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Among other topics, Asiff discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

His career progression from application developer, to MBA, to technology-infused business leaderhip positions
Asiff’s leadership role in leading one of the industry’s largest mergers/integrations and the important technical and business challenges that he had to address
The importance of mentorship and differentiating through the ability to attract, retain, and develop world class talent
The best ways for vendors to articulate value to CIOs, from his perspective as a Director on several boards
Eye on Trends: how to transform a business model through technology, and companies’ ability to position themselves amid technology change- such as cloud computing

Asiff Hirji’s Biography

Asiff S. Hirji serves as a Partner at TPG Capital, L.P. Prior to this role, Asiff served as Chief Operating Officer of TD Ameritrade from July 2005 to October 2006. He served as the President of Client Group at TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation from October 2006 to April 1, 2007. He served as the Chief Operating Officer at TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation from August 8, 2005 to September 30, 2006 and Executive Vice President and Office of the Chief Executive. He also served as the Chief Operating Officer at Ameritrade from April 2003 to July 2005. He joined TD Ameritrade in April 2003 and served as the Chief Information Officer at Ameritrade from April 2003 to July 2005. At Ameritrade, he was responsible for developing and implementing all Information Technology initiatives, including business technology planning, application development, product development, information security as well as IT infrastructure and architecture.

Asiff served as a Founding Member and Partner at Mitchell Madison Group. He served as a Vice President of New York office at Bain & Company and a leader in their IT Strategy practice. From July 2002 to April 2003, he served as a Vice President and Partner of Bain & Company Inc. From July 2001 to June 2002, he served as the President at Meralix, Inc. He served as the President and Chief Technology Officer at Netfolio Inc.

He has been Deputy Chairman/Vice Chairman of Saxo Bank A/S since May 2012 and as its Director since December 14, 2011. He has been a Director at Advent Software, Inc. since September 9, 2011; Citrix Systems, Inc. since May 2006 and Primedia Inc. since July 13, 2011. He served as a Board Member of Netfolio Inc.

Asiff holds a B.S. in Computer Science from University of Calgary, Canada and an M.B.A. with honors from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

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Among other topics, Susan discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

Susan’s perspectives concerning the potential of the role of the CIO, how it is under transition, and how the future looks really bright
How technology is too important to leave solely to IT, as it is an enterprise asset and should be treated as such, and how every organization has the IT capability they deserve, and business leaders should actively consider what their aspirations are for IT
Susan’s book 8 Things We Hate About IT: How to Move Beyond the Frustrations to Form a New Partnership with IT, and how it acts as a tool for CIOs to provide to business leaders, and provides an outside in perspective concerning IT, and presents opportunities to improve partnerships
How IT leaders need to communicate in business terms, and appropriately express what drives the costs of IT, as well as how IT adds value
Eye on Trends: How technology will be embedded in services and products, and that major trends such as mobility, cloud, web services, collaboration, analytics, etc. all really lock in together.

Susan Cramm’s Biography

Susan Cramm is an executive coach and president of Valuedance®, an executive coaching and leadership development firm. Over the past 14 years, Susan has coached executives from a number of Fortune 500 companies, including Toyota, Sony, and Whole Foods Markets. She is a frequent speaker, a blogger for the Harvard Business Review, and author of the Harvard Business Press book, 8 Things We Hate about I.T.: How to Move Beyond the Frustrations to form a New Partnership with I.T.

Susan is the former CFO and executive vice president at Chevy’s Mexican Restaurants, where she led the finance, business strategy, restaurant development, franchising, legal, and information technology functions. Prior to Chevy’s, Susan worked with the Taco Bell Corporation and held the positions of CIO and vice president of the Information Technology Group and Senior Director of Financial and Strategic Planning.

Susan received her master’s degree in management from Northwestern University, specializing in finance, marketing and quantitative methods and her BA from the University California, San Diego, summa cum laude, specializing in management and computer science.

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