Karl Richards is a seasoned IT leader with over 20 years of experience in developing and implementing business strategies, delivering complex IT projects, and running international operations. Known for his ability to align IT with a company's strategic long-range objectives, Karl has broad-based leadership skills and experience coordinating high-competency technology managers, project managers, and technical staff. Some of his specialties include security and compliance, web, and mobile application development, cloud computing, business intelligence, DevOps, card processing, acquisition integration, contracting, project management, and data center infrastructure. Karl has worked across various industry verticals such as health insurance, employee benefits, financial services, property and casualty insurance, and medical equipment manufacturing.

Karl's educational background includes studying BSEE, Electrical Engineering at Michigan Technological University, and obtaining an MBA, Masters of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. Currently, Karl is a Senior Director of Infrastructure and Information Security at Land's End. Before this, he was the Founder and Managing Director at Accelerate One, Executive Vice President of Business Technology Services, and Chief Security Officer at TASC (Total Administrative Services Corporation).