Management Team
Behnam Behrouzi
Founder & CEO
Ben Behrouzi founded DotNext in 2006 and serves as CEO of the company. Behrouzi has over 13 years in building and managing successful start-ups, building management teams, developing core technology infrastructure and leading product design and architecture. An aggressive entrepreneur, Behrouzi brings a solid track record of developing profitable and high growth oriented online business products and services. Behrouzi is responsible for the overall direction and strategy of the DotNext family of companies.
Prior to founding DotNext, Behrouzi co-founded Reply.com in June of 2001 and lead the company as CTO and Executive Vice President, leading the full detailed architecture and engineering of Reply.com's service products and state-of-the-art technology infrastructure. Behrouzi strategically developed and utilized the company's complete line of services and technology platform to help lead the company from 0 in revenues with boot-strapped funding to $17M in funding in 2005 and $30M in revenues in 2006. Behrouzi lead the production of over 20 multi-million dollar profitable service provider products and services, the Reply.com website, as well as an enterprise team coupled with a technology infrastructure that drove the company’s great success.
Behrouzi is a frequent consultant for young founders and startup organizations in the San Francisco bay area and enjoys providing guidance in startup architecture, agile software engineering and scalable technology infrastructure. Behrouzi studied Philosophy at the University of California at Davis and is always looking ahead to building the next big innovation.
Behzad Behrouzi
Vice President, Technology
DotNext Inc.
Behzad Behrouzi serves as the company's Vice President of Technology and has been with DotNext since the inception of the company. Behrouzi is responsible for the strategic planning and development of all software, applications and websites for DotNext’s complete line of services. Behrouzi has deep product development and management experience, most recently developing innovative products and applications in the technology space of neurosurgery. As head of product development and research for the thermodynamics arm of the department of neurosurgery at San Diego Children's Hospital, Behrouzi lead the development of ground-breaking applications in safety, data analysis and efficacy of various new procedures.
Behrouzi holds a bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering and enjoys taking on the toughest of engineering challenges.
Scott Leese
Vice President, Sales
DotNext Inc.
Scott Leese serves as the company's Vice President of Sales and has been with DotNext since July of 2007. Leese has over 9 years in senior sales leadership management for major privately held companies and commands a relentless commitment to corporate sales and growth. Most recently, Leese lead Reply.com, the leading online lead generation portal for large life decisions, in building and leading the largest real estate sales team comprised within the company. His successful efforts helped forge the largest revenue vertical of the company. Currently, Leese oversees and is responsible for all sales efforts for DotNext and serves to deliver consistent growth in all divisions.
Leese is a graduate of Arizona State University's Masters Program and may sometimes be spotted enjoying an early morning of surfing.
David Bruggeman
Vice President, Marketing
DotNext Inc.
David Bruggeman serves as the company’s Vice President of Marketing and has been with DotNext since October 2009. David is responsible for all online and offline marketing efforts for the DotNext portfolio of companies.
David has over 10 years experience in Internet Marketing and Product Management with start-ups and companies including E*TRADE and E-LOAN. Most recently Mr. Bruggeman served as Vice President of Marketing at CyberDefender where he grew revenues from $600,000 a year to over $20,000 million.
Mr. Bruggeman holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of California, Davis.
Richard Harris
Director of Client Sales and Support
DotNext Inc.
Richard Harris serves as Director of Client Sales and Support and has been with DotNext since January 2008. Richard has over 15 years of Executive and Sales Management experience working previously in the computer security and software industries at companies including PC Guardian and Riverdeep. Richard is responsible for customer service, brand value and customer experience for the DotNext family of companies.
Richard is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a Bachelor Science in General Business Management. When Richards is not spending time with his family he enjoys getting out for a round of golf.
Russell Safar
Manager, Human Resources
DotNext Inc.
Russell Safar serves as the company’s Human Resources Manager. Russell has been with DotNext since May 2009 and brings over 12 years of experience in Human Resources and accounting with companies including Sierra Wireless and AirLink Communications.
Russell graduated from Dauphine University in Paris, France with a Masters Degree in Marketing and his passions include gourmet cooking, and travel.
Bruno Tarabichi
Lead Attorney
DotNext Inc.
Bruno Tarabichi is co-founder and attorney with Owens Tarabichi LLP out of San Jose California. Mr. Tarabichi provides legal guidance, research and services to various aspects of the DotNext portfolio of companies.
Mr. Tarabichi earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1998 from the University of California at San Diego. He subsequently received his law degree from University of California, Hastings College of Law in 2001. Mr. Tarabichi cofounded Owens Tarabichi LLP in February of 2008 and focuses on intellectual property counseling, prosecution, and litigation.