Mr. Richard StJohn has over twenty-five years of cross-functional corporate experience including fifteen years of consulting and strategy experience in the Americas. He began his career in the Petroleum Industry working as an Operations Manager and Advisor for Esso Caribbean and Central America.

Richard later moved to Nortel, where he was responsible for commercial marketing and negotiations for new business in the Caribbean and Latin America, and later a Regional Director of Corporate Accounts for the Caribbean. During his tenure he led Commercial Marketing team, providing profit and risk analysis, in contract negotiation for $400M supply agreement with Mexican company Unefon, managed commercial marketing new business team of 15 proposal managers and sales engineers which resulted in over $600M in sales, reduced overhead needed to cover Caribbean by 45%.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Cornell University, and an MBA from Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University. He also graduated from the Strategic Management Partnership Program at the Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, and also holds a Masters Certificate in Business Intelligence from Villanova University.