Thomas T. Riley

Infobox Ambassador
honorific-prefix =
name = Thomas T. Riley
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imagesize = 300px
order =
ambassador_from = United States
country = Morocco
term_start = December 21 2003
term_end = Incumbent
predecessor = Margaret D. Tutwiler
successor = Incumbent
president = George W. Bush
birth_date =
birth_place = San Mateo, California, USA
nationality = American
spouse = Nancy Vieira da Rosa Riley
profession = Businessman

Thomas Thomas Riley (born in 1949) is the United States Ambassador to Morocco. He was sworn in on December 21 2003, and arrived at his post in January 2004.

Early life and political career

Riley was born in San Mateo, California. After receiving his BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, he worked as an engineer at Boeing for one year. Riley then attended Harvard Business School [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/28085.htm] where he received his MBA, and then went on to work at TRW Mission in London and Paris.

He returned to the US after 4 years and cofounded a company selling construction equipment to East Africa (Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Sudan). In 1984, he began an almost 20 year career in Silicon Valley, as Product Manager for an advanced electric utility meter at Robinton Products; as president of Unity Systems, manufacturer of an automated home and building control system; as founder and president of Web State, an online training company; and as president of ActivePhoto, an online digital image service. Riley is the holder of United States Patent 5303767 [http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5303767.html] for an innovative energy management system.

Riley is married to Nancy Vieira da Rosa Riley, a former tax attorney. The couple have two daughters.

External links

* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/28085.htm US State Department biography]
* [http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5303767.html United States Patent 5303767]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/27/CMGAJBGOSG1.DTL San Francisco Chronicle article “Our Man in Morocco”]