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Miriam Rivera is a proven high technology executive with deep experience in the governance issues faced by public, private, and nonprofit boards.

Prior to co-founding Ulu Ventures, she served as vice president/deputy general counsel at Google where she led the company’s corporate, commercial, Asia Pacific, Latin America, employment, real estate and technical operations practices. She also served as assistant secretary to the board of Google Inc., a member of the disclosure committee, secretary to the board of the Google Foundation, and legal lead for Google's Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulatory compliance efforts. She helped to grow Google from $80 million in revenue to over $10 billion.

Ms. Rivera currently serves on the board of Trustees of Stanford University. She also serves on Stanford’s Office of Technology Licensing Advisory Board and in the past served on the board of visitors of the Stanford Law School. In addition, Ms. Rivera has served on a number of startup and nonprofit boards.

Prior to joining Google, Ms. Rivera served as in-house counsel for Ariba, co-founded On Your Mind (a venture-backed enterprise software company), worked as a strategy consultant for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), and worked as an associate in the business and technology practice at the law firm of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison.

Ms. Rivera is a frequent keynote speaker and has received a number of honors. In 2008, she received the Jerry A. Porras Leadership Award from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. In 2006, the Hispanic National Bar Association voted Miriam Latina Lawyer of the Year, and Hispanic.Net named her Latina Executive of the Year. She was also selected by Corporate Counsel magazine as one of the top 10 corporate attorneys in the United States in 2005.

Ms. Rivera received an AB in sociology, an AM in Spanish from Stanford University, as well as a JD/MBA from Stanford Law School and Stanford Graduate School of Business.