Rick is a seasoned serial entrepreneur with a background in both software and hardware engineering. In his role of Chief Technology Officer of MEDICCIO he guides the current and future technical architecture for healthcare technology solutions. Prior to MEDICCIO, Rick served as Senior VP of Product Strategies at AssistMed, a company dedicated to the application of Healthcare IT solutions.

Rick is also CEO and President of HealthNspire solutions, a HealthCare IT consulting company focused on managed care software solutions and analytics. Rick architected a software solution for managing a Compliance Letter Management System, which is being used by major IPA, MSO and Medical Groups for their Denial Letters process.

Rick previously held leadership positions at Lakeside Medical Group, Jacobs Engineering, Farmers Insurance, L.A. CARE Health Plan, Cardinal Health, Countrywide Home Loans and Datamatics.

Rick was also Co-founder and CEO of Perfect Computers - a leading provider of PC based system and software solution. As the CEO , Rick was instrumental in making the company profitable within its first two years. Prior to Perfect Computers, Rick was a Professor of Computer Science at one of the major Universities in India.