Richard Carten — Vice President, Application Development

Rick is a scientist and businessman with 20 years of experience in managing operations for Fortune 500 companies and developing international business units. His expertise is in transforming knowledge into action through an understanding of new technologies, analysis of the business environment, and development and implementation of strategic action plans.

At XFI, Rick oversees application development, product customization, and customer implementation. His development team works with all levels of a client's personnel, from support staff to sales people to executives, to insure that all needs are fully met, and expectations are exceeded.

Prior to XFI, Rick served as Director of The Piedmont Group, a management consulting firm that specializes in accelerating the development of emerging high technology companies.

Rick holds a BS in Fundamental Sciences from Lehigh University, a PhD in Economic Geology from Stanford University, and an MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business.