Rashid Desai is a seasoned technology leader with extensive experience in global enterprises and academia. Currently serving as the Chief Information Officer for Data & Analytics and Chief Engineer at NAB since January 2019, Rashid has also held positions as an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University since September 2020. Previous leadership roles include Senior Vice President & CTO at Avid, Managing Director & CIO at Barclaycard, Executive Vice President & CTO at Open Solutions (now part of Fiserv), and Senior Vice President and CIO of Software as a Service Products at Equifax. Rashid holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of South Florida, an MBA in Finance & Information Technology from Murray State University, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics from Bangalore University.