardian News & Media. Rafat and his executive team continue to run the company as a stand-alone business. Rafat was the Knight Foundation Fellow at Indiana University, his alma mater, where he completed his Masters in Journalism, 1999-2000. THURSDAY, MARCH 18th, Dr. ASHER HASAN, FOUNDER & CEO, NAYA JEEVAN Dr. Asher Hasan is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Naya Jeevan a not-for-profit social enterprise dedicated to providing socio-economically disadvantaged families throughout the emerging world with affordable access to quality, catastrophic healthcare. Dr. Hasan was recently selected as a Draper Richards Social Entrepreneur Fellow for 2009-2011 which is accompanied with a $300,000 award. In addition, Naya Jeevan is also the recipient of a $75,000 1st prize in the 2008 NYU Social Entrepreneurship Business Plan competition. Prior to launching Naya Jeevan, Dr. Hasan served in the capacity of Senior Director and Head of the US Medical Affairs Obesity team for Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to relocating to California, Dr. Hasan served as the US Medical Director for Rimonabant (Acomplia) for sanofi-aventis, based out of their US headquarters in Bridgewater, NJ. During his tenure in New York City, Dr. Hasan also completed a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from New York University’s Stern School of Business. After migrating to the US, Dr, Hasan attended Oberlin College where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and biology with an additional concentration in international relations. Subsequently, Dr. Hasan moved to Harvard Medical School where he worked as a preclinical researcher along with a group of vascular surgeons at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. His research endeavors were focused on evaluating the incidence of restenosis in a rat carotid artery model following balloon angioplasty. Dr. Hasan pursued further pre-clinical and basic science research opportunities at Massachusetts General Hospital in collaboration with a group of neuro-anesthesiologists. His research there focused on the role of the NMDAR1 receptor in clinical analgesia. Graduating summa cum laude, Dr. Hasan successfully completed his MD degree from the State University of New York. He then went on to train in General Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. At this juncture, Dr. Hasan opted out of surgical practice to pursue a career in the pharmaceutical industry with Sanofi-Synthelabo (now sanofi-aventis). In addition to his affiliation with the biotech/pharmaceutical industry in the US, Dr. Hasan is an active member of NAASO-The Obesity Society, the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association. He also recently (2005-2006) served as a board member of the US National Business Group on Health: Institute on Cost & Effects of Obesity. Past 2009 Mentorship Dinners TUESDAY, NOV 3rd: ULYA KHAN, COO COLLABORATION SERVICES, THOMSON REUTERS Ulya Khan is the Chief Operating Officer for the Collaboration Services group, within the Sales & Trading (SBU) at Thomson Reuters. The Sales & Trading business delivers financial information, news, collaboration and transactions services to support the trading floor activities of buy and sell side customers across global financial markets. Ulya has been working within the Collaboration services business since 2003, managing teams across Asia, Europe, and Americas. The collaboration services business has been an exceptionally performing business, doubling year on year revenues for the last 3 years. Ulya has been instrumental in defining and refining successful Product Delivery, Product Launch Management, and Business Operations Methodologies within Thomson Reuters. These methodologies have greatly helped in reducing time to market for key products, enabling Thomson Reuters to maintain its competitive edge. Previously, Ulya served as Global Head of Programme Management for the Reuters Enterprise Division. Ulya has considerable experience in the financial markets, having worked with real time financial products, contributions, end of day pricing products, as well as collaboration tools. Prior to moving to New York, Ulya worked with Reuters in London, where she held positions within development, product management, and project management. She moved to New York in 2000 where she worked on several large customer deals as well as acquisitions and was a key player in the success of the Multex integration within Reuters. Ulya has an Honours Degree in Computer Science and a Masters Degree in Management Science from Imperial College, London. Ulya also completed the Executive Program in Business Strategy at Harvard Business School. THURSDAY, NOV 12th: NASSER AHMAD, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER & MANAGER, DiMaio Ahmad Capital LLC Nasser Ahmad is the Chief Investment Officer and Manager of DiMaio Ahmad Capital, an investment manager with its headquarters in New York. TUESDAY, SEPT 29th: LINDA HOLLIDAY, MEDIA, INTERNET & MARKETING ENTREPRENEUR, CEO OF ANGEL INVESTING FIRM NEW YORK ANGELS Linda Holliday is a media, internet and marketing serial-entrepreneur -- recently turned advisor and angel investor with the New York Angels.
A veteran of the entire internet life-cycle to date, Linda’s specific passions include search, user experience and information architecture. A contributor to TED conference founder Richard Wurman’s Understanding series, she has been recognized for bringing fresh thinking to traditional and new media. Valued for her expertise in designing comprehensive on- and off-line ‘go-to-market’ plans for seed-stage companies, Linda is an active mentor-consultant whose interests still center on the intersection between old and new media. TUESDAY, JULY 14: RISHAD TOBACCOWALA, CEO, DENUO (PART OF PUBLICIS GROUPE) Rishad Tobaccowala is the CEO of Denuo a company that invents, inspires and instigates new forms of creativity to help Brands meet challenges of modern marketplaces. Denuo helps its clients make “tomorrow tangible today”. Denuo clients vary in size and life cycle from established leaders such as Hewlett Packard, Nestle Purina and Astra Zeneca to start-ups such as Daylife, Meebo and Glam Media. Denuo is part of Publicis Groupe. Along with his Denuo role, Tobaccowala serves on the board of VivaKi, as the top innovation leader across its four brands of Starcom MediaVest Group, Zenith Optimedia, Digitas and Denuo. Prior to his current roles, Tobaccowala served as the Chief Innovation Officer of Publicis Groupe Media and was the founder and President of SMG Next, the first and most comprehensive futures practice in the media industry. The development of SMG Next resulted in the launch of several successful practices for SMG including: SMG Play, the first company to leverage videogames as a marketing platform; word-of-mouth practice Reverb; and Digits, a leader in mobile marketing. The TV 2.0 practice he developed focuses on the future of consumer engagement with video marketing messages. Tobaccowala was also responsible for developing SMG Search, which specializes in leveraging search applications in new ways for leading spenders in the category, including General Motors. Before conceptualizing SMG NEXT, Tobaccowala was president and founder of SMG IP, the digital and interactive arm of SMG. As such, he played a central role in shaping the agency, which was selected by Media magazine as both 2002 and 2004 Interactive Agency of The Year. In 1993 Tobaccowala formed Leo Burnett’s Interactive Marketing Group and between 1996 and 1999 served as the President of Giant Step, Leo’s interactive agency which he helped profitably grow from 3 to 100 employees. Tobaccowala has over 25 years of marketing and strategy experience across a wide spectrum of clients and companies. He was named by Business Week as one of the top business leaders in 2005 for his pioneering innovation, and TIME magazine once dubbed him one of five “Marketing Innovators.” He was appointed to Advertising Age's Interactive Hall of Fame; named Adweek's 2000 Media All-Star for Interactive Media; dubbed OMMA magazine Media Strategist All-Star for 2005; and named one of 2005’s Best Leaders by Business Week. In 2008 he was named an industry legend by Ad Color. He has written for (or been featured in) a host of news outlets, including Wired, Business Week, Fortune, Fast Company, MSNBC and Slate. Tobaccowala is a much sought after speaker who has presented to several board of directors and senior leaderships of companies as diverse as Gucci Groupe, Nestle and Reuters as well as events put together by Forbes, Microsoft, Fairchild and many others. In addition to the VivaKi board, Tobaccowala serves on the board of directors of leading behavioral marketing firm Revenue Science, the next generation search company Snap (an Idealab Company), Recycle Bank, and the Berlin School of Creative Leadership. He also serves as an advisor to many start-ups such as Feeva and Visible Measures. Tobaccowala holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Bombay and an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago. MONDAY, MAY 18: FAROOQ KATHWARI, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS TUESDAY, JUNE 23: YAWAR SHAH, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, SHARED SERVICES, CITIGROUP AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SWIFT Formerly, Yawar spent 20 years as an executive at JP Morgan Chase in various senior business and operations roles in Institutional, Consumer and Private Banking. Previous positions included the Global Operations Executive for Worldwide Securities Services, the Retail Banking Service and Operations Executive, the Chief Operating Officer of the Global Private Bank, and the General Manager of the GlobalTreasury and Trade Business. Yawar earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in Economics from Harvard University and his MBA from Harvard Business School. MONDAY, MAY 11: IMRAN SHAH, MANAGING PARTNER, IBB CONSULTING GROUP An acclaimed specialist and thought leader in convergence strategies and technology, Imran has been involved in many of the most significant projects in the broadband industry. Prior to IBB, Imran held senior consulting and industry positions in leading companies such as Philips Electronics and PA Consulting Group, a management and technology consultancy. As a sought-after consultant and industry advisor, Imran has worked with the most senior management teams in a variety of leading broadband and media companies, including AT&T, Comcast, Cox, Microsoft, Rogers, Sony, Telenor, Time Warner Cable and UPC. Imran holds a BS, MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering all from Columbia University, along with 15 patents. He has been published numerous times. Imran was awarded the 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in IT Consulting. He is on the Columbia Engineering School’s Entrepreneurship Advisory Board and also on the Board of OPEN’s New York Chapter. Under his leadership, IBB Consulting Group was honored in 2007 by being named #1 in Consulting Magazine’s Seven Small Jewels of Consulting, and was honored by Inc. 5000 in 2008 as one of the fastest growing private companies in the US. |
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