Atif Rafiq

Current

• Director, Marketing & Biz Dev 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

• University of Chicago - Graduate School of Business
• Wesleyan University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Portfolio
• My Blog

Atif Rafiq’s Summary

- Web 1.0 Veteran; Founding member of corp dev and business affairs groups at AOL
- Formerly 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, web business models, online advertising and interactive marketing.

Atif Rafiq’s Experience

• Director, Marketing & Biz Dev

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

  2008 — Present (less than a year)

  Running product marketing & biz dev activities/team for Local properties at Yahoo!, encompassing initiatives such as business model development, monetization programs, deals, MRD's, product and market positioning, etc.

• 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

• University of Chicago - Graduate 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

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

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