Richard A. Vinchesi

CEO and Founder

Mr. Vinchesi has over 35 years of experience in corporate finance and executive management, having served variously as CFO, COO, Investment Banker, and CEO of an advisory services firm. Throughout his career, Mr. Vinchesi has raised money for companies and clients at every stage of growth, including Angel financings of $0.5 million for small startups, Series A/B/C/D/E/F preferred stock financings between $1 and $50 million for accelerating growth companies, a wide range of debt instruments, and IPO and high-yield transactions of $75 million to $1 billion for large and growing companies. See Case Studies

Mr. Vinchesi is Founder and CEO of Olympic Advisors, Inc., now in its 25th year, and a Managing Director of Stock Securities. He advises growth companies across the USA and Canada in consumer products, software and technology, eCommerce, and music and entertainment as they seek growth capital, negotiate strategic partnerships, build operations, and pursue sale transactions to strategic and private equity buyers.

Prior to founding Olympic Advisors, Mr. Vinchesi served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of several technology companies on both the East Coast and in Silicon Valley, including Inter-Act Electronic Marketing, Inc., and Personify, Inc., both of which were consumer promotion technology and analytics companies. In these Executive capacities, he recruited and led teams, implemented business strategies and changes, and negotiated and raised numerous equity financings. Mr. Vinchesi also oversaw SEC reporting of required regulatory filings.

Prior to his executive management experiences, Mr. Vinchesi was an Investment Banker at Salomon Brothers Inc in New York City, specializing in bringing many first-time issuers to the public equity and high yield debt markets. Total capital raised with his direct involvement exceeded $3 billion in lead-managed transactions. At Salomon Brothers, Mr. Vinchesi covered a diverse universe of industries including Media, Telecommunications, and Paper and Forest Products.