Craig M. Richards, CEO
Craig M. Richards, CEO, joined the Company in 2012. His career spans over 30 years in a wide variety of senior financial and operating management roles in both public and private organizations as well as in long established and start-up companies. In 2011 he served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the oil processing company Uintah Resources. Prior to that, he spent five years as CFO of the real estate merchanting banking firm, Inlet Capital. Before Inlet, he spent three years as executive vice president and CFO of DynamicCity, a telecommunications consulting company that designed high capacity fiber optic networks. Before that, Mr. Richards spent nine years as president and chief executive officer of Baker & Taylor Inc., a $1.1 billion international wholesale distributor of books, videos and music. For six years prior to that, Mr. Richards was a managing director at the Wall Street investment-banking firm, Bear Stearns & Co. Prior to that, he spent nine years in a variety of financial positions, including vice president of Project Finance at Marriott Corporation, a leading provider of lodging and food services. Mr. Richards spent two years on the audit staff of the public accounting firm Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Richards has completed the executive management program at Harvard Business School and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University.