Mr. Surinder is Founder and CEO of CTR Factor. His research, teaching, and consulting in these roles is based on a long and successful business career spanning 27 years and 27 assignments as an executive, consultant, board member, author, entrepreneur, and professor. Mr. Surinder's experience spans multiple industries, including telecom, banking, energy, transportation, retail, city government, non-profit, and healthcare at companies like Pfizer, Verizon, McKinsey, Centurylink, Capital One, Barclays, Fidelity, Best Buy, Wellpoint, Chase, NYC Department of Transportation, ALPFA, and Con Edison. He has held C-level roles running billion dollar P&Ls and large global functional groups. Mr. Surinder held positions as Chief Learning Officer of the Kaleidoscope Group, LLC, Chief Learning Officer and Global Head of ALPFA Solutions, and Chief Learning Officer and Global Head of Consulting at Diversity MBA. He is the author of The CTR Factor: How high is your leadership quotient, former member of three boards, and former Adjunct Professor of Strategic Management at the City University of New York. In 2011, he was recognized as one of the Top 100 under 50 Senior Executives by Diversity MBA magazine. Mr. Surinder holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, a master’s degree in structural engineering and a MBA in marketing.