Mark Richards (Past Speaker)

Mark Richards is responsible for expanding the organization’s conceptual ideas into new products and successfully aligning technological objectives with marketing objectives. He also works with customers to modify and adapt product/service functionality. Mr. Richards has been an executive with numerous venture-backed Silicon Valley start-ups including as co-founder of Netmind, acquired by Intellisync (now Nokia).

Mark has a BSEE in Integrated Circuit design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an MSEE in Semiconductor Device Physics from University of Arizona, and an MBA from San Jose State University.