About‚ Us
Management Team
Riaz Pisani, President & CEO
For the past 16 years, Riaz has been part of Contac's board of directors. In 2004, he acquired an interest in the company, becoming its managing director & chief financial officer. A year later — in May 2005 — he took over as President and Chief Executive Officer. In addition to founding and growing Pisani & Company, Chartered Accountants, Riaz was the president of Network Technology Professionals Inc., which provided computer services to large corporations across Canada. Riaz was instrumental in growing the business from a local Vancouver company to a large organization, servicing clients across Canada. Under Riaz's leadership, Contac has grown to be an internationally acclaimed leader in the distribution, fulfillment, and direct marketing industries. His leadership and passion have become hallmarks of the company's mission to provide unparalleled service tailored to meet the needs of our clients. In the past two years, Riaz has facilitated the augmentation of the company's size from an entrepreneurial business focused on distribution activities in Western Canada to a multidimensional corporation with operations and alliances across North America and Europe that service multiple business verticals.
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Deress Asghedom, Chief Operating Officer
Deress joined Contac's Operations team in April of 2006. As COO he is responsible for the day-to-day management of the company. He oversees all Contac warehouse operations in North America. Deress works closely with the CIO to continually develop the operational infrastructure of Contac. Prior to his current position with Contac, Deress was Vice President of Operations for a business venture company, which grew to include eight sites in six different countries.
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Andrew Bobic, Chief Information Officer
With over 10 years of enterprise IT knowledge, Andrew's experience providing advisory services to early-stage technology companies is invaluable to Contac's revolutionary technological equipment. He brings vast knowledge of global e-commerce solutions, design, networking and other information systems to Contac. In his role as CIO, Andrew is responsible for the overall technological coherence of our company as well as maintaining Contac's state-of-the-art shipping and distribution information systems gateway.
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Cecilia Lai, Chief Financial Officer
Cecilia joined Contac’s accounting team in October of 2007. As CFO, she is responsible for the financials of the company. In addition, Cecilia oversees the capital structure and is responsible for presenting and reporting accurate and timely historical financial information. Prior to joining Contac, Cecilia was a manager at Pisani & Company, Chartered accountants for the past 18 years and as the company grew from 2 employees to 10, she tailored customized financial and taxation plans sensitive to each client’s individual needs. With 21 years of practical accounting experience, it was an easy transition for her to come on board at Contac.
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Salima Mitha, VP Sales & Marketing
Salima comes to Contac with international professional experience in strategic marketing communications, business development and project management. She has a Bachelor of Management Studies degree. Her industry experience is in graphic arts, printing and logistics which allows strategic review of key clients requirements and direction and in providing a complete solution with the synergies Contac has to offer