leadership team

Sweat, Sacrifice, Smarts, Standards.

Rick Barnum - Chief Executive Officer and Lead Growth Strategist


Rick is an expert at operating and scaling companies of various sizes and stages (startup through enterprise). He quickly founded, scaled, and exited 3 Brand/Advertising Agencies; founded scaled, and exited 2 Consumer Products Companies; founded, scaled and exited a Technology Company; and led multi-year, significant, growth & profitability for over 40 of his largest technology, finance, healthcare and consumer client companies. Rick has been recognized as an expert in developing Highly Effective Strategies & Execution for Scaling Businesses (technology, healthcare, financial, consumer) and has been named "the Moneyball of Advertising" by Tim Draper (famous silicon valley venture capitalist). Rick’s mission today is to help senior management teams in startups, midsize and enterprise companies achieve similar success by utilizing his leadership and proven/predictable business scaling strategies and execution plans.