OUR APPROACH
Clarity for
consequential
decisions
AIJAI brings experienced business and technology leaders together to help organizations navigate complexity and achieve business outcomes.
OUR APPROACH
From strategy
to results
Our framework of execution ensures all parties are working together to form a robust solution and deliver with efficiency.
Advise.
Align.
Advance.
Our Model
Independent by design. Outcome obsessed
Our recommendations start with what's right for you.
Our people
Senior from the start through to the outcome
Experienced advisors lead every engagement, from the first conversation through execution. The people you meet are the people who do the work.
LEADERSHIP
Led by experience
Diana De Melo
Partner, CEO
Growth-focused executive with more than 20 years of experience scaling organizations, leading technology consulting, and driving strategic M&A. As Founder and former CEO of The Delivery Group, she built one of Canada's fastest-growing companies of 2020, earning recognition as one of Canada's Top Female Entrepreneurs. As COO, she designed and drove performance accelerators that helped mid-market enterprises unlock growth and operate at their full potential.
Chris Mendes
Partner, CTO
Award winning data and AI executive with 15+ years in financial services, including as CIO for Enterprise Data, Analytics & AI Platforms at one of Canada’s largest banks. Delivered programs representing $1BN+ in investment and led the largest M&A data integration in Canadian banking history.
Michael Simpson
Partner
Delivery leader with 10+ years building technical talent pipelines across industries. Oversees resourcing and delivery for IT consulting engagements focused on business optimization, partnering with clients and solution teams to translate project scope into high-performing consultant teams. Leads a recruiting and delivery team recognized for match accuracy, consultant retention, and strong client outcomes.
Iftkhar Zafar
Partner
Business transformation executive with nearly 30 years of experience leading consulting, sales and delivery organizations, including portfolios over $180M, across energy, utilities, telecommunications, retail, financial services, insurance, public sector and technology.
SENIOR ADVISORS
Magdy Karam
Senior Advisor
Technology and learning leader with 30+ years of experience. Eight years as Chief Learning Officer for Microsoft Americas, leading learning and development and helping organizations across the US and Canada learn to use and leverage AI. Earlier, as Director of Services Delivery, he led 28 project managers across Canada and the US, managing a portfolio averaging $150M. Keynote speaker at CLO Exchange, the Corporate Learning & Development Institute, the Georgia Tech AI Symposium, and Microsoft Accelerate.
Jeff Dool
Senior Advisor
Executive AI strategist with 30 years at Microsoft, primarily in leadership roles, helping organizations adopt emerging technologies, modernize enterprise systems and scale innovation across complex environments. His work spanned cloud transformation, productivity innovation and the early evolution of AI driven workflows.
Kristina Riis
Senior Advisor
Strategy and transformation advisor with 20+ years across financial services, institutional investing, energy, mining and climate, including senior roles at Ontario Teachers’, Dundee, CIBC and Scotiabank. At Ontario Teachers’, led a $75M+ transformation portfolio that doubled in size while sustaining an 86.8% on time, on budget delivery rate.
Mitra Mortazavi
Senior Advisor
Strategy and transformation consultant who brings governance, risk and change together, with leadership roles at Air Canada, CAE and Ontario Pension Board. Led governance for Air Canada’s $127M Toronto Cargo Hub transformation. PMP, Prosci, Lean Six Sigma Champion and ITIL certified.
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