Rich

As CEO of Crowdera, a civic crowdfunding platform designed exclusively for educational and non-profit organizations, Rich brings forward deep experience and success in transforming business operations and launching new, sustainable initiatives. He is recognized for his ability to relate to the customer experience and lead internal teams through innovative and methodical initiatives targeted at improvement, with substantial results for all stakeholders. At Crowdera, Rich applies similar leadership and innovation to the crowdfunding industry with a focus on civic crowdfunding for social good. He leads technology teams to perfecting the technology platform and customer engagement teams to ensuring customer experiences result in reaching financial objectives and creating impact in their communities.

Prior to joining Crowdera, Rich spent close to decade at eBay, most recently as Director, Global Seller Trust, and prior to that was Director, eBay Product Management. Before eBay, Rich served as Information Architect/Internet Strategy Consultant for Cisco Systems, and experience at numerous startups (one which was acquired by public company NetObjects) where he’s held roles such as Founder, Java and web developer, systems integration manager, and consultant at a startup incubator.

For Rich, the position as CEO of Crowdera holds the promise to build on the collective business knowledge and belief system that he has gleaned from his career. From eBay and working with sellers, Rich learned the power that technology and the right teams can have on impacting people’s lives at a large scale, and how small teams can ignite big change.