A. Mizan Rahman - Founder, CEO & Chief Software Architect
Mizan Rahman founded M2SYS in 1998. As a visionary, expert
software engineer and seasoned entrepreneur, he combines his
impressive background solving customers' problems and building
companies with a natural intensity and commitment to excellence.
While working on several different project designs at M2SYS, Mr.
Rahman designed and developed a new generation Supply Chain
sourcing automation technology that received strong market
demand and interest. Recognizing the enormous potential for this
application, in 1999 Mr Rahman leveraged the innovation to spin
off a separate subsidiary from M2SYS and founded Net Research,
Inc/BayBuilder. BayBuilder evolved into the marketing and
distribution arm of M2SYS' strategic sourcing software and
quickly matured into an extremely successful enterprise.
The BayBuilder product was adopted and fully integrated into the
sourcing processes of many Fortune 500 companies including
Honeywell, TRW, NiSource, UNISYS, Owens Corning, Arch Coal,
Bayer, Lexmark, Lennox, PPG Industries, Agere, Conectiv, Unocal,
Fleetguard, Dofasco and many others. This pioneering technology
has helped companies to save over $1 billion dollars from
reductions in their costs of goods and services, shortened
sourcing cycle times and improved time-to-market cycles. In
2001, BayBuilder was acquired by a leading publicly traded B2B
software company for $15 million where Mr. Rahman subsequently
served as the VP of Engineering for a period of one year,
managing the employee base and development process for several
electronic procurement applications that have supported hundreds
of millions of dollars in transactions for more than 30 Global
2500 enterprises.
Mr. Rahman's instinctive ability to transform
a creative idea into an invaluable, profitable business software
solution has prompted much acclaim from leading sector analysts
and executives worldwide and is the foundation for M2SYS'
dedication to achieving excellence for its clients. Mr. Rahman
is also heavily involved in the speaker circuit where he can be
found sharing his domain expertise and success methodologies at
conferences and universities around the world.
Mr. Rahman received a B.S. in Computer Science (summa cum laude)
from Florida Atlantic University and M.S in Computer Science
from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a member of the
prestigious honor society Phi Kappa Phi, the Computer Science
Honor Society Epsilon Phi Upsilon, the Golden Key Honor Society
and the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
Michael Trader – President
A Co-founder of M2SYS, Mr. Trader was Executive Director of
Application Consulting for a leading, NASDAQ software firm from
April 2001 to January 2003. His responsibilities included
guiding the global sales team on qualifying and validating
potential sales opportunities, developing effective presentation
strategies and methods, presenting leading-edge sourcing and
procurement software to executive level prospective clients and
managing the development team on new product enhancements. A
major aspect of Mr. Trader’s duties also included analyzing
sourcing trends across a myriad of spend categories and
leveraging this knowledge to advise current and prospective
customers on how to institute best sourcing practices. Mr.
Trader was intimately involved with fostering and maintaining
relationships with corporate enterprises such as Honeywell,
Owens Corning, TRW, The Stanley Works, Lexmark International,
The Timken Company, ArvinMeritor, PPG Industries, Arch Coal
Inc., Dofasco Inc. and Bayer Corporation.
Prior to his most previous position, Mr. Trader was a
co-founder, key executive, and Vice President of Global Sales at
BayBuilder, a highly successful sourcing software company.
During his tenure with BayBuilder, Mr. Trader oversaw all global
sales activity and developed business
relationships with dozens of Fortune 1000 companies to help them implement
profitable sourcing methodologies utilizing leading-edge
technology. Responsible for many aspects of positioning the
company as an industry leader, Mr. Trader built and managed a
global sales force, contributed to product development and
played an influential role in assisting with the due diligence
process of the $15 million acquisition of BayBuilder in April
2001.
Mr. Trader graduated with honors from the pre-medical program at
the Universtiy of Vermont earning a Bachelor’s degree in
Biological Sciences. In his spare time, he enjoys coaching
the Emory University men's lacrosse team, which was ranked #5 in
the nation in 2008 pre-season polls.
Mohu Sultana – Senior VP, Corporate Strategy
Mohu Sultana is a Co-founder of M2SYS and serves as the Senior
Vice President of Corporate Strategy. Ms. Sultana is responsible
for analyzing market trends and key industry activity to create
a tactical blueprint that positions M2SYS as an agile enterprise
decisively poised for growth. Her keen foresight and perceptive
awareness of sector influences plays a key role in overseeing
both corporate and product direction. Ms. Sultana has served on
the Board of Directors of BayBuilder where her leadership proved
a vital aspect of the company’s critical resolution to optimize
its business and investor relationship strategy. She is also a
partner of M2 Group and the CEO of the non-profit organization
Borpa USA, Inc.
Ms. Sultana received a BA degree in Political Science from the
University of Dhaka and is currently completing her
undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the Georgia
Institute of Technology. She is also a member of the Phi Theta
Kappa Honors Society and was listed in the American National
Dean’s List for her outstanding academic performance.
Jaker Chowdhury - CFO/VP of Operations, Asia & Canada
As CFO and Vice President of Canadian and Asian Operations, Mr.
Chowdhury is responsible for ensuring that efficient and
productive business process flows are in place to produce high
quality work that exceeds M2SYS customer expectations. Combining
his aptitude for process analytics with his ability to arouse
enthusiasm Mr. Chowdhury brings 10 years of finance and
management experience to M2SYS. He is a member of the Canadian
CGA (Certified General Accountant) of Ontario and served as the
Deputy Director of the Bangladesh State Bank where he was
responsible for examining the performance of commercial banks to
make recommendations on banking license issuance and
implementing standard processes to grant larger commercial
loans. He was also a representative of the Bangladesh State Bank
within the Bangladesh Ministry of Finance Parliamentary Standing
Committee. While in committee, he was responsible for monitoring
the activities of both state and other commercial banks,
assisting with the analysis and formulation of the Bangladesh
Government investment budget and reviewing the activities of the
National Board of Revenue, SEC, Ministry of Finance and Economic
Relation Division. He also served as a faculty member at the
Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management.
Mr. Chowdhury received both undergraduate and masters degrees in
accounting from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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