Prior to Bain, Hirji was President of Meralix, a firm specializing in turning around troubled portfolio companies for private equity funds. Preceding Meralix, Hirji was President, Chief Technology Officer and a Board member for Netfolio, an online investment advisor that he took through the entire lifecycle from initial inception to growth and sale. As CTO of Netfolio, he developed and managed the execution of the firm's technology strategy, led new product development efforts and oversaw the entire production environment. Mr. Hirji holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from the University of Calgary, Canada and an MBA with honors from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.