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[DJAC] Archival Videos – Raw Videos from the Plenary Sessions.

Archival Videos – Raw Videos from the Plenary Sessions.
Sessions were held at the Diamond Jubilee Alliances Conference held September 2018.

Friday Sessions

Sabeen Dhanani Intro & President Nizar Remarks

Chairman Celina Sherrif

Chairman Zubair Talib

Sabeen Dhanani Wrap Up

 

 

Saturday Sessions

Sabeen Morning Intro

Fahim Morning about DJAC

VP Zahir Welcome and Guidance

Antasha – Mentor Moments Intro

Sabeen Dhanani Morning Closing

 

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Ignite Summit 2017 – Vancouver, BC on the weekend of October 27th-29th 2017

The first 5 years were just the beginning. Welcome to 2017.

Launched in 2012, Alliance Conference Canada (ACC) began as a platform to facilitate strategic business and professional alliances. In these 5 years, ACC has grown beyond alliances into a highly anticipated, annual forum for Ismaili business and professional leaders to leverage our community’s diverse social, intellectual and economic strengths.

To help realize Mawlana Hazar Imam’s priorities for the Diamond Jubilee year, we are especially challenged to think bigger and act bolder – to harness our knowledge capital, to shape our future, and build for generations to come.

We are proud to introduce IGNITE SUMMIT 2017 focused on catalyzing our professional and personal growth.

We welcome seasoned, aspiring and early-career professionals, entrepreneurs, and alliance members to join us on the weekend of October 27-29, 2017 in Vancouver, BC.
▪ Collaborate with business owners, entrepreneurs, investors and luminaries
▪ Leverage scale and identify best practices
▪ Enable professional growth and development
▪ Drive disruptive thinking and value creation

This is your personal invitation – please mark your calendar now. Early bird registration launches this summer, and more details will be shared over the coming weeks.

CONNECT | NURTURE | HARNESS | INSPIRE

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VIDEO: Actuarial and Risk Management (June 24th 2017)

 

Actuarial and Risk Management – Actuarial and Risk Team
Webinar was held on Saturday, June 24, 2017

Program Overview

The Ismaili Professional Network Actuarial and Risk group held its first webinar for Students and professionals interested in exploring the field of actuarial science. This introductory webinar was designed to briefly discuss basics of Actuarial profession (to help students gain deeper insights with career choices) and how the profession is emerging with ever changing dynamics of the society.

Speaker Profiles

Arif Virani – McKinsey (New York)

Zeeshan Rehmani – KPMG (Atlanta)
Zeeshan Rehmani is an Actuary with KPMG based in Atlanta. He has been focused on areas including Strategy, Value Based Management, Risk and Capital Management, Investments and Transformation. His clients include the world’s largest multinational financial services institutions. Prior to KPMG Zeeshan was an Actuary with AIG and played a key strategic role in the payback to the US Federal Reserves and Treasury. Zeeshan is a Fellow of Society of Actuaries and a Member of Academy of Actuaries.

Aly Moosa – KPMG (Dallas)
Aly Moosa is an Actuary with KPMG’s Dallas Life and Health Insurance Actuarial Consulting Practice. He has over ten years of experience in the insurance industry. Aly provides audit and advisory services to the world’s largest multinational entities in the financial services and insurance sectors. He has significant knowledge in financial reporting, actuarial modeling, systems conversion, and project management. Prior to joining KPMG, he held positions in the Financial Reporting Group of two multinational insurance companies, AIG and Scor Global Life Re, where he worked on a variety of modeling platforms and valuation bases, including IFRS and Solvency II. Aly is an Associate of Society of Actuaries and a Member of the Academy of Actuaries.

Saira Makhani – CNA (Chicago)
Saira Makhani is an Actuary with CNA based in Chicago. She is currently working as a Long term care pricing actuary with focus on individual and group market. Prior to CNA, Saira was an Actuary with Allstate Life and Retirement and worked in several capacities on Asset Liability Management, Modeling and Valuation and Finance teams. Saira is an Associate of Society of Actuaries.

Zain Attawala – McGriff, Seibels & Williams (Atlanta)
Zain Attawala was an actuary at McGriff Seibels and Williams based in Atlanta, Georgia. He worked as a reserving actuary performing reserve analysis, product management, collateral requirements, and merger and acquisitions. Previously, zain has acted as a pricing actuary for Interstate National Corporation, AIG and AXIS. At INC, he focused on pricing extended coverages for automobiles. Whereas, at AIG and AXIS he performed pricing for casualty lines of business and developed rating models. With a passion for entrepreneurship, Zain has recently transitioned to real estate acquisitions and retail service businesses.

Mehb Khoja – Milliman (Chicago)

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Javed Hussain

IPN Spotlight: Javed Hussain (Director of Global Technology Planning, Delivery and Governance, PepsiCo)

Javed Hussain has been a resident of Plano, Texas since 1995. He has over 25 years’ experience in the field of information technology and has a diverse background and extensive experience enterprise solutions and delivery. As a Global Technology Executive with PepsiCo and a Global Account Director with SAP America, he led several successful business transformations for high growth Fortune 100 companies.

What skills have helped you in your career?
Although I have extensive technical expertise, the key to my success has been my business-oriented approach, driving stakeholder engagement, building global high performing teams, and creating relationships and partnerships.

What do you wish you had known or done differently throughout your career?
Nothing. How could I? Looking back to reflect and learn is great. However, spending too much in the past thinking about reasons for what we could have done differently and what outcome it could have produced, is not a good use of time. My one advice is to simply focus on present. What are your priorities? What are you passionate about? What can you do now to enhance your career?

What do you do for continuing education and improvement?
I read a lot. I collaborate and invest time with industry leaders and experts. Speak at technology events and stay connected with various technology innovations via technology partners, providers and suppliers.

What is next for you in your career?
Every 3-4 years I have taken new into role to address business challenges while learning addressing business needs from holistic perspectives. I am looking to apply extensive technology, transformation and business experience to make much bigger contribution.

What advice would you offer to others?
Stay open to possibilities, but know what you want and why. If a right opportunity presents itself and it meets your criteria then don’t over think it and take the journey and explore.

Areas where you can help other Ismailis:
• Mentoring
• Leadership development

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Javed Jussa

IPN Spotlight: Javed  Jussa (Head of US Quantitative Strategies, Deutsche Bank)

Javed Jussa is head of US Quantitative Strategies at Deutsche Bank. He specializes in researching quantitative equity and global macro strategies for the bank’s institutional client base. Javed’s research focuses on discovering new stock-selection signals, exploring technical and mean reverting strategies, and testing risk management and portfolio construction techniques.
Javed has written research on stock selection models, global quant macro, news sentiment, accounting irregularities, pairs trading, technical factors, machine learning techniques, earnings forecasts models, SMID, and socially responsible investing. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Javed spent several years working as a quantitative analyst for other sell-side firms in both New York and Canada.
Javed holds a joint Bachelors of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and an MBA specializing in finance and statistics.

What skills have helped you in your career?
• Analytical
• Verbal
• Communication
• Presentation

What do you wish you had known or done differently throughout your career?
Better understand assess and more importantly align my interests with career opportunities.

What do you do for continuing education and improvement?
• Conferences
• Books
• and Meet-Up Groups

What advice would you offer to others?
To try several career paths.

Areas where you can help other Ismailis:
• Career planning
• Networking
• Advice during key career transitions and events

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IPN Finance SIG : Webinar on Saturday, June 24th 2017 – Actuarial and Risk Management

Description:
The Ismaili Professional Network Actuarial and Risk group is pleased to announce its first webinar on Saturday, June 24th 2017. This introductory webinar is designed to briefly discuss basics of Actuarial profession (to help students gain deeper insights with career choices) and how the profession is emerging with ever changing dynamics of the society.

Who Should Participate:
Students and professionals interested in exploring actuarial career and or/working as actuaries and are interested in learning about other actuarial tracks along with future in the field of actuarial science.

Presented by:
Ismaili Professional Network (IPN)- Actuarial and Risk Team

Date and Time:
Saturday, June 24th 2017 from 4:30pm-5:15pm EDT

Registration Link:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1032553952043767298

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IPN Networking Mixer : Seattle, WA on Friday, June 16th 2017

Are you an Ismaili professional or entrepreneur? Would you like the opportunity to network with others like yourself? If yes, join us for a Networking Mixer at Seattle Jamat Khana, WA on Friday, June 16th 2017 from 8:30pm onward (after evening prayers).

Topic: Fields & Skills of the Future and Role of Education
Table Lead: Zain Gulamali, Corporate Development at Amazon, Alexa Fund(Ventures)

Zain A. Gulamali works in Corporate Development and Ventures at Amazon in Seattle. At Amazon, Zain manages the Amazon Alexa Fund, which is Amazon’s $100 million venture capital fund to invest in consumer and enterprise applications voice technology, IoT/connected devices, artificial intelligence, robotics, and more.

Zain is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has also served as a National Board Member of the Aga Khan Education Board since 2012.

Come join us on Friday, June 16th 2017, after evening prayers for an enlightening talk with Zain!
For more details and to register please visit the Council Corner.

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Shirin Lalani

IPN Spotlight: Shirin Lalani (Senior IT Program Manager, American Airlines)

Shirin lives in Phoenix, AZ but her hometown is Chicago, IL. Currently, Shirin is a Sr IT Program Manager at American Airlines. She has been trained in various Project Methodologies over the years and has a PMP. Shirin has been a PM with the company for 6 years in areas of HR, Portal, Revenue Accounting, Alliances and Reservations. Her education background consist of a Bachelor in Science (double major in Psychology and Sociology) from Loyola University of Chicago and a Masters in Business Administration (E-Business concentration) from DePaul University, Chicago. Her past experiences include working for Rotary International and EDS.

What skills have helped you in your career?
Not only I have the Business background, but have the IT certifications (Microsoft, Cisco, etc.) to go hand in hand with it. In addition, my Psychology and Sociology education has helped me with building and maintaining strong relationships with my colleagues and Managers, while helping me create network of mentors.

What do you wish you had known or done differently throughout your career?
I wish I would’ve identified someone in my field to partner up with earlier in my career. Mentors are very important as I have realized, and having that right guidance really can make a huge difference in where you end up. Better late than never though, always surround yourself with folks that represent where you would like to be.

What do you do for continuing education and improvement?
Keeping up to date with project methodologies and attend seminars and forums for project managers. A member of the PMI network that allows me to network with other professionals in the area.

What is next for you in your career?
Leading a team of project managers and/or leading a team of IT professionals (Developers, QAs and PMs) in delivery of IT projects.

What advice would you offer to others?
Keep updating your skills. Always challenge yourself with new training and/or new roles. Never stop learning. Also, align yourself with a mentor or mentor(s) professionally, this relationship helps you create a brand for yourself and at the same time gives you champions around you who support and promote your skills.

Areas where you can help other Ismailis:
• Mentorship
• Networking
• Career development and planning in IT and Project Management

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Dr. Zahra Jamal

IPN Spotlight: Dr. Zahra Jamal (Associate Director for Community Engagement at Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance, Rice University)

Dr. Zahra Jamal is Associate Director for Community Engagement at Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice University. She has taught at Harvard, MIT, University of Chicago, among others, Zahra has consulted for the UN, State Department, AKDN, and Aspen Institute. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard.

What skills have helped you in your career?
• Research
• Analysis
• Communication
• Cultural sensitivity
• Multi-tasking
• Leadership/management
• Problem-solving

What do you wish you had known or done differently throughout your career?
Retained better work-life balance, sought out more mentors.

What do you do for continuing education and improvement?
Everyday, I try to learn something new within and outside my field, be it through reading, workshops, learning from mentors, etc.

What is next for you in your career?
I’m open to whatever opportunities and blessings emerge.

What advice would you offer to others?
Ask yourself how every decision you make (be it related to education, career, family life, how you spend free time, etc.) is good for you, your family, the Jamat, the Imamat, future generations. Remember that your education and career are a means to enable you to understand and serve creation, and to leave the world a better place. So, be generous with your time, knowledge, and skills in serving society, and balance that with remembrance and prayer.

Areas where you can help other Ismailis:
• Deciding on MA vs. PhD
• Bridging academia and policy/nonprofit world
• Developing and harnessing ground-level analysis to drive policies/programs

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IPN Workshop On Public Speaking : Irving, TX on Saturday, July 22nd 2017

Exclusive Opportunity For The Ismaili Professional Network- Communicate Like A  Pro

Join us for a one day workshop on public speaking by Krish Dhanam who has successfully delivered his message in fifty-five countries on six continents and throughout the continental US. His client list is the who’s who of global enterprise and he has received accolades from the US Army, Christian Dior, Walmart, AT&T, Marriott Hotels, Cadbury Schweppes , Verizon and Enterprise Rent-A-Car to name a few.

What’s in it for you?

– Learn the new globalism in communication and what it takes to be relevant in a boundary less world.

– Understand the nuances of the look, the gaze, the movement, and the stance required to be noticed.

– Explore the techniques for effectiveness as it pertains to leading a session as a speaker, an emcee, or as one of a panel of experts.

– Create the foundation for building for effective presentations by navigating the components of a message while learning how to start and finish strong.

And so much more…

Location: Skylife Corporate Headquarters
950 W. John Carpenter Freeway,
Irving, TX 75039

Date: Saturday, July 22nd 2017
Time: 8:30 AM–4:30 PM
Dress Code: Business Casual
Lunch: Provided
Tuition: Discounted rate of $450 per person
Resources: Workbook sent by email. Participants can use their own devices for notes

Registration by email or phone: [email protected]|817 874 3223
Payment: Payable in full by check, cash or credit card prior to event