Prior to joining JLA Ventures, Rick was President and Chief Executive Officer of Microforum, a leader in providing integrated e-business solutions in a wide array of industry verticals. Rick joined Microforum in July 2000 from Chapters Online Inc., a leading Canadian e-commerce company, where he held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer (1997-2000). Rick began working with Chapters Inc. in 1997 as a consultant on the technical development of the Chapters e-commerce venture. Based on this successful collaboration, he was named the President of Chapters Online in August 1998.
Prior to joining Chapters Online, Rick was a partner at the international firm of TMS Consulting from 1996 to 1998. Rick worked at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington from 1992 until 1996 as Director of technical services for the Internet Customer Unit. Rick is also the author of four books on Network Management and Windows software development.
Rick serves as a director of Planeteye, HealthUnity, b5media, MusicIP Corporation, Sirit Inc., and Truition Marketplace Solutions.
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