Rich has a 24+ year successful track record of working with technology companies of all sizes and all stages of growth.  As a venture capitalist, he has evaluated hundreds of businesses, made numerous investments, been responsible for dozens of rounds of financings, and achieved exits via both IPOs and M&A.  He has extensive experience with each phase of the venture capital investment and company building process.  As an operator, Rich has experience defining and launching new products, managing a world-wide P&L and successfully growing a product line to over $60 million in revenue.

He joined RBC Bank in 2008 and is responsible for their technology and life science specialty commercial banking practice in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic markets.  He joined RBC from TopSpin Capital, a boutique strategic consulting and investment banking firm which he founded in 2007.  TopSpin clients included a Fortune 900 company, a $500+ million revenue government contractor, several early-growth stage companies, and several start-ups.

Before TopSpin, Rich was a General Partner at the Aurora Funds, an early-stage VC firm with $230 million under management that invested in over 60 information technologies and life science companies.  Over 6+ years, he led eight investments that raised over $70 million in venture funding.  Six of these investments have been exited; one of which was the 2^nd largest exit in Aurora’s history.  He sat on the boards of directors of 10 companies and also was a board observer at both BlackBoard (NASDAQ: BBBB) and InPhonic (NASDAQ: INPC).

Prior to Aurora, Rich spent three years with Safeguard Scientifics, a publicly traded VC firm.  Before getting into the venture investment business, Rich spent over eight years in industry developing hands-on operating experience in business development, product marketing, and design engineering working for leading global technology companies, including General Instrument (now a division of Motorola), Sony, DuPont and Westinghouse.

He earned his MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth and graduated magna cum laude with a BSEE from Duke University.

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