Frank Rizza is co-founder and serves as the Director of Sales at Aite Group, LLC. Mr. Rizza co-manages the firms’ business development efforts and advises prospects/clients/partners on selecting the appropriate mixture of research services and consulting engagements. Mr. Rizza has more than a decade of sales and sales management experience within the financial services industry, working closely with the world’s top financial institutions, software and hardware vendors, and professional services firms.

Prior to joining Aite Group, Mr. Rizza was a founding member of Celent Communications and served as the Sales Manager, playing an instrumental role in expanding the firm’s presence in the global marketplace and establishing Celent as a leading provider of high quality research.

Prior to Celent, Mr. Rizza worked in the Business Development Group at Meridien Research (currently Financial Insights), a research and advisory firm concentrating on information technology in the financial services.

Mr. Rizza received his BA in Business Management from Bentley College.