\u00ae<\/sup> (ASI) today announced Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Armughan Rafat, has been selected by the ranking committee of ExecRank as one of the top technology officers in the nation.<\/p>\nThe rankings are the result of two years of research and feedback from evaluation committees and top private company CTOs that yielded an algorithm for how to rank executives based on their performance in 24 key areas. According to Justin Meyer, analyst for the rankings division of ExecRank, \u201cWe were extremely impressed with the achievements of Mr. Rafat. His work and reputation are highly regarded in the industry and amongst other CTOs.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are over 15,000 private company CTOs in the U.S. Only the very best are awarded the distinction of being a part of ExecRank\u2019s rankings for 2012, Meyer said. The number-one area of focus for the honorees is their role in developing defensible technologies for their companies and leveraging those technologies to strengthen competitiveness. ExecRank also weighed heavily the recommendations provided by the general counsel of finalists, as their role in facilitating IP advantages was strongly considered.<\/p>\n
In addition, Meyer said ExecRank saw a significant uptick in the number of CTOs who served on boards of directors and displayed a skill set that is applicable to multiple industries. Rafat ranked 100 on ExecRank\u2019s 2012 list of 225.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m delighted to see Armughan\u2019s efforts publicly recognized among the nation\u2019s leading technology companies,\u201d said Timothy M. Andrews, ASI president and chief executive officer. \u201cHe leads a team devoted to designing and developing cutting-edge technology that makes our online, desktop and mobile solutions faster, simpler and more intuitive for our 25,000 clients, and it\u2019s a testament to their efforts that it only appears to happen like magic.\u201d<\/p>\n
At ASI, Rafat sets technology strategy and leads all technology initiatives, including applying emerging technologies to further advance ASI\u2019s mission of designing, developing and offering the best products in the industry. He also serves as the chair of ASI\u2019s Technology Council, which promotes best practices across the industry to drive scale in technology infrastructure, promote innovation and use information intelligently.<\/p>\n
As a proven thought leader, Rafat has over 18 years of experience managing global technology organizations and building enterprise-wide, real-time, high-performance products for users of various size and sophistication. He has been awarded two patents in the fields of real-time ultra-low latency information exchange and information retrieval of unstructured data using machine learning. Throughout his distinguished career, he has led organizations serving clients ranging from small start-up businesses to large multinational Fortune 100 corporations.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Armughan Rafat named to ExecRank’s latest list of best of the best TREVOSE, PA \u2013 May 6, 2013 \u2013 The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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