Rich Valin

Rich Valin is currently a Board Member at UncommonX. Rich has also served as a Partner and Founder at Opal Street Partners, a business advisory firm for small and mid-market companies. At Opal Street Partners, Rich Valin helped identify synergies across 4 private equity firm portfolio companies in education, infrastructure, and technology. Rich also delineated make/buy strategies and cost structures to optimize annual spend. In addition, they advised a commercial real estate firm on optimizing core capabilities while expanding into adjacent markets, including renewable energy. Prior to their work at Opal Street Partners, Rich Valin served as a Financial Advisor and Portfolio Company Board Director at Harrison Street Capital. In this role, they assessed investment opportunities and potential partnerships for a real estate investment management firm with $12.5B in assets. Rich also served as a Board Member and Audit Committee Director at MCR, LLC. Most recently, Rich Valin served as Chief Procurement Officer at Motorola Solutions.

Rich Valin has a bachelor's degree from St. Joseph's College in Accounting and Finance from 1975-1979. Rich also has a Six Sigma Green Belt from Motorola.