Trident University International Leadership

Marina Zilberman is a chief librarian at Trident University International and is based in New, York.

Patricia Parks is an Executive Assistant to the President/CEO and CFO at Trident University International and is based in Compton, California. She has worked as SSgt – Air Transportation Supervisor / Logistics at United States Air Force; Senior Administrative Assistant to the Regional President at Comerica; and Executive Assistant to the CEO, COO, CFO, and Senior VPs at Excel National Bank. Patricia studied at University of Phoenix between 2005 and 2005.

As the Provost and Chief Academic Officer for American InterContinental University (AIU), Dr. Ruki Jayaraman oversees Academic Affairs and curriculum and instruction for online and ground programs. Previously, Dr. Jayaraman was the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs for the Argosy University system. At Argosy, she also served in the roles of VP of Academic Strategy and Development and the Dean of the College of Undergraduate Studies.

Prior to joining Argosy, Dr. Jayaraman was the Dean of the College of Information Technology at Western Governors University. She has also served in various leadership capacities at Tomax Corporation, and IKON Office Solutions/Education Services, and as a faculty member at the Brigham Young University and University of Utah. She was on the Utah Governor’s Asian American Advisory Council from 1999 - 2003, and is currently serving on the substantive change committee for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). She has over 20 years of active involvement in education, and over 10 years of leadership in the IT sector. Dr. Jayaraman holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Carleton University, Canada.

Vahid Shariat as Chief Information Officer of Trident University and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. He is responsible for all aspects of technology and information system supporting Trident Students, Faculty, and staff with online resources accessible from everywhere. Vahid is an Information Technology executive with over 20 years of experience in designing, deploying, and managing technology solutions for a variety of industries with online and global operations. He has extensive hands on experience in designing, implementing and managing business applications, always available online operations, and cloud-based technology infrastructure for global operations.

Prior to joining Trident University, Vahid served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Option One Mortgage Corporation, a leading financial services organization with global operation managing over $100 Billion residential mortgage portfolio. Vahid was responsible for over 150+ global IT professionals and all aspects of information technology supporting loan origination, loan servicing, and loan packaging. He was instrumental in extending the technology platform and establishing efficient management structure and processes to optimize the IT cost structure and performance.

Prior to joining Option One, Vahid served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for a global business process outsourcing company, PeopleSupport, where he was responsible for delivering technology and outsourcing services to all PeopleSupport fortune 500 clients. As member of executive team, he contributed to growing PeopleSupport from a small and private firm to a global and public company with products ranging from on-line customer service and Software as a Services (SaaS) to debt collections and business process outsourcing. Prior to PeopleSupport, Mr. Shariat led many consulting engagements and business development efforts at Ernst & Young and Hewlett Packard Consulting with focus on CRM, online service delivery, business process reengineering, and business intelligence.