Mike Richmond

Mr. Richmond has been involved in the digital interactive marketing industry since early 2000. He served as vice president of sales at Relation Serve Media (2003-2006) where his responsibilities included overseeing various national accounts. In 2006, Relation Serve Media was acquired by Come&Stay, Inc, and Mr. Richmond became General Manager for its U.S. operations (2006-2008), where he was directly responsible for its administrative and business development programs. Mr. Richmond left Come&Stay, Inc. to launch Datasys, formerly known as Media Direct (2008-2021). He has extensive experience working with global companies and brands including Nissan, AT&T, Ford, Chevy, and Tylenol. Mr. Richmond co-founded GSL in 2018, after recognizing the disruption in supply chain and potential consumer safety risks in the cannabis industry associated a shortage of quality third party testing laboratories. Since founding GSL, Mr. Richmond has focused on designing GSL’s laboratory information management system and developing in-depth knowledge of the technology, data security and compliance side of the cannabis industry. Mr. Richmond holds a bachelor’s degree in Government from Hamilton College (2003).