Riki Franco

Riki Franco has worked in various roles and companies over the years. Riki is the founder and CEO of Prime 6, a sustainable fuel product manufacturer for grilling and outdoor lifestyle. Riki also co-founded Alpha Cats, a network of women who treat their career as an attitude. Riki was the project manager at LivePerson, where they oversaw a team of data scientists, engineers, and developers in launching a conversational commerce product based on AI and machine learning technologies. At FeedMe by Cookila Inc., where they were the co-founder and COO, they planned and executed the venture's go-to-market and business strategy, developed the revenue strategy, and launched pilot programs with Unilever. Before that, they co-founded and was the COO of The Private Chef NYC, a catering company. Riki was also a programming and event advisor at Israel Ideas, where they led the development and execution of 25 innovation events. In their early career, they worked as a portfolio assistant manager at Barometer Investment. Riki began their finance career at Diamonds International, where they served as an internal auditor, local CFO for the Mexico region, and global financial controller responsible for managing the financial and accounting activities of HQ and 45 subsidiaries across the Caribbean islands, Mexico, and Alaska.

Riki Franco completed a B.A in Finance from Reichman University in 2006. In 2009, Franco went on to pursue a Masters degree in Business Administration & International Management from Columbia Southern University, which was completed in 2012. In 2017, Franco attended New York University to study Project Management for a year.