Rick Lapointe

Rick LaPointe has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Rick is currently working as a Senior Director of Analytics & Business Intelligence at Fastly since August 2022. Prior to that, they served as the Head of Happiness Data at Automattic from December 2019 to July 2022. Rick also founded Apex Global Consulting in February 2018 and held the role of Founder until July 2022.

Before their entrepreneurial endeavors, Rick worked at Facebook as a Product Operations Manager from January 2016 to November 2017, where they transformed the team's strategy and achieved significant improvements in reliability and team satisfaction. Rick also worked as a Data Scientist at Facebook from March 2014 to January 2016, where they made influential findings about user conversion rates and convinced leadership to make strategic decisions.

Rick's earlier experiences include working as a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst at Chegg Inc. from January 2013 to April 2014, where they contributed to a successful partnership with Amex and identified shipping issues. Rick also worked as a Product Manager at Cisco WebEx, focusing on forecasting and analytics, from 2009 to 2011.

Furthermore, Rick has previous experience as a Product Manager Intern at NVIDIA, a Manager of Technical Support at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, a Software Engineer at LifeCare Technologies, Inc, and a Software Engineer at Raytheon.

Throughout their career, Rick LaPointe has demonstrated expertise in analytics, data analysis, strategic decision-making, and team leadership.

Rick LaPointe has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with a minor in Math from Fitchburg State University. Rick also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Additionally, they have obtained several certifications, including Data Strategy from LinkedIn in September 2022, Lean Six Sigma Foundations from LinkedIn in February 2018, Computing for Data Analysis from Coursera in October 2013, and Machine Learning from Coursera in July 2013. Furthermore, it is known that they have pursued a certification in Gamification, but the specific details regarding its completion are not provided.