Richard has 15 years of university teaching experience. Richard was on faculty with San Jose State University (SJSU) and California State University Long Beach (CSULB) teaching in both the Graduate School of Business MBA Program and the undergraduate School of Business. Richard was also on faculty at the Keck Graduate Institute (part of the seven university Claremont Consortium).
Richard was also the Administrative Director for the 60 year old International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition (ICBSC) where Universities from around the world compete virtually and face-to-face. The competition is a training ground for our 21st-century leaders. California State University at Long Beach is the current host of the ICBSC. Richard was also the first Director and launched the online MBA Program at CSULB.
Richard has over 30 years of experience in the Silicon Valley where he held such positions as: CEO, CFO, and Division GM for several publicly-traded and private technology companies. He has served on public, private, and non-profit Boards. He has served as the Chairman of the Audit Committee for these companies. He was a Whistleblower CFO in a public company under the Sarbanes/Oxley Act of 2002 - chronicled in a Harvard Business Review (HBR) case study. He is qualified as an Independent Director & Certified Financial Expert.
Richard holds a BS Degree in Accounting from SJSU, an MBA from Boston University, an MA Degree from Gonzaga University in Communications, and a Ph.D. Degree in Information Science from Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Richard holds the Personal Financial Planning Registered Financial Consultant designation RFC® from the IARFC.
