Rick Dearborn lives in St. Louis, Missouri. As an entrepreneur and lifelong media professional, he has first hand experience in taking business ideas online, and the close relationahip between marketing and Internet media. In addition to consulting with business on effective Internet marketing, Rick is currently President of the International Marketing Video Association – an organization forwarding the use of online video for business.
He founded and owned RDA Systems, Inc, a company that performed large systems integration projects for broadcasting corporations around the United States. He also founded SystemStore.com, an online retailer of broadcast infrastructure supplies.
Rick holds an MS in Mass Communication, has been Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, Academic Department Chair, and Director of Digital Media at Principia College.
He has hosted Rick Dearborn's Tech-Zone - a radio talk show - with technology segments carried by radio stations across the United States.
He also holds two licenses from the Federal Communications Commission, and received a Certificate of Merit for providing on-site communications in Hancock County, Mississippi during the Hurricane Katrina emergency.