For more than 18 years, Rick has been an executive search consultant specializing in the digital and technology industries and leading over 450 client engagements at the board, CxO, and executive level across commercial, operational, and technical functions.

Over the course of his career, Rick has been fortunate to partner with extraordinary founders, investors, and CEOs to help build leadership teams for venture capital and private equity portfolio companies, as well as public businesses undergoing digital transformation, including 1stdibs, Aereo, Appnexus (acq. by AT&T 2018), BaubleBar, Borderfree (IPO 2014; acq. by Pitney Bowes 2015), Chewy.com (IPO 2019), ELOQUII (acq. by Walmart 2018), Fabric, Farfetch (IPO 2018), GLG, ICR, Jet.com (acq. by Walmart 2016), Lemonade, littleBits, LPL Financial (IPO 20ten ), MakeSpace (acq. by Iron Mountain 2019), Michaels Companies (NASDAQ: MIK), Moda Operandi, Oden Technologies, Plated (acq. by Albertsons 2017), Poppin, Qapital, Refinery29 (acq. by Vice Media 2019), ScaleFactor, Shapeways, SimpleTire, Spring (acq. by ShopRunner 2018), Starry, TransFirst (acq. by TSYS 2016), TransUnion (IPO 2015), Vantiv (IPO 2012), YieldStreet, and Yodle (acq. by Web.com 2016).

Rick holds an Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Pennsylvania State University.  He and his family live in Westport, Connecticut.