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Rick brings over 25 years of executive management, marketing, sales and consulting experience to Cayenne Consulting. He has hands on experience running start up companies and working with CEOs on strategic planning, performance improvement and process improvement. In addition to his duties at Cayenne, Rick has a management consulting practice working with CEOs of B2B companies to help them start, grow or save their business. He has been working with companies involved with software development, IT services, real estate brokerage, staffing, sales and executive recruiting, medical equipment, construction, manufacturing and government sourcing. Rick also operates a residential real estate investment company. As CEO of Danet, Inc., a consulting and systems integration company providing solutions for the telecommunications industry, Rick managed the profitable growth of the company from one employee to over one hundred. He was recognized by the Pittsburgh Technology Council as the CEO of the fastest growing company in the $10M to $25M range. During his nine years at Danet, Rick guided the company through dramatic telecom market changes and a transition from a software company to a system integration and consulting company. Rick conducted business throughout the US and Canada, South America, Europe and the Middle East. Rick's public company experience includes positions at General Dynamics, Alcoa, Wang Laboratories and Tandem Computers. His formal education includes a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Potsdam and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz School of Business. | 