Richard Holcomb is responsible for the entrepreneurial vision and drive behind StrikeIron. Mr. Holcomb has 20 years of experience and is widely respected as a software industry leader and visionary. Mr. Holcomb is a serial entrepreneur in the Research Triangle Park area and prior to founding StrikeIron in 2002 he served as the Interim CEO of GadgetSpace, a wireless technology company, and oversaw its successful acquisition by Inphonic in 2001. He was a founder of HAHT Commerce in 1995, a major e commerce application provider, and served as HAHT s first CEO and Chairman. Prior to HAHT, he was a founder of Q+E Software in 1986, a supplier of client server database access technology, and served as that company s CEO, president, and chairman from inception to its acquisition by Intersolv in 1994. Mr. Holcomb is an active venture investor in several technology companies. He also serves on the corporate boards of several public and private technology companies including Neon Systems, ChannelAdvisor, IITS, and Ultimus. Mr. Holcomb has served on several public advisory boards including the NCSU Graduate School Board of Advisors, the North Carolina Electronics and Information Technology Association (NCEITA), the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED), NCSU Engineering Entrepreneur s Program Advisory Board, and is a former appointed member of the North Carolina Information Resource Management Commission (IRMC). During his career, Mr. Holcomb has won several awards including the 1993 Ernst and Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year for North Carolina and the 1996 Business Leader Top Gun Entrepreneur of the Year. Mr. Holcomb received a B.S. from the University of South Carolina and an M.S. in Computer Science from North Carolina State University