Richard is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Razors Edge ventures. Richard focuses on investments in cybersecurity, big data, sensors, visualization, situational awareness and geospatial mission tools. Richard presently serves on the Board of Directors of Razors Edge portfolio company
Authentic8, is an observer on the Board of Directors of 908 Devices and GoSecure, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Marine MiIiltary Academy. the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, the National symphony Orchestra, and Flint High School He is also actively involved in managing the Fund's investments in BlackLynx.
Before joining Razors Edge. Richard was the Chief Technology Officer at Blackbird Technologies. a co-founder, and member of Blackbird's Board of Directors. He has over twenty years of experience managing product development and sophisticated engineering programs in the national security sector. Through seventeen years of Blackbirds growth, Richard worked with the Blackbird leadership team to plan and implement Blackbird s strategic technology investments. Richard was the driving force propelling Blackbird' s exceptional technical reputation and oversaw Blackbird s development and delivery or five separate product lines ranging from mobile command and control devices to hypervisor and mobile phone applications to enterprise software products. Under his leadership Blackbird invested millions of dollars in new technologies and generated substantial profits for its shareholders. Richard began his career managing complex geospatial visualization programs for Autometric, Inc. where he founded and managed the Intelligence systems group an elite team of information operations professionals. before Boeing acquired Autometric. Richard is a highly respected leader in the national cyber security community and within the intelligence community.
Richard earned a bachelors degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas.
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