Founders

The Institute was founded by Tariq Rana, President of GRMI and a retail industry specialist, and Naeem Zafar, CEO of TeleSense, a serial Entrepreneur and a faculty member at Haas Business School at UC Berkeley, CA.

Advisory Board

GRMI Advisory Board is chaired by the Founder and is composed of successful professionals in the retail and Business industry.
Current board members are Bill Parker (CEO Terra J and former VP Banana Republic, President Gateway), Naeem Zafar (Founding CEO of TeleSense and faculty at HAAS Business School, UC Berkeley), Aubrey Avery Jr. (a senior retail executive with several national retailers), Harish Amar (VP Academic Affairs, California Institute of Advance Management), and our founder Tariq Rana, President, GRMI, consultant, and a former executive with several national retailers.

Affiliations

GRMI is forming partnership with retailers and major businesses to ensure a high quality real life learning experience and possible mentoring during the student’s course of study at GRMI.