Atif Rafiq

Current

• Head of Local Business at Yahoo!

Past

• CEO/Founder at Covigna - sold to Proquest [NYSE:PQE]
• Senior Director at Audible [acquired by Amazon]
• Corporate Dev & Strategy at AOL

• Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs

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Education

• The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
• Wesleyan University

Recommended

5 people have recommended Atif

Connections

454 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Portfolio
• My Blog

Atif Rafiq’s Summary

- Seasoned web and software executive - currently with Yahoo!
- Web 1.0 Veteran; Founding member of corp strategy and biz dev groups at AOL in 1996
- Former CEO/Founder of venture-backed software provider in content management software sector.
- Brief stint at Kleiner Perkins backed startup in digital media at pre-IPO stage.
- Member of corporate finance group at Goldman Sachs.

Atif Rafiq’s Specialties:

-> Content syndication and distribution
-> Content aggregation applications and technologies
-> Search technology
-> Web business models
-> Online advertising
-> Software

Atif Rafiq’s Experience

• Head of Local Business

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

  Running product marketing, biz dev, monetization for Local properties at Yahoo!

• CEO/Founder

  Covigna - sold to Proquest [NYSE:PQE]

  (Computer Software industry)

  2001 — 2005 (4 years )

  Covigna was an innovative content management software provider, which was named a Top 100 software provider by Supply & Demand Chain Magazine.

• Senior Director

  Audible [acquired by Amazon]

  (Internet industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

  Audible [NASADAQ: ADBL]

• Corporate Dev & Strategy

  AOL

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  1996 — 1999 (3 years )

• Financial Analyst

  Goldman Sachs

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  1994 — 1996 (2 years )

Atif Rafiq’s Education

• The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

  MBA , 1998 — 2000

• Wesleyan University

  BA , Mathematics-Economics , 1990 — 1994

Additional Information

Atif Rafiq’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• My Blog

Atif Rafiq’s Groups:

•    AOLAlumni
•    Goldman Sachs Alumni Networking Group
•    Wesleyan University Alumni Association
•    Yahoo Employees and Alumni Group
•    AOL CONNECTIONS

Atif Rafiq’s Honors:

- As CEO/Founder, represented Covigna in over 10 speaking engagements including Dow Jones Venture One Summit

- Authored 5 whitepapers for Covigna published by trade media and industry publications

- Rated # 1 MBA in the nation for technology industry by leading magazine upon graduating from Univ. of Chicago

- Received Kauffman Entrepreneurship Internship Award at Univ. of Chicago GSB

- College Stuff: Calculus Teaching Assistant, Editor-in-Chief of School Paper, Board of Trustees, Varsity Baseball

- Intel Science Competition, National Semi-Finalist (Stuyvesant High School) for work in Game Theory

Atif Rafiq’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch