Michael Richards
Interim Chief Executive Officer at Whip Media
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Richards is an experienced operator and strategic leader with 17 years in senior finance, transformation, and private equity roles, now serving as Interim CEO of Wiser Solutions and a board member at Whip Media. He has repeatedly led complex carve-outs, M&A diligence, and operational turnarounds across technology and media businesses, blending CFO/COO rigor with hands-on execution. Prior roles as Operating Partner at Symphony Technology Group and senior leadership at KPMG and Deloitte underpin a track record of aligning investment thesis with operational value creation. Michael also invests in music and creator-economy tech, reflecting a niche focus on the intersection of media, rights, and platform economics. Based in San Francisco, he combines audit-grade financial discipline with pragmatic transformation experience that accelerates growth and governance.
17 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Accounting and Finance, Bachelor of Science - BS, Accounting and Finance at University of Idaho
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Github Skills (40)
knockout10
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databinding10
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mikeric/sightglass
Feb 2014 - Jan 2016
Contributions:33 commits, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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mikeric/rivets
Apr 2012 - Aug 2015
Lightweight and powerful data binding.
Contributions:676 commits, 8 PRs, 23 pushes in 3 years 4 months
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