Rick Macy is a seasoned sales and marketing expert with a career spanning over two decades. He started in the US Defense manufacturing industry and went on to lead successful start-ups and senior roles in the Russian telecommunications industry. He is fluent in Russian, has traveled to 65 countries, and has a BS in Sociology from the University of the State of New York. He has been recognized as one of the top commercial managers in Russia and has been the Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in St. Petersburg. He is currently a consultant based in St. Petersburg and has successfully launched a new sales and service center and restructured the commercial and project management departments for a mid-sized Russian telco. He joined Jensen Group as VP of Sales and Leasing in 2012. His long-term goals are to continue raising his son and to have an interesting life.