Mark Richards

About Mark Richards

As a respected global business leader, including over 30 years in the C-Suite and 20 years as a board member, Mark has a reputation for driving business transformation processes that significantly increase free cash flow and shareholder value. Over the last six years, Mark served on a number of boards, acted as an operating resource to PE firms, consulted with a number of family businesses, successfully launched the PDA South Florida chapter and grew it within 12 months to 65 members, published many business articles, and spoke at various conferences. Mark has successfully led public, PE-backed, family, and ESOP-owned middle-market global businesses serving consumer and industrial markets and manufacturing a wide variety of highly engineered products. In addition, Mark has run multi-site operations (20+) across all continents. Mark\'s broad industry experience, proven executive track record, and extensive expertise in governance, strategy, leadership development, finance, lean operating processes, marketing strategy, and M&A, make him an outstanding addition to any company seeking a permanent or interim C-Level executive, or independent director.

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer

   Heru

   Mar 2023 — Present · FL, US

   Chief Operating Officer for a late-stage, venture-backed medical technology SaaS software company. Heru is a spinoff company from the University of Miami’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Bascom Palmer is ranked the number one eye hospital in the U.S, and where the Heru AI diagnostics and vision augmentation platform is continuously developed. Recruited 1Q23 to restructure the business, reset the business strategy, stabilize the balance sheet and assist with launching the second-generation software product.

Education

• Michigan State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Marketing, Accounting