Ron F. Richards
Directeur/Membre du Conseil chez Kinstate, Inc.
Profil
Mr. Ron F.
Richards is Head of Strategic Business Advisory Services at Merriman Capital, Inc., Chairman at Optex Systems Holdings, Inc., and a Member at The State Bar of California.
Prior to joining Merriman Capital in November 2011, Mr. Richards worked at Viking Asset Management.
Prior to joining Viking Asset Management, he founded and served as Managing Director of Gray Wolf Partners, LLC, and a strategic and financial advisory firm.
He previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Business Development of Biopure Corporation, a publicly-traded biotechnology company developing oxygen therapeutics and as Managing Director, Corporate Finance of Wells Fargo Van Kasper.
He has extensive years of experience working with public and private companies in the areas of investment banking, corporate finance, law and accounting.
He has structured and executed numerous public offerings and private placements, raising a total of more than $660 million.
He also co-authored PIPES: A CEO's Guide to Successful Private Investments in Public Equities.
Mr. Richards holds a J.D.
from the UCLA School of Law and an M.B.A.
from the Anderson School at UCLA.
He received his B.A.
in economics and business from UCLA.
Richards is a member of the State Bar of California and a retired Certified Public Accountant.
Postes actifs de Ron F. Richards
| Sociétés | Poste | Début |
|---|---|---|
The State Bar of California
 The State Bar of California Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The State Bar of California operates as an official attorney licensing agency. The non-profit company is based in San Francisco, CA. Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker has been the CEO of the company since 2015. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 10/12/2009 |
Optex Systems, Inc. (Delaware)
 Optex Systems, Inc. (Delaware) Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology Part of Sileas Corp., Optex Systems, Inc. (Delaware) is a holding American company with interests in manufacturing optical sightings. Optex Systems, Inc. (Delaware was acquired by Sileas Corp. from Viking Asset Management LLC on February 20, 2009. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | 01/10/2008 |
Kinstate, Inc.
 Kinstate, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Kinstate, Inc. provides consulting services. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Anciens postes connus de Ron F. Richards
| Sociétés | Poste | Fin |
|---|---|---|
| OPTEX SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC | Président | 31/12/2012 |
| Gray Wolf Partners LLC | Fondateur | 31/10/2011 |
Merriman Capital, Inc.
 Merriman Capital, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| Optex Systems, Inc. | Directeur/Membre du Conseil | - |
Wachovia Capital Markets LLC
 Wachovia Capital Markets LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Wells Fargo Securities LLC is the investment bank asset management and brokerage arm of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). The firm is headquartered San Francisco. Their services include fixed-income sales and trading, equities sales and trading, market analysis and research and investment banking and advisory services. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Formation de Ron F. Richards
| University of California, Los Angeles | Graduate Degree |
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Sociétés liées
| Sociétés cotées | 1 |
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| OPTEX SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC | Electronic Technology |
| Entreprise privées | 9 |
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Biopure Corp.
 Biopure Corp. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Biopure Corp. developed, manufactured and marketed oxygen therapeutics, a new class of pharmaceuticals that are administered intravenously to increase oxygen transport to the body's tissues. The company used patented and proprietary technology to develop and manufacture two products: Hemopure for human use, and Oxyglobin for veterinary use. It has developed Hemopure for the treatment of patients with cardiovascular ischemia. Oxyglobin, its veterinary product treated anemia in dogs, is the only oxygen therapeutic approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Commission. Biopure was founded in 1984 and was headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Health Technology |
Merriman Capital, Inc.
Merriman Capital, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1986, Merriman Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered broker/dealer and investment banking firm headquartered in San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MERR), a financial services firm that focuses on fast-growing companies and their institutional investors. Merriman provides advisory and investment banking, equity research, institutional services, corporate services and venture services primarily to corporate clients. Merriman Capital provides research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutional clients. The firm offers a full range of specialized and integrated services including: equity research, specialized trade execution, equity capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, sales and trading, market making, corporate and venture services, restructurings and strategic advisory services. Merriman Capital employs bottom-up, fundamental analysis of small-cap companies in select industries including clean technology, healthcare, technology and consumer/Internet/media. The firm also has expertise in emerging markets, with emphasis on emerging markets in China. Merriman Capital is known to engage in shareholder activist investment strategies. Merriman Capital is a member of the NASD, the SIPC and FINRA. The firm serves as an introducing broker/dealer for Pershing LLC. They do not hold or maintain funds or securities or provide clearing services for other broker/dealers. | Finance |
Wachovia Capital Markets LLC
Wachovia Capital Markets LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Wells Fargo Securities LLC is the investment bank asset management and brokerage arm of Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC). The firm is headquartered San Francisco. Their services include fixed-income sales and trading, equities sales and trading, market analysis and research and investment banking and advisory services. | Finance |
Viking Asset Management LLC
 Viking Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Viking Asset Management LLC is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in Burlingame, California. The firm was founded by Peter Benz and Stephen Rudolph in 2001. They provide investment advice to high net-worth clients. | Finance |
The State Bar of California
The State Bar of California Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The State Bar of California operates as an official attorney licensing agency. The non-profit company is based in San Francisco, CA. Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker has been the CEO of the company since 2015. | Commercial Services |
| Optex Systems, Inc. | Electronic Technology |
Optex Systems, Inc. (Delaware)
Optex Systems, Inc. (Delaware) Electronic ComponentsElectronic Technology Part of Sileas Corp., Optex Systems, Inc. (Delaware) is a holding American company with interests in manufacturing optical sightings. Optex Systems, Inc. (Delaware was acquired by Sileas Corp. from Viking Asset Management LLC on February 20, 2009. | Electronic Technology |
| Gray Wolf Partners LLC | |
Kinstate, Inc.
Kinstate, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Kinstate, Inc. provides consulting services. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA. | Commercial Services |
