Combat Aviator, Educator, Executive, Management Training Facilitator, Technology Entrepreneur

Richard's primary business focus is helping companies and organizations use the Internet to improve results and grow local and global business. His company specializes in using online and online-assisted facilitation to develop and maintain management and business skills. He believes that online learning technologies should support and enhance the role of managers and trainers in achieving an appropriate balance among the traditional, self-paced, just-in-time and any-time/any-place learning environments.

His father was a 43 year career Army officer and he a 1956 graduate of West Point (classmate of Norm Schwartzkopf) and was commissioned in the Air Force. During his military career he was a doctoral candidate at the American and Stanford Universities, was graduated from the National Defense University, received training in information technology management at the MIT Sloan School of Management  and was certified by the Air Force in Advanced Systems Acquisition Management. He was a faculty member at the United States Air Force Academy and the American University. During his three combat tours in Southeast Asia as a fighter and bomber pilot he was awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses, 14 Air Medals, and the Bronze Star.

His other technology experience includes serving as a corporate CIO, managing a division developing advanced business software applications, directing a major information technology effort supporting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, contributing to developing a strategic planning system for the $6 billion IRS Tax System modernization effort,  supporting the FAA modernization of the US airways system and developing recommendations for modernizing the World Wide Military Command and Control System. 

March 2000: Established Best Managers on the Net* Division, developed an opened learning portal, a website in which all entries and modules are dynamic and controlled through an online manager module.

March 2002: Developed and deployed My Journal© self-development tool. It is a web based learning journal supported by a dynamic data base and information retrieval system. The tool is replicated from our template. Each user can tailor look and feel, and edit the database.

February 2003: Partnered with DIAPLAN Designs, Inc., a worldwide leader in the distribution, administration and facilitation of online leadership and management development programs. Access to and administration of online modules at http://BestManagersTraining.com.

May 2003: Selected as the first certified Site Build It! webmaster.

Member of Navy League of United States Information Technology Committee (ITC) charged with the responsibility to develop a uniform design for Navy League Councils worldwide. Identified as one of candidate application service providers from which Navy League Councils may choose for website development and support of local Chapter activities.