Tarek Sherif Medidata CEO Rating

Medidata CEO Tarek Sherif Bio

Mr. Tarek A. Sherif co-founded Medidata Solutions, Inc., in 1999 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2001. Mr. Sherif serves as the Chairman of Medidata Solutions Inc and Chief Executive Officer of Medidata Solutions Inc at Medidata FT, Inc. Mr. Sherif is involved in business development, as well as general and strategic management including budgets, sales and marketing, product development, finance, human resources and customer and partner relations. He served as the President of Medidata Solutions, Inc. Prior to forming Medidata Solutions, he was the managing member of a partnership focused on public and private investments in technology and life science companies. He has founded and managed a variety of technology and services organizations. Previously, he co-managed a privately held equity fund specializing in publicly traded technology companies, including those in the healthcare and information technology fields. He has been involved with a variety of technology and service driven businesses, focusing on strategic initiatives, financial management and analysis. From 1997 to 999, Mr. Sherif served as the Managing Member of Sherif Partners L.L.C. focused on public and private investments in technology and life science companies. Prior to that, Mr. Sherif served as portfolio manager at R.D.L. Securities. Mr. Sherif has also served as Assistant Vice President of corporate finance at General Electric Capital Corporation and mergers and acquisitions analyst at Brown Brothers Harriman & Company. From 1992 to 1997, he co-managed a privately held equity fund specializing in publicly traded technology companies, including companies in the healthcare and information technology fields. He serves as the Chairman of the Board at Medidata Solutions, Inc. and has been its Director since 2000. He serves as the Co-Chairman of New York City Investment Fund Manager, Inc. He served as a Director of the firm. Mr. Sherif has 16 years of broad-based financial and managerial experience. Mr. Sherif received his B.A. in Economics from Yale University in 1984. Following a career on Wall Street, Mr. Sherif attended Columbia Business School where he earned MBA in Business Administration and Finance and graduated first in a class of 650 students in 1991.

Medidata CEO Tarek Sherif At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Medidata.

Based on 109 ratings, Tarek Sherif ranks right above Veeva's CEO, Peter Gassner.

Medidata's CEO is highly regarded by the HR department, Asian or Pacific Islander employees, and employees who have been at the company Less than 1 Year. However, employees with 3 to 6 Years experience and the Product department have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.