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Thomas Thomas Riley was the
United States Ambassador to Morocco This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Morocco. Morocco was the first country to recognize the United States of America in 1777. Regular diplomatic relations were established in 1905. In 1912 Morocco came under the control of Fran ...
for 5 years. He was sworn in on December 21, 2003, and arrived at his post in January 2004. King Mohammed VI awarded Ambassador Riley the "Grand Croix du Ordre du Ouissam El Alaouite" (Grand Cross of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite). In January 2009 following the inauguration of a new President, all Ambassadors automatically tender their resignations. Ambassador Riley was selected as the recipient of the State Department's 2009 Sue M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service, the only award given by the State Department to a political-appointee Ambassador. Thomas Riley was Senior VP and Managing Director International for Savvis, Inc. until 2011. He then joined BrightSource Energy, an Oakland, California-based global provider of utility scale solar technology, as senior adviser for International business development.


Early life

Riley was born in
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. After receiving his BS in
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from
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, he worked as an engineer at
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for one year. Riley then attended
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where he received his
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, 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
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, as Product Manager for an advanced electric utility meter at
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; as president of Unity Systems, manufacturer of an automated home and building control system; as founder and president of
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, an online training company; and as president of ActivePhoto, an online digital image service. Riley is the holder of United States
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5303767 for an
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. Riley is married to Nancy Vieira da Rosa Riley, a former tax attorney and author of the children's book "Moroccan Mystery".


References


External links


United States Patent 5303767

San Francisco Chronicle article “Our Man in Morocco”

State Magazine (p.20) - Sue M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service
Living people Ambassadors of the United States to Morocco Stanford University alumni Harvard Business School alumni People from San Mateo, California Year of birth missing (living people) Delta Upsilon members {{US-diplomat-stub