Atefeh (Atti) Riazi Biography

Atefeh (Atti) Riazi is senior partner and chief information officer of Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide, a leading global marketing and communications agency with 447 offices in 106 countries supporting more than 2,600 clients with billings totaling some $1.3 billion. With over 11,000 employees worldwide, working in over 50 languages, Ogilvy and Mather's client list includes a roster of blue chip brands that include IBM, Ford, Kimberly-Clark, American Express, Motorola, BP, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Eastman Kodak, Nestle, SAP, Unilever, Telefonica, and Johnson and Johnson. In her role as CIO, Riazi focus is on driving the technology strategy to create efficient business processes across the organization. Throughout her career, she has had a tremendous track record of innovation and successful large-scale deployments allowing for productivity gains and competitive advantage. Riazi oversees the global systems and infrastructure network supporting an integrated, cross-discipline organization providing marketing communications across all media. Under her leadership Ogilvy and Mather has earned a place on InformationWeek 500, the list of innovative IT organizations, and is viewed in the advertising sector as a leader in new and innovative technologies. Riazi has over 20 years experience managing large organizations, private and public, in the manufacturing, engineering, advertising, and transportation sectors. Prior to joining Ogilvy Mather Worldwide, she was vice president and CIO of technology for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, responsible for implementing the MetroCard in New York City.