Alumni Profile: Alan G. Breitman ’88

The company serves as a consultant for systems-integration projects for the government as well as a provider of data communication and software services to clients in the private sector. A key ingredient for Breitman, however, is the fact that the company is a HUBZone certified corporation, located in an economically depressed area and employing a nucleus of people from that locality. “It was important to me and my partners to feel that we were being socially responsible in establishing our company,” he said.

Prior to founding Phacil, Breitman was vice president of finance and accounting at register.com and helped to usher the company through the start-up phase and a successful IPO in the spring of 2000. “That was a phenomenal experience. Those were heady times. But I’m pleased and proud that the company is still going strong,” he said. “They’re a real success story.” After a brief stint as CFO at TechSpace, Breitman and two colleagues from register.com founded Phacil, which employs about 25 people and is based in Newark, N.J.

Breitman recalls the important impact that Rivers has had on his personal growth. “I really developed my sense of values at Rivers, much more so than in college,” he said. “I had so many teachers who made an impression on me.” He reflected on teachers like Rick Rizoli, Eric Suby, Jack Jarzavek, Jim Navoni, Natalie Oxman, and Len Thomsen. After Rivers, Breitman went on to Skidmore College where he received a B.S. in business.

Breitman now serves on the Rivers Alumni Council. “I really miss being as involved on the council as I was when I lived in the Boston area. Now that I live in Scarsdale, [NY], it’s not as easy,” he said. “I’m an avid golfer and I have two little boys who consume a lot of my time.”