Roger R. Mahabir

Hall of Fame Inductee 1995

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Roger Mahabir is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Technology Innovations Inc., a successful Information Technology services and consulting firm. He also runs a software development firm Assurent Software Inc.

Mr. Mahabir was previously the Chief Information Officer at RBC Capital Markets (Royal Bank Canada) where he served for over 5 years. He is recognized as one of the industry's top CIOs, having served in senior executive positions including four CIO roles with Fortune 500 companies in Financial Services, Government, Manufacturing, and Retail. His systems work for innovation and delivery at Fortune 500 companies has won international acclaim and been recognized by many, including the Smithsonian. He is one of the first inductees into the Canadian Information Productivity Hall of Fame (1995).

Mr. Mahabir was named by CIO Magazine as one of Canada's top CIOs in 1994. Under his leadership his organization was recognized by ComputerWorld Magazine as one of the "Global 100" Outstanding Information Technology users Worldwide in 1995 and also received an "Award of Distinction" from the Canadian Information Productivity Association. The "Metropolis" project which significantly re-engineered policing across the entire Metropolitan Toronto area led to this distinction and received international acclaim and recognition.

Outside commitments have included involvement with several community and business organizations such as serving as President of the Business Advisory Council and Member of the Board of Governors at the University of Waterloo, Member of the Council on Information Management, Conference Board of Canada and Chairman and CEO of Alternative Computer Training (ACT) for the Disabled.

He has provided consulting services to the private sector as well as governments in Asia, Australia, and Europe.

In 1999 Mr. Mahabir's team at the Royal Bank won the coveted C.I.P.A. award in the e-commerce category as well as a "Best of category" award, and CIO Magazine's 1999 ITX Award. He was nominated by his peers and named as one of the top Financial IT Executives of 2001/2002 by the CIO Forum (New York).

Currently, Mr. Mahabir also serves as a Board Member of several public and private companies in North America. In addition, he serves as a Business Advisor to the Senior Management of several Corporations in the US, Canada and Europe.