With more than 20 years of outsourcing experience in the telecom, financial services and retail industries, Shahid “Sonny” Charania is executive vice president of FIS’ Global Services Group and is responsible for offshore strategy. In only 24 months, Sonny led the expansion of FIS’ offshore operations from a limited-resource operation to more than 600 full-time employees.

Prior to these responsibilities, Sonny served as vice president of development and senior vice president of FIS’ e-business group.

Before joining FIS in 1994, he was a consultant for Accenture in their share services group, responsible for product implementation and methodology.

A resident of Atlanta, Ga., Sonny holds a bachelor’s degree in computer information sciences, and is active in the Aga Khan Foundation, an international philanthropic agency working to develop and promote creative solutions to problems that impede social development, primarily in Asia and East Africa.