Attivio Management Team

Ali I. Riaz is CEO of Attivio, responsible for corporate strategy, direction, and operations.

Ali has extensive management experience in propelling early-stage companies into large, corporate leaders through effective, scalable client programs, product offerings, and business operations. Before joining Attivio, he was President and CEO of GetConnected, Inc. (GCi), a market-leading transaction processing platform enabling the sale of digital services. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Fast Search & Transfer (FAST™), a global enterprise search company that is now part of Microsoft Corporation.

Ali has experience in both small and large organizations, and has held executive positions with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) and Novartis International, Inc.

ALI RIAZ
Chief Executive Officer & President

Sid Probstein is the Chief Technology Officer of Attivio, responsible for product & technology strategy, implementation and delivery.

Sid has over 20 years of experience in managing R&D organizations and delivering award-winning, high-value enterprise software and solutions. Previously, he was CTO at GetConnected, Inc. (GCi), a market-leading transaction processing platform enabling the sale of digital services.  He was also Vice President of Technology at Fast Search & Transfer, a global enterprise search company that is now part of Microsoft Corporation. Prior to Fast, Sid was Vice President of Engineering at Northern Light Technology, where he was responsible for production of the first enterprise version of the search engine.  He also served as Director of Software Engineering at Freemark Communications, and a Principal Architect/System Manager at John Hancock Financial Services.

SID PROBSTEIN
Chief Technology Officer

Alan Cooke is Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel at Attivio, responsible for finance, legal, human resources, and operations.

Alan was formerly Vice President at Merrill Lynch, where he worked as an equity research analyst covering the enterprise software industry, including such companies as Microsoft, Oracle, VMware, Salesforce.com, Sybase, Lawson and Informatica. Previously, Alan held business development, strategic planning, and operations management positions at Oracle. He has also worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, and as an attorney at Macdonald Affleck. Alan earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, a JD from the University of Toronto, and a BA from the University of Ottawa. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and is admitted to practice as an attorney in the state of New York.

ALAN COOKE
Chief Financial Officer
& General Counsel

MaryAnne is Senior Vice President of Marketing at Attivio, responsible for branding, corporate communications, product marketing and lead development.

MaryAnne has extensive technology marketing and branding experience, having previously worked as Vice President of Marketing at GetConnected, Inc. (GCi), a market-leading transaction processing platform enabling the sale of digital services. Previously, she was Vice President of Marketing for COMDEX and Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at IDC, where she worked for 15 years. MaryAnne was also Senior Group Marketing Director for the technology division at Questex Media.

MARYANNE SINVILLE
Senior Vice President of Marketing