Alan Viterbi

Mr. Viterbi is the managing partner at Elm Grove Strategies. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Liquid Environmental Solutions (“LES”) in 2002, serving as Chief Executive Officer from inception though 2019, as Chief Financial Officer from inception through 2009 and as Executive Chairman from 2019 through 2020. With 54 collection branches and 24 wastewater recycling plants servicing customers in all 50 states, LES collects, treats and beneficially recovers materials from a wide variety of wastewater sources, including grease traps, oil water separators, industrial and manufacturing processes and used cooking oil. Mr. Viterbi was previously a co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of U.S. Public Technologies, a North American market leader in traffic photo enforcement, from its inception through to the sale of the business to Lockheed Martin, where he then served as Vice President of Photo Enforcement. 

Prior to entering the private sector, Mr. Viterbi was the Mayor of West Hollywood, California and a member of the first city council after incorporation from 1984 to 1988. He has also served on various public agency boards, including as a member of the California Export Finance Board, and in a number of leadership roles in various community organizations. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Master’s degree in Business Administration, including graduate coursework in accounting, from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Fellowship with the Coro Foundation.