Jeff Richards
Vice President and General Manager,
Intelligent Supply Chain Services at Verisign
Jeff Richards is currently the Vice President and General Manager, Intelligent Supply Chain Services (ISCS) at VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN), a $1.5B technology industry leader. In this capacity, Jeff overseas teams working throughout the U.S. as well as Australia, Japan, Korea and China. In addition to serving several hundred customers in the Retail, Consumer Goods and Pharmaceutical industries, the ISCS business also manages the root Object Naming Service infrastructure for EPCglobal in the rapidly growing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) space.
In addition to its work in the RFID space, VeriSign's ISCS organization leverages the Company's global infrastructure to provide advanced commercial and public sector capabilities around the tracking and management of goods in the Pharmaceutical and Retail industries. VeriSign is the leading provider of pedigree, serialization and authentication services to Distributors, Manufacturers and Retailers working towards "Safe and Secure" initiatives at the State (Florida, California and others) and national level. In the Retail industry, ISCS handles more than $2B per week in retail demand data - point of sale and other types of data utilized to manage the retail supply chain - as well as providing technology infrastructure services for Retail industry leaders such as Agentrics, an organization representing more than $1 trillion in annual retail sales on a global basis.
Prior to VeriSign, Jeff was President and CEO of R4 Global, an RFID industry leader acquired by VeriSign in May of 2005. Prior to R4, Jeff was a co-founder and executive at QuantumShift, an enterprise software and services provider in the telecommunications space. Prior to QuantumShift, Jeff was a management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers (now part of IBM).
Jeff has been featured in Forbes, CNET, Network World and other leading publications, and is a frequent speaker at major technology industry and investment forums. Jeff holds an AB from Dartmouth College and resides in Northern Virginia with his wife and two daughters.
Appearances
- RFID Roundtable June 27, 2006
Biography last updated June 2006