Ava B

Managing Director, Data & Advanced Analytics, Technology & Data at CPP Investments | Investissements RPC
I am Ava B, a Managing Director at CPP Investments with 12 years of experience in data and analyt... read more
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Greater Toronto Area, Canada, Canada, CA

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Danny Chiu

Irfan is an inspirational team leader. I’ve had the pleasure of working under his guidance under the Data and Advance Analytics, Data Solutions team. He was instrumental in helping the team establish value added processes and instill best practices for our contract management, data scouting and vendor management functions. He is an attentive listener and strong communicator, who always provides sound advice after asking thoughtful and insightful questions to completely understand the issue at hand. He makes sound decisions through careful consideration and analysis of the relevant information and data available and is always cognizant of the resulting impact and outcome. Irfan is an incredibly supportive mentor. He was genuinely interested in helping me develop in my career by providing constructive feedback on areas of improvement and provided words of encouragement and appreciation when good quality work had been accomplished. He has a great ability to bring out the best in all those around him. He inspires you to go the extra mile because you just don’t want to let him down. He is caring, honest, easy to get along with and has great professionalism. Irfan’s exceptional skills in are only surpassed by the strength of his character. I have learned so much from him and will always be thankful. He would be an invaluable asset to any company!

Dennis M.

I have worked with Irfan since he started his career at CPP Investments back in 2011. Irfan is an impactful and a thoughtful leader. He has deep data and analytics domain knowledge, skilled at developing and executing product strategies which creates value for the organization. His strategic thinking mindset and excellent communication and organizational skills allows him to navigate through various risks and easily adapt to challenges to meet a goal. A results-oriented leader focused on adding value to the business. Irfan is people-oriented, a great leader, coach and mentor who inspires and motivates his team members and colleagues to achieve success and become the best version of themselves. He is keen at attracting and developing his team’s talents. An effective communicator and listener who is curious, consistently asking thoughtful and relevant question before offering his opinion. He demonstrates willingness to learn from everyone around him. He is very respectful, honest and trustworthy, cares a lot about the well-being of his team, he always had time to meet and discuss opportunities, very supportive, sets SMART goals and objectives upfront and is there to provide guidance and valuable insights. He makes everyone feel valued and cared for. Promotes strategic thinking, innovation and action amongst his team. It has always been a pleasure and a great opportunity to work with and for Irfan. I’ve learned a lot from Irfan and will forever be grateful. His professionalism, dedication, humility and being inclusive and transparent will serve him well. He will be a great asset to any organization he is part of.

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Credentials

  • Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect Associate
    Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    Apr, 2020
    - Present
  • Leading with Business Analytics
    The Ivey Academy at Ivey Business School
    May, 2018
    - Present
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)®
    Project Management Institute
    Dec, 2015
    - Present

Experience

    • Canada
    • Financial Services
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Managing Director, Data & Advanced Analytics, Technology & Data
      • 2021 - Present

      Managed a global team of Technology & Data experts responsible for advancing the firm’s data-driven investment decisions and the delivery of transformational programs with ownership of the complete lifecycle of data from sourcing and ingestion to consumption and analytics. Developed the firm’s Technology, Data & Analytics strategy with focus on data governance & quality. Migrated all analytical workloads to the cloud allowing investors to take advantage of cutting-edge technologies.

    • Director, Data Engineering & Business Intelligence
      • 2017 - 2021

      Led Data Engineering teams for Advanced Analytics, Knowledge Management, and Enterprise Reporting & Business Intelligence to design and deliver large scale enterprise data platforms on the Cloud. Responsible for modernizing the entire data ecosystem and for transforming the firm’s Business Intelligence strategy through Data Literacy and by leading organization-wide Communities of Practice which improved value creation and led to faster data driven insights.

    • Manager, Information Technology
      • 2014 - 2017

      Drove Product Management for the portfolio of Enterprise Reporting & Business Intelligence team’s programs.

    • Team Lead, Data Management Systems Quality
      • 2011 - 2014

      Managed a team of over 10 Quality engineers delivering a centralized test automation framework for Data platforms.

    • Canada
    • Financial Services
    • Consultant - QA Lead
      • 2008 - 2011

      Batch & Configuration Specialist, Leading functional and automation test teams, Onsite Coordinator. Batch & Configuration Specialist, Leading functional and automation test teams, Onsite Coordinator.

    • Systems Analyst - Testing
      • 2006 - 2008

      ETL/Data Warehouse Test Analyst, Test Automation Framework development. ETL/Data Warehouse Test Analyst, Test Automation Framework development.

Education

  • Visvesvaraya Technological University
    Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science
    2002 - 2006

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