Rick Richardson is Managing Partner of Richardson Media & Technologies, LLC, a multi-media and strategic technology consulting company. Before forming his current company, he had a 28-year career in technology with Ernst & Young. For the last twelve years, he served as National Director of Technology. Rick has been named to the “Technology 100” – the annual honors list of the 100 key achievers in technology in America and honored by the American Institute of CPAs with two-lifetime achievement awards for his contributions to the profession in the field of technology. He has been named one of the “Top 100 Influential People in Accounting” by Accounting Today magazine. In 2012, he was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame by CPA Practice Advisor magazine. In 2019, Marquis Who’s Who in America awarded Rick a Lifetime Achievement Award. For the last 40 years, he has been a sought-after speaker worldwide, providing technology insights to thousands of business executives, professionals, community leaders, educators, and students.