Fady Khairallah, President MDR

With over 20 years of business leadership and success in driving new business growth through innovation, Fady Khairallah is currently the President and General Manager of MDR, a Company of Dun and Bradstreet in Shelton, CT. MDR is a leading provider of sales and marketing solutions for the education sector.  Fady brings MDR and its customers extensive experience in marketing, technology and operations to solve challenging business problems. Before assuming the GM role in April 2005, Fady served as MDR’s COO. Khairallah has driven an accelerated product development process and championed investment in sales and customer support to meet MDR customer needs.

Previously, Fady served as COO of Sound Vision Inc, a VC-backed startup in Wayland, MA. Fady was recruited to assist the Chairman in implementing a transition strategy that moved the company’s business focus from a supplier of ASICs to a player in the consumer digital photography market. 

In 2000, Fady founded Deligent, a web consultancy focused on creating state of the art CRM systems. Deligent’s client list included Aetna, Johnson & Johnson, Schering Plough, Fidelity, HelpCare, and iPRO Exchange.  Deligent developed Answer Center™ a unique system that captures best-of-class CSR behaviors implemented in a self-service environment.

Before founding Deligent, Fady was Managing Director at Zentropy Partners, where he managed 200% company growth and spearheaded the company’s launch, transition and integration from several of the Interpublic’s interactive companies including Hill Holliday Interactive, where he served as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining Hill Holliday Interactive, Fady was Chief Technology Officer at SiegelGale.

Among Fady’s proudest achievements is his work as director of research and development for the Associated Press, where he oversaw and designed the conversion of AP’s photo operation to satellite delivery. He was instrumental in the engineering of the first digital news camera in a joint venture with Kodak.

Fady resides in Fairfield County, CT with his wife, Pamela, a reading teacher, and his two school-aged children. Fady holds a B.S. in engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, a master’s degree in computer engineering from Syracuse University, and an executive M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.  He is fluent in French and Arabic.