About Reiaz Somji

As an Executive Counselor with three-decades of leadership, management and consulting experience, Reiaz has supported and advised clients, colleagues and decision-makers from corporate CXOs to Heads of tribal nations to senior management and line-staff in tackling and overcoming major hurdles and initiatives. He is a strategic thinker who brings clarity to issues and helps identify solutions to pragmatically move forward while respecting the unique culture in which organizations operate and the competitive markets in which they need to succeed. He has primarily helped people understand the intersection between technology and business having consulted to numerous industries, professional services companies and some public sector institutions as well. In building trust, clients also seek him out for professional advice and organizational direction.

Today, in his role at Info-Tech Research Group (ITRG), he is focused on helping CIOs/CTOs and IT leaders traverse the changing landscape of disruptive technology and develop strategies to support and scale AI and Data management, drive innovation while securing IT environments. In doing so, he uses ITRG tools and diagnostics to facilitate consensus, discuss best practices and help foster a culture of continuous improvement, professional growth to enable talent retention and succession.

Previously, he was a Managing Director for Consulting at ITRG for IT Strategy, Infrastructure and Business Continuity. He also spent a decade in a Big-Four consulting firm with a focus on customer and channel strategy for Sales & Marking, and ERP implementations and processes for CFOs. For a few years, he was the Executive Officer of a globally registered, not-for-profit organization having led the senior leadership team and reporting to its externally appointed Board of Directors. His time has been spent primarily in the United States and Canada along with some international-based clients.

He has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame (USA) and an undergraduate degree from Western University (Canada). He is based out of Toronto.

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