Rick Stark

About Rick Stark

I am a serial entrepreneur and management consultant with extensive experience co-owning and advising organizations ranging from $50 million to $5 billion in North America.My career began in high technology, where I spent over 20 years as the co-owner and CEO of PROFITsystems, Inc.(PSI), the leading provider of software and services to the retail furniture industry. In 2006, I successfully sold PSI to The Riverside Company, a $5 billion private equity firm, and continued serving on PSI\'s Board of Directors until 2014, when the company was acquired by Accellos, Inc, a KKR portfolio company.As a lifelong learner, I have pursued advanced studies from Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, and, most recently, MIT (\'23–\'24). However, my most valuable lessons have come from collaborating with the exceptional businesses I’ve had the privilege to work with.Following the sale of PSI, I dedicated seven years to a passion project, serving as a uniformed police officer and homicide detective. Later, I joined SocialSEO (now Intero Digital) as Co-Owner, COO, and CFO, where I played a key role in scaling the company from $2 million to $50 million in revenue over 5 years. My true passion lies in empowering business owners to achieve their goals and unlock their full potential. I do what I love - and I love helping business owners reach their dreams.

Experience

1. Advisory Board Member

   The Dufresne Group

   Jan 2006 — Present · CA

   Advisory Board Member for this privately held conglomerate of Retail Furniture operations, covering multiple brands, including the largest privately held collection of Ashley HomeStores in the world.

Education

• University of Colorado Boulder

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Entrepreneurship

  1983 — 1987

• Columbia Business School

  Private Equity Executive Education (7 weeks Live Course), Private Equity

  2020 — 2020

• The Wharton School

  Investment Strategies and Portfolio Management

  2021 — 2021

• Harvard Business School

  Competing in the Age of AI - Harvard Business School - Executive Education Program, Artificial Intelligence

  2023 — 2033

• Harvard Business School

  Leading Professional Service Firms , Harvard's Professional Development Program

  2020 — 2020

Skills

• Online Marketing
• Retail
• Direct Marketing
• Local Search
• Social Marketing
• Google Analytics
• Digital Marketing
• Omniture
• Link Building
• Start-Ups
• Email Marketing
• Advertising
• Organic Search
• Website Development
• Internet Strategy
• Landing Page Optimization
• Online Advertising
• Google Adwords
• Mobile Marketing
• E-Commerce
• Keyword Research
• B2b Marketing
• Social Networking
• Social Media Measurement
• Social Media Marketing
• Web 2.0
• Blog Marketing
• Brand Development
• Sem
• Interactive Marketing
• Content Strategy
• Marketing Strategy
• New Business Development
• Entrepreneurship
• Corporate Branding
• Marketing Communications
• Web Marketing
• Content Marketing
• Marketing
• Search Advertising