David Richmond
David is a serial software entrepreneur with over 37 years in the software industry, having founded three companies and sold them all successfully. David founded Striva Corporation in 1998, which was sold to Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) in 2003 for $62m. David was Chairman and CEO of Striva. In five years Striva became the world leader in database access and integration across multiple software and hardware platforms, acquiring the EDP product line from BMC in 2002. David's previous software start ups were Adrem Systems Plc and Enhanced Software Products, Inc.
More recently David has also been Executive Chairman of TouchClarity Ltd, recently acquired by Omniture, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMTR) and CEO of Red-M Group Ltd.
David has a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Business Studies from the University of Bradford Management School.
David is also a Trustee of The Venture Partnership Foundation, focused on supporting entrepreneurs in the charity sector: www.vpf.org.uk.