Farzad Dibachi
Chairman and CEO
Niku Corporation

Farzad Dibachi has served as the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of Niku since he co-founded Niku in January 1998. Before co-founding Niku, from October 1995 to August 1997, Mr. Dibachi was a co-founder and the president and chief executive officer of Diba, Inc., an information appliance software company, until it was sold to Sun Microsystems, Inc. in August 1997. From June 1994 to November 1995, he served as senior vice president, new media division for Oracle Corporation, a database company. From June 1993 to June 1994, he was vice president, marketing for Oracle's tools division and senior director of product development in Oracle's desktop products division. Mr. Dibachi holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering and a B.A. in computer science from San Jose State University. Mr. Dibachi is married to Rhonda Dibachi, senior vice president of development of Niku.