Richard A. Murray

Technical Advisor

Mr. Murray was Co-Owner and Chief Financial Officer of the firm from 1998 to 2020 and currently serves as a technical advisor. He wrote the software that drives the business and developed all the business tools to make the corporation effective. This included the development of search database tools, overseeing the implementation of remote access capabilities and the first international search firm to have a systems approach to the handheld e-mail device. He also maintained the company website and participated in over 600 search projects where he was involved in all aspects of the search process.

Richard has spent much of his professional life in higher education as a professor at University of California, Santa Cruz and at Fresno State University. Prior to the purchase of the firm, Dick worked as a consultant to nonprofit organizations in the Detroit area, Washington, DC, and in San Diego where he provided clients assistance in the training of office staff with computer system programs and applications. Dick wrote several custom donor records database management systems, guided clients through the conversion process when new database systems emerged, and worked on team building concepts to make the fundraising process efficient and effective.