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Mahvash Yazdi is senior vice president of Business Integration and chief information officer for Edison International. She oversees the delivery of business-enabling technologies. Since 1997 when she joined the company, Yazdi has transformed its Information Technology organization into one recognized nationally for nine consecutive years as one of the 100 Best Places to Work in IT by Computerworld magazine.
Yazdi has held several key responsibilities including oversight for Edison’s Shared Services organization and was the architect of change for Southern California Edison's business process integration initiative in 2004. Yazdi launched Edison's telecommunication business in 1999, offering wholesale services to the telecommunication service industry.
Yazdi began her career with IBM World Trade Corporation. In 1980, she joined Hughes Aircraft Company where she held increasingly responsible positions within the company and was appointed vice president and CIO in 1994.
Active in various civic organizations, she serves on the board of directors of the Claremont University Consortium and is an advisory board member for the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. In addition, she is a director for Apria HealthCare and is a member of The Southern California Forum of The Trusteeship of the International Women's Forum.
Yazdi earned her M.B.A. from the University of Southern California and her B.S. in industrial management from Polytechnic University, Pomona. She also completed the Management of Information Technology program at Harvard Business School. | 