Rick Fortune

About Rick Fortune

Technical sales professional with 25+ years in the communications industry, 20 of those…

Experience

1. Pastoral Associate

   Diocese Of Metuchen

   Oct 2025 — Present · Metuchen, NJ, US

   The Pastoral Associate for Ministries reports directly to the Rector, serves as a member of theCathedral Leadership Team, and will oversee- Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Formation, scheduling and recruitment for allExtraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion for service to the home-bound and those living at care centers and facilities within the parish who need sacraments and prayer services- Lazarus Ministry: Formation, organization and recruitment of a ministry of consolation in the parishto assist in accompanying the death of parishioners and care of their loved ones for the funeraland burial.Cathedral Sacristans: Formation and coordination of the efforts of Lay Sacristans for eachof the Sunday Masses- Help establish and Chair the Cathedral Commission for Justice and Charity- Help establish and assist in the formation of Cathedral Impact Nights—which will serve asthe principal body of leaders and parishioners at large to regularly discern with the pastor themajor initiatives of the parish- Assist in establishing the Marriage and Family Ministry- Assist the Director of Social Ministry with carrying out the mission of charity for the parish.

Skills

• Cloud Computing
• Vendor Management
• New Business Development
• Selling
• Business Development
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Telephony
• Direct Sales
• Leadership
• Contact Centers
• Disaster Recovery
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Professional Services
• Saas
• Managed Services
• Unified Communications
• Integration
• Telecommunications
• Voip
• Channel Partners
• Data Center
• Sales
• Solution Selling
• Voice Over Ip (Voip)
• Networking