Larry Richards, is the Founding Partner of The BEX Network, a network of current and former executives, consultants, technologists, academicians, and financial intermediaries dedicated to creating new business development opportunities and technology platforms for expansion-oriented companies.

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Experience

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Management Consulting

Partner at KPMG Consulting; Vice President (Partner) at Gemini Consulting (now part of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young); Senior Manager at Ernst & Young Consulting; and Senior Analyst at the Wharton Applied Research Center. Focus on strategy, organizational effectiveness, and technology in financial services, healthcare, and other information-intensive industries.

Management

CEO of Diversified Information Technologies, an information management company in Scranton, Pennsylvania; CEO of The Financial Benefits Network, a financial intermediary serving minority communities; Senior Manager, Aetna Group Insurance Division 

Economic Development

International Investment Development Representative for the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development—worked with United States companies expanding into Canada and Canadian and international companies expanding into the United States

Ancillary Activities

Board of Directors, the American Muslim Consumer Consortium

Board of Directors, Destiny Family Services, Atlanta

Advisor, The Salinas Valley Arts & Innovation Hub (Salinas, California) 

Member, Global Opportunities Committee, Princeton Mercer Chamber of Commerce

President, Wharton Graduate Association, Wharton Graduate Association (the-wga.com), 1980-81

Education

MBA, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, Major in Management

BA, University of Maine, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Major in History