Matthew Rizai

Matthew Rizai is the Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, and Co-founder of Workiva, a leading cloud-based provider of business reporting solutions. Workiva, formerly WebFilings, is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company founded in 2008 by software and business veterans. Workiva employs more than 850 people with offices in 12 U.S. and 3 non-U.S. cities. The company's headquarter campus is in Ames, Iowa.

Previously Rizai was Chairman and CEO of the acclaimed[1][2] Engineering Animation, Inc. (EAI). Rizai was credited with turning EAI into a highly profitable enterprise and one of the world's largest software companies during the late 1990s. [3]

Prior to EAI, Rizai was the co-founder of Computer Aided Design Software, Inc. He was also a research engineer at General Motors Research Labs. Rizai is a Board Member of the Stafford Development Companies. He holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Rizai is a well-known leader of technology firms for more than two decades, and is quoted as an expert source in business books.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Forbes Article
  2. ↑ Industry Week's "Technologies of the Year," 1996
  3. ↑ Rizai as one of Business Week Magazine's "Best Entrepreneurs"
  4. ↑ Rizai in "The Secrets of Market-Driven Leaders"

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