CDI offers risk management software products and supporting services to financial institutions. CDI's solutions permit an institution to effectively and quickly bridge the gap between the financial data that exist in various internal systems to that existing in external data sources and risk management tools, creating the reports management needs to most effectively assess risk. CDI aims to provide and continuously develop the best and most cost effective software tools to enable financial institutions to integrate their internally generated and externally sourced data. All sources of data are seamlessly merged and processed in a data warehouse which generates management reports. The result for clients is improved decision support for more effective portfolio management and maximization of portfolio returns.

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Orhan, an experienced and successful business entrepreneur, brings substantial experience to the Company both as an investment banker and operating manager. Orhan began his career in investment banking and held executive or partner positions at several investment banking firms, including Dean Witter & Co. and PaineWebber, Inc. From 1965 to 1967 he was Vice President - Planning for the worldwide activities of the Business Equipment Group of Litton Industries. From 1967 to 1981 he was Senior Vice President, Corporate Development for Norton Simon, Inc., with responsibilities for acquisitions, divestitures, corporate planning and financial strategy for this $3.5 billion-a-year international consumer marketing company. From 1982 to 1984 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Millicom, Inc., a provider of cellular radiotelephony and digital messaging systems. Orhan was a founding shareholder of Nextel Communications, Inc.

 

Sam has over 15 years of experience in software application development, and previously was the founder of two software companies serving the financial sector: Upsoft, Inc. and Unipro Inc. He started his career at Citibank where he led a product development team establishing the technology to support leading Citibank financial products. Sam later moved to ACT Financial, where he was a product manager for TMARK, a derivatives portfolio-trading tool. Sam holds a B.S in Computer Sciences from Fordham University.

Bill is the founder and president of Global Markets Consultants, Ltd. Primarily focusing on international financial services, Global Markets Consultants, Ltd. provides consulting and executive education in the areas of derivatives, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, risk management, and asset/liability management for a number of major banks, securities firms, multinational corporations, and institutional investors around the world. Bill, along with his father, is also involved in a separate specialised mergers and acquisitions consulting practice. Before founding the firm, Bill was a senior associate consultant with Sherbrooke Associates in Boston, Massachusetts. Previous to his involvement in consulting, Bill worked with J.P. Morgan in various securities and derivatives trading, arbitrage, hedging, and marketing activities in London and New York. Bill pursued MBA and doctoral studies in international banking and capital markets at the Harvard Business School. He received the Elijah Watts Sells Award and the John S. Glenn Gold Medal for outstanding performance on the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) examination while he was with Ernst and Whinney, an international accounting firm. At the same time, he was awarded the Robert Beyer Bronze Medal for outstanding performance on the Certified Management Accounting (CMA) examination. Bill also earned the professional designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) while serving as the chief financial and investments officer of Rhodes College.

Rana has over ten years experience in business, financial and management consultancy, including working with KPMG, Deloitte Touche and at CDI as in its start-up stage. Rana therefore has been involved in the development of CDI and its products since its inception. Rana was also responsible for attracting some of the initial venture capital which was required to further develop CDI's products and for building up business networks in London. Rana's experience includes working on multi-national projects in both the public and private sectors in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Her industry focus was in the financial sector where she had built up her knowledge of the banking and financial services at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York through participation in and management of financial reviews of global financial institutions. Her role as a financial examiner included conducting performance reviews of credit, trading and investment portfolios, assessing treasury operations and evaluating risk management processes and structures. Since the Fed, Rana built up a strong knowledge and understanding of commercial and business issues gained through her financial/economic consulting and corporate finance advisory experience at Deloittes and KPMG along with the complimentary financial software skills. All her roles have been client facing, specifically dealing with executive senior management, key business issues/decisions and client relationship development and industry focus has been primarily in the international banking/financial services and software/eBusiness sectors.