Rick possesses 25 years of international recruiting in the electronics, consumer goods, and industrial sales industries, with area expertise including European, Middle Eastern, Asian, Latin American and Caribbean nations. Rick partners with clients to build relationships extending beyond geographic and cultural borders. With a successful track record in the international arena, Rick expertly assists his clients navigate executive recruiting in the U.S. marketplace. As a Criterion Executive Search Senior Consultant, Rick showcases an exceptional ability to understand his clients businesses, approaching each and every search with a commitment to generating and delivering exceptional results for sales, marketing, and business development executives. Having lived and worked in five countries throughout Europe and Asia, as well as on both coasts of the United States, Rick brings forth a wealth of knowledge and experience. His distinctive global experience and perceptive insight have established Rick as a key recruiting resource to both local and international companies looking to expand in new and emerging markets. Rick began his career in retained executive search in Europe in the early nineties, and later entered the recruitment industry in the banking and professional services sector in Benelux, working for a British executive search firm. He recently joined Criterion Executive Search in Florida after 15 years tenure on both sides of the Atlantic, initially in Germany, from which he branched out geographically to firms on the global move, throughout Germany and Europe. Rick returned to the USA in 2009 and resides and works out of Key West, Florida.