Managing Partner at Riviera Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Managing Partner at Riviera Partners
- Past
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- VP Business Development and Services at Opus360 (Acquired PeopleMover-Co Founder)
- Director of Operations at Kellwood Company
- Senior Manager at BearingPoint Consulting
- Senior Consultant at Accenture
- Education
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- University of California, Irvine
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Ali Behnam’s Summary
Ali Behnam’s Specialties:
Executive search / Retained Search for emerging growth and venture backed companies within the Consumer Internet, Enterprise Software, Software as a Service (SaaS) space and Green Technology, including E-commerce, Digital Media, Online Advertising, Cloud computing. Bay Area and Southern California. CEO-GM-VP level. Engineering, Product Management, Marketing
Ali Behnam’s Experience
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Managing Partner
Riviera Partners
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
2001 — Present (8 years)
Riviera Partners is an executive search firm focused on early stage venture backed technology companies. It is the culmination of my prior experience as an entrepreneur and a consultant. I am able to leverage that experience (aka scar tissue) in my work with great startups, investors and board members as we help them build out their teams.
We offer our clients a comprehensive solution delivering retained search, contingency placements, contract/onsite recruitment, and interim management. -
VP Business Development and Services
Opus360 (Acquired PeopleMover-Co Founder)
(Computer Software industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years)
I was one of three co-founders focused on building an enterprise software company. We built a staffing solution. Customers included Robert Half International, CSC and Ernst & Young. We were venture backed, later acquired and the combined companies went public. Unfortunately it was one of the "ten worst" IPO's of 2000 according to the Wall Street Journal
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Director of Operations
Kellwood Company
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; KWD; Apparel & Fashion industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year)
My first foray as business owner and not a consultant.
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Senior Manager
BearingPoint Consulting
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BE; Management Consulting industry)
1991 — 1996 (5 years)
Focused on system's implementation work for early stage emerging growth companies
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Senior Consultant
Accenture
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACN; Management Consulting industry)
1989 — 1991 (2 years)
This is where I learned I was a lousy programmer. However, the training I received right out of college has been invaluable.
Ali Behnam’s Education
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University of California, Irvine
BA , Economics, Statistics , 1984 — 1988
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, UC Irvine Rugby Club, UC Irvine Men's Swim Team
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