Richard is the founder of The BreakThru Alliance, an international consulting firm contributing to the profitable growth of clients by helping them achieve breakthrough improvements. He has over 20 years of experience in strategy and structure consulting, executive coaching, leadership development, employee engagement, and HR transformation. His innovative human capital and leadership development approaches have led to improvement in the public sector and at dozens of Fortune 1000 companies. As a frequent speaker and writer on leadership challenges, and former educator at USC's Marshall School of Business, he has advised executives and community leaders in the United States and abroad.