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In September 2002, Rick began as the new part-time Director for Kentucky's Statewide EPSCoR Program. His background includes a decade in Chicago with a natural gas energy consortium that principally invested in research, development and commercialization of energy related technologies. There he managed a $60 million technology investment portfolio and guided the successful commercialization of over a dozen technologies. Rick moved to Lexington when he became an officer of the Mason & Hanger Corporation, a Forbes 500 Company, which prior to its sale, principally provided technical and manufacturing services to the Federal government. Rick has been responsible for two high-tech startup companies, and is or has been an officer/board member of 10 companies. He has an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Business, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (energy and environmental focus) from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville. | 