Rich is a driven serial entrepreneur, 4-time Founder, and veteran executive of 8 venture funded startups, where he held various roles, including CEO, COO, and VP of Engineering & Operations. Of these startups, there were two Unicorns achieving over $1B in market cap. Rich has been responsible for 35 products which include software (enterprise, mobile desktop and embedded), hardware (silicon, board, module, and box), and complete systems. His core strength is in aggressive and predictable product, financial and company execution.

Industries:

• Software – enterprise, SaaS / cloud, mobile apps, and AI

• Hardware – large silicon, mixed signal silicon, audio, security / access control, enterprise datacenter rack servers, Home Automation, lighting controls, Biomedical, consumer electronics, high volume manufacturing, low-cost region manufacturing, robotics, drones, counter-drones

Business Models:

• Freemium subscriptions, B2B, B2C, ecommerce, direct to consumer, channel sales

Rich has a CxO consulting practice and is an EIR at the Capital Factory. He has been a Capital Factory Mentor since January 2014. In addition to building awesome products and mentoring other entrepreneurs, Rich’s other passions include building and driving racecars, and being a high-performance driving instructor at several racetracks in Texas.

Rich holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical and computer engineering (ECE), with dual minors in computer science (CS) and mechanical engineering (ME) from Georgia Tech.