What is Fariba's track record?
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Known as a result-oriented and motivational leader with passion for creating sustainable value and high performing teams. Over the past 20 years Fariba has championed a number of transformational changes including mergers & acquisitions to improve profitability and marketability for large and mid-size enterprises. Fariba's leadership positions include Chief Information Officer, Chief Practice Officer, General Manager, Managing Partner, Executive Director, Business Owner and Independent Director within telecommunications, software development, professional services and management consulting.
In January 2008, Fariba was a member of Canadian Business Women Trade Mission to Barbados and Jamaica sponsored by Government of Canada. In June 2008, Fariba was selected to be a member of Ontario Lottery Gaming Commission (OLG) IT Advisory Committee reporting to CEO and Board of Directors. Fariba is a volunteer board member of University of Toronto Rotman School of Management Vision Fund Board and Integrative Thinking Board. Fariba serves as a volunteer Director on the board of Canadian Women in Communication and Youth In Motion.
Fariba is passionate about helping others succeed and is involved in a number of Industry and Community forums and a regular speaker at industry forums such as ISACA, CICA, PMI, CPEX, InfoNex, ProjectWorld, itSMF, QuesT and Wired Women Society. Fariba holds a MBA from University of Toronto Rotman School of Management and a Computer Science Degree from York University. Fariba is also a Certified Management Consultant with CGEIT (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT) designation.
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| • Championed and delivered over 20 strategic change initiatives with specific cost reduction and revenue generation targets.
• Reengineered processes for introducing new products and slashed operating costs by 15%, resulting in improved speed to market by 20%.
• Enabled Customer Relationship Management, bundling and segmentation strategies by integrating fragmented customer information for four companies with customer base of five million.
• Increased sales by 25% through re-engineering of the software development process and exceeded market expectations for a leading 4th GL programming language.
• Led the strategic technology planning and execution strategy for competitive products and services with telecom and software sector.
• Implemented major outsourcing contracts to reduce costs and increase shareholder values.
• Increased customer satisfaction and employee moral by 50%.
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