Biography: Over the past twenty years, he's worked with over a thousand companies who have learned to shape their own success by being proactive in spite of a radically changing environment.  In addition to his marketing degree, Rick will bring you the latest research, real life examples from his most recent consulting interventions and 20 years of professional speaking experience. 

 Prior to his speaking career, Rick had an exceptional selling career.  His experience includes retail and business-to-business sales, selling camera and audio-visual equipment, sporting goods, steel fittings and tubes, and farm equipment and supplies.  Based on his experience in sales and as a sales trainer, Rick co-authored two business-best sellers, “Non-Manipulative Selling,” and “Collaborative Selling.”  He also wrote “The Dollars and Sense of Exceptional Service Delivery.”

In his work with sales and marketing organizations, he discovered that often their strategies were often fundamentally flawed causing good people and good companies to obtain “less than optimal results.” In response, he developed “Fast Forward” to help them understand how their marketplace was being changed by customers, competitors and technology, He then developed “Warp Speed” to show them how to change their business models to compete and win at the speed of light.  

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