Frederick Douglas Saling Marshall

Rick Marshall is the founder and executive director of the Vista Expertise Network. He was also responsible for its incorporation, and was elected executive director at the first board meeting.

Mr. Marshall is a health IT executive, policy expert, strategist, planner, architect, project manager, and entrepreneur specializing in Vista enterprises and projects. He has served on the board of three organizations and founded and been chief executive officer at two, including the Vista Expertise Network, which he runs.

His executive work is informed by deep technical mastery; he is a tier-five, master-hardhat Vista developer who has implemented, programmed, written about, taught about, and strategized about Vista for twenty-nine years. He served as a Vista computer specialist with VA for nineteen years, including twelve years working on the Task Manager and File Manager software. He co-wrote Vista Mastery, is writing a new book on Vista policy and planning, and is editing the next Mumps Standard. He is active in the Vista community, including OSEHRA, WorldVistA, Paideia, Mumps Books, and the Mumps Development Committee.

Mr. Marshall also enjoys hiking throughout the Pacific Northwest, playing Dungeons & Dragons and Rock Band, practicing Shōbayashi Shōrin-ryū karate, and studying philosophy and morality.