Combat Aviator, Educator, Executive, Technology Entrepreneur

Richard's primary business focus is helping companies and organizations use the Internet to improve results and grow local and global business. He is a Visiting Professor of Information Technology at the Citadel School of Business, one of the top 20 public business schools in the United States.

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 Schwarzkopf) 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.

Richard's private sector career includes technology management, government contracting, executive experience, technology company entrepreurship, management training and business consulting. He has held corporate responsibilities from Staff Member through Chairman, Board of Directors.

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 and opened a www.BestManagers.Net learning portal, a website managed through a content management system.

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 leader in the distribution, administration and facilitation of online leadership and management development programs.

February-June 2003: Invited to participate as 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. In June, 2003 announced to be one of four companies to provide internet and web applications services to Navy League Councils, worldwide.

2003 - Present: Selected to be the First Certified Webmaster for Site Build It!, a leading web business support services provider (find more information here). Since then has concentrated on helping small businesses and start up entrepreneurs use the Internet to increase profitability. His own sites include www.Best-Managers-Business-Online.com, www.Best-Managers-Training.com, www.Best-Managers-Web-Services.com and www.Best-Fitness-Program.com.

Most recently he was selected by Site Build It! to be a certified Site Sell Education Instructor. In the Fall he will be offering the course "Building a Successful Business Using the Internet" as an elective in the Citadel MBA program.

Representative client sites (with any special features highlighted) include:

www.Free-Enterprise-Foundation.org  (goal is to achieve wide dissemination of the Foundation's programs)

www.Worldwide-Trading-Company.com  (goal was to get several serious inquiries per month -- goal achieved. Client now licensed to do business in China -- watch for new site which will be bilingual -- English/Chinese)

www.Best-Managers-Web-Services.com  (including sub web navigation – Best Managers creation)

www.Beauty-and-the-Bath.com Assisted in the use of html editor (Dreamweaver) to build SBI! site. Ranked by Alexa in top 100,000 sites worldwide within 90 days!

www.NavyLeagueCharleston.org Past webmaster for 5 years. Developed template used by 7 other Councils. Site designed so that client can update content using data base editor (e.g., see www.NavyLeagueSanFrancisco.org).

January 2007: Visiting Professor, Citadel School of Business Administration, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Information Technology.

*Trademark awarded March 2003

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