Summary
Rick Armbrust is a board member, advisor, and founder with over 15 years in technology helping growth-stage CEOs scale products, teams, and businesses. As founder of Sherlock Advisors he works with a select client base representing roughly $7 billion in market cap and brings hands-on expertise in design tools, data analytics, strategic partnerships, and capital raising. His background spans operator roles at Microsoft and Facebook—where he helped launch foundational mobile and photo partnerships—and senior business development positions at fast-growing startups like Segment and Framer. Rick combines product sensibility with commercial rigor, often stepping into early GTM and partner strategy to accelerate adoption and fundraising. He serves on education and restaurant-tech boards and quietly invests/advises in companies such as Crossbeam, Runway, Nylas, and Eat App. Based in San Francisco with a CS/engineering foundation and an MBA, he’s known for coaching founders to be effective leaders while staying personally fulfilled.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering at Northwestern University
MBA China Copyright Technology, MBA China Copyright Technology at Harvard Business School