Eric F. Risley
Managing Partner of Architect Partners
Previously was Head of Software Corporate and Investment Banking at Banc of America Securities, responsible for some of the firm's largest clients; Head of Investment Banking at Rutberg & Company, a highly respected wireless research boutique and ran Software and Internet Investment Banking at CIBC (and its predecessor Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.) Eric has for over 22 years led and executed M&A and capital-raising transactions for established companies such as AVID, CA, Adobe, Oracle, BEA Systems, Veritas, as well as scores of young, emerging vendors.