Rick Cochran is a veteran leader with cross-industry expertise in long-term care, consumer products, education, and technology services. He has learned hands-on lessons from industry experts like Jim Champy and Ross Perot, and draws on his experience in bootstrapping and launching businesses like CollegeChoiceToday and launching and integrating global sales and sales operations for organizations like Thomson Reuters and Career Education Corporation. Rick's business philosophy revolves around a clear vision, market-focused strategy, individual accountability, and a professional and empowered team that creates competitively differentiated value propositions. He combines talent, technology, business process, data analytics, and change management to build sustainable industry leaders. Rick holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management and Organization from the University of Miami. He currently serves as the Vice President Special Projects at HMG Healthcare, LLC.