Rick helps clients develop and implement strategies to accelerate business growth and solve leadership problems creatively.
Expertise: Digital & Traditional Media, Marketing & Advertising, Technology Platforms

Rick leads BIA’s strategy consulting practice and serves as an advisor to an affiliated investment banking group BIA Capital Strategies. Rick works with media, adtech and martech companies to see and evaluate opportunities and strategies in the market to achieve corporate goals.

Rick helps clients with strategic planning, developing partnership strategies, product planning, and achieving revenue growth and diversification. He helps marketers including brands and agencies with effective planning and use of digital media platforms. He also works on investment banking projects assisting buy-side and sell-side clients

Rick co-cofounded SpectraRep in 2000, a technology company that specializes in emergency alert and warning solutions. Prior to joining BIA, Rick headed the National Association of Broadcaster’s Research and Information Group overseeing all research and information technology initiatives.

In addition to his work at BIA, Rick serves on the ATSC Business Advisory Council. He is a member of the Journal of Media Economics the editorial board. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in strategy, entrepreneurship, and research and analysis at Michigan State University, University of Maryland, George Mason University, and The George Washington University. 

Rick earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University, his M.S. from Syracuse University and his B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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