RICHARD N.

✔ Multiple startups; successfully sold Inc. 500 company. ✔ 10X return delivered to publishing industry clients. ✔ Created first social network used by recruiting industry; Microsoft, Wachovia, Toyota clients. ✔ $1 Billion in loan portfolio the year I sold my private lending company. As the holder of a J.D. and a M.B.A., I create and steward agreements for clients as well as handle other matters in which legal consultation is necessary. I bring a thorough understanding of business needs and their interaction with regulatory and legal responsibilities. My background includes providing services to the search and staffing industries when I created Career Connection Network (CCN) in 2007. CCN members joined Career Groups that matched their professional background to help advance their career and stand out to corporate sponsors of the site. My operational background includes creating and operating one of the earliest online mortgage banks, which I sold in 2003 to a national lender. After that, I developed an early online blog platform for the real estate industry in 2005 delivering a one-click blog creation tool to over 200,000 agents for one of the REALOGY brands. Multiple startups; successfully sold Inc. 500 company. "Sometimes we have to wait for the market to catch up to visionary thinking. Certainly, that is to be the case with Richard in his Career Connection Network days. Nearly a decade ago, Richard created a profession based communities that incorporated gamification, community managers, user generated content, and talent assessment; things that are just now being integrated into contemporary community platforms. Talk about ahead of his time. And frankly, based on ongoing conversations, Richard is still at the forefront of thinking about technology and innovation." Marvin Smith, Strategic Talent Sourcing, Lockheed Martin.