Rick is a proven executive in the medical device industry, having successfully developed and commercialized innovative products at both industry-leading public corporations and privately funded start-up entities. Most recently as SVP, Technology and Development at Triple Ring Technologies, Rick led all business units and R&D and brought multiple incubated medical technologies to production. In the pain management field, Rick led the development and commercialization of the first wearable and implantable dorsal root ganglion neural stimulator (VP, Engineering and Operations at Spinal Modulation, acquired by Abbott). In the cardiac space, he developed and brought several generations of implantable cardiac defibrillators and surgical devices to market (Director of R&D at Ventritex, acquired by Abbott and Guidant Corp, acquired by Boston Scientific).

During his 25 years in medical devices, Rick has raised multiple rounds of capital at Lectus Medical, Spinal Modulation and Triple Ring Technologies. He has led organizations through multiple acquisitions and integrations (Hill-Rom, Abbott, Boston Scientific), while successfully leading R&D, operations, quality, marketing and sales teams. Rick began his career in the United States Air Force, where he served as Captain and led F-22 and A-10 developmental flight test engineering. He has 32 issued patents, a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Clarkson University and an M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco.