Simplifya Leadership

I immigrated to Kansas from Sri Lanka when I was 9 years old. I attended both University of Kansas and Emporia State University studying Architecture, Computer Science and Computer Information Systems. After graduation, I took on my first technical role with a medical software company. Since then, I’ve been fortunate enough to have held management and executive level positions with incredible companies - large and small. In addition, I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to have either founded or be involved with many new startup-ups over the years - four of which I’m highly involved with even today.

But I have to admit that some of my most valuable experiences have come from travel and from people I’ve had the opportunity to meet along the way. I’ve learned that humility and kindness is a virtue that I admire most about people and that no matter the level of education, wealth, power and status, everyone is equal.

In my opinion, some of the most important things we can do in this life as human beings is to help others, give back to the community and treat all living things with respect and kindness.

Rick Matsumoto is a COO at Simplifya and Chairman, Board of Advisors at Spectrum Operational and is based in Golden, Colorado. He has worked as Commissioner at Colorado Voter Access and Modernized Elections Commission, Strategic Resources Manager at The Sacramento Bee, and Chief Operating Officer & EVP at Zoola. Rick works or has worked as Board of Directors at Colorado Trout Unlimited. He attended University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business between 1987 and 1989 and University of California, Irvine between 1981 and 1985.

|A leader who gets results…from people to process...to product and profit. Consistently recruited to accelerate new and established business ventures. | Results-oriented leader with abilities to lead teams with superior results. Instinctively attracts/retains people with powerful performance. Expertise in combining strategic vision, planning, and tactical implementation strengths. |Core competencies include building and scaling sales teams, SaaS technologies, GM leadership, sustaining growth with scalable business modeling, operations management, organizational change, P&L performance, profit generation.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS|25 years of sales and executive leadership experience with start-up, turnaround, mature business models.|Built multiple SAAS sales teams, one going from start-up to over 100 team members with strong sales velocity, exceeding planned revenues.|Managed a $380 million North American services business unit with full P&L responsibility beating top and bottom-line expectations. |Built, grew, and led sales/operations teams and turnaround initiatives, in one role increasing revenues from $10M to $62M.|Significantly improved profit contributions in two companies in a short period as a result of executing a go-to-market strategy of building channel programs to complement the direct sales team. SPECIALITIES: |Leadership, coaching, team building, attracting/retaining talent, high-performance business cultures.|Sales/Operations/Finance/General management leadership|Business Development, Digital Marketing strategies, Professional Services organization, Call Centers, IT Outsourcing, Strategic Planning, Start-ups, Turnarounds|Building, scaling, and leading teams with a culture of transparency, empowerment, and accountability|Restructuring existing teams to successful execution, scaling, and growth

I immigrated to Kansas from Sri Lanka when I was 9 years old. I attended both University of Kansas and Emporia State University studying Architecture, Computer Science and Computer Information Systems. After graduation, I took on my first technical role with a medical software company. Since then, I’ve been fortunate enough to have held management and executive level positions with incredible companies - large and small. In addition, I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to have either founded or be involved with many new startup-ups over the years - four of which I’m highly involved with even today.

But I have to admit that some of my most valuable experiences have come from travel and from people I’ve had the opportunity to meet along the way. I’ve learned that humility and kindness is a virtue that I admire most about people and that no matter the level of education, wealth, power and status, everyone is equal.

In my opinion, some of the most important things we can do in this life as human beings is to help others, give back to the community and treat all living things with respect and kindness.

Rick Matsumoto is a COO at Simplifya and Chairman, Board of Advisors at Spectrum Operational and is based in Golden, Colorado. He has worked as Commissioner at Colorado Voter Access and Modernized Elections Commission, Strategic Resources Manager at The Sacramento Bee, and Chief Operating Officer & EVP at Zoola. Rick works or has worked as Board of Directors at Colorado Trout Unlimited. He attended University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business between 1987 and 1989 and University of California, Irvine between 1981 and 1985.