Atefeh Riazi, NYCHA's CIO, was the topic of my presentation. I chose Atefeh Riazi because she is a legend among CIOs and she has an excellent career path which includes implementing the MetroCard, taking part in CIO's Without Borders, and working in NYCHA's affordable housing developments to help people who need it.

1. Alexandra Holt
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Presentation: 9-31-12
Atefeh Riazi, NYCHA CIO
Metropolitan Transit Authority CIO
Ogilvy and Mather CIO
Executive Director of CIOs Without Borders

2. Why Atefeh Riazi?
 Atefeh Riazi is tech-savvy!
 She has worked as the CIO for Ogilvy and Mather, the
New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), and the
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA).
 She is the Executive Director of CIOs Without Borders.
 Technology conference organizers frequently call on
Riazi to speak.

3. Atefeh Riazi at Ogilvy and Mather
 Ogilvy and Mather is a
leading global Marketing
and Communications
agency with 497 offices in
125 countries supporting
more than 2,300 clients.
 While working for Ogilvy
and Mather, Atefeh Riazi
served as Senior Partner
and Chief Information
Officer.

4. Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
 Atefeh Riazi served as CIO
and Vice President of
Technology for the
Metropolitan Transit
Authority while it
implemented the $1.5
billion MetroCard fare
system still in place today.

5. New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)
Atefeh Riazi was
responsible for
implementing NYCHA
mobile computer labs.
“My job is to try to close
the digital divide,” said
Atefeh Riazi, NYCHA’s
chief information officer
and acting general
manager.

6. CIOs Without Borders
 According to
www.cioswithoutborders.org,
“CIOs Without Borders is an
international not for profit
organization dedicated to
using technology to educate
and alleviate shortages in
medical knowledge around
the world.”
 Atefeh Riazi is the Executive
Director of CIOs Without
Borders

7. Conference Speaker
 Atefeh Riazi speaks
frequently on issues
involving
technology, organizations, an Atefeh Riazi was a NYCHA CIO while she
d work. spoke at the CIO Executive Summit. Part of
her conference bio read as follows:
 Conferences she has spoken
at include:
 Iranian Technology Forum
(Sept. 2003)
 Emerging Technologies
Conference at MIT (Sept.
2008)
 CIO Executive Summit (May
2012)

8. Atefeh Riazi NYCHA
CIOs without borders

9. References
 Atefeh Riazi, NYCHA CIO: Cultivating Culture
 Atefeh Riazi, NYCHA CIO: Slideshare
 Atefeh Riazi, NYCHA CIO: Enterprise Efficiency
 Atefeh Riazi, NYCHA CIO: Blogtalk Radio