Rick has over 25 years of experience in a variety of sales management, sales, technical, and consulting roles. He has developed broad experience in computer hardware/software, telecommunications, system integration, financial, and outsource manufacturing industries. Prior to Capital Alliance, he was the Regional Sales Manager at GNP Computers. While there, he opened the Central Division Sales Office and positioned GNP as the primary system integrator for both a large network equipment provider and an industry-leading military corporation. During the five year period, he increased sales by twenty-fold and developed a strategic sales plan, later adopted as the company model. He is an experienced and well-tested manager spending 16 years with Tandem Computers where he earned several awards: Employee of the Year, Tandem Outstanding Performer, and Most Significant Telecom Win. He also opened the Telecom Division in Dallas which produced annual revenues of $20M+ by the third year. Rick played a crucial role to pioneer and coordinate the efforts to prove Local Number Portability was not only possible, but viable. This initiative resulted in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 for Equal Access being passed into law by Congress. This Act revolutionized the telecommunications industry and was the first major overhaul in the telecommunications law in almost 62 years. Rick also worked for Texas Instruments, Compaq, and Touche Ross & Company. Rick, a scholarship recipient, holds a BS in Computer Science and an MBA from Pennsylvania State University. |