Pivoting and Changing your Business Due to the Pandemic

Richard is the principal consultant and owner of R.B. Moore Solutions, LLC., a consulting firm. The firm specializes in providing effective analysis leading to creative solutions to the challenges faced by small businesses (existing and start-ups). The focus for all clients is to increase profitability and growth. Services include business assessments and analysis, business modeling, planning, management consulting, assistance in preparing for access to capital, and conducting workshops on various entrepreneurial and business topics. Richard has also served as a consultant and business advisor for a major North Carolina community development financial institution (CDFI). In this role, he provided business coaching, counseling, and training to many minority, women, and veteran small business owners. Over the past four years, since launching R. B. Moore Solutions, Richard has helped numerous entrepreneurs and small business owners make significant progress on their journey to achieving their goals. Richard is an ad hoc instructor at Wake Technical Community College in the topic of Entrepreneurship. In addition, he serves as an advisor to the board of Nortria, Inc., a service-disabled veteran and minority owned small business. Previously, Richard served for over thirty-two years in various leadership, intrapreneurship, and management positions in Lenovo and IBM. During his career, he received numerous awards and recognition at the corporate, business unit, and functional levels due to many achievements which had positive impacts on profitability, productivity, and quality. Richard has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University, Durham, NC. He also has completed post graduate work at Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota.