Rick has an extensive background in biology, organic chemistry, biochemistry, software, and rocket science, and a vast breadth of experience managing and delivering complex projects for clients such as NASA, Microsoft and Lockheed Martin.

Rick has written software that’s flown to Mars three times, and guided probes into the debris trails of comets. Kimer Med is the 14th startup he’s worked for or founded, six of which have had successful exits.

Rick’s degree is in Math, and he ran a multi-person consultancy in Silicon Valley for more than two decades before moving to New Zealand in 2006.

Rick has devoted much of his life to studying science. He has published work in peer-reviewed journals in the fields of biochemistry and aerospace, and is the primary author of five patents.