Consultant to "C" Level Executives and Entrepreneur/Owners.
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Professional Summary
Richard A. Flaherty, CEO/Founder/Inventor
Mr. Flaherty has owned/operated more than a dozen successful businesses since 1974. From building condos and commercial buildings to investment banking, M&A, owning an investment banking firm and served as President & CEO of LEADER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION and DIFFERENTIAL ENERGY GLOBAL Ltd. (DEG), Port Orchard, Washington. LEADER operated two divisions: commercial & institutional site furniture, LED accent/area landscape lighting and retail fixtures & displays.
In late 2010 Mr. Flaherty started DEG to commercialize a series of replacement LED lamps he and his team invented to replace HID bulbs (outdoor street, wall packs, parking and interior high/low bay fixtures). In late 2018 Mr. Flaherty decided to retire and sold or shuttered all of the businesses he started or purchased.
Overall, Mr. Flaherty has designed several hundred products now in use in more than 63 countries throughout the globe. He now turns his efforts to helping others find and enjoy the success in business and the personal lives of others.
Skills
Business Strategy Writing Management Analysis Branding
Team Building Financial Analysis Scaling Creative Initiatives
Work Experience
1991-2019
President & CEO, Leader International Corporation
From 1990 through the sale of Leander Health Technologies Corporation in August 2007, Mr. Flaherty led Leander Health from a single product company to more than 170 products sold in 63 countries globally, including the world-renowned Leander Chiropractic Treatment Table, the Paris line of Orthopedic treatment tables and a series of osteopathic and massage treatment and exam tables. The company also assembled a full line of soft goods and third-party products used extensively throughout the healthcare industry and sold directly to healthcare professionals globally.
Since 1990, he served as President & CEO of LEADER INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION located in Port Orchard, Washington. Before selling the assets of Leader’s manufacturing subsidiary in January 2017, LEADER operated four divisions: commercial & institutional site furniture, LED accent, area and landscape lighting, retail fixtures & displays and custom product designs. Mr. Flaherty was instrumental in a vast number of innovations, original designs and holds more than a dozen patents.
2010-2019
Founder, President & CEO, Differential Energy Global Ltd.
In late 2010 Mr. Flaherty started DEG to commercialize a series of replacement LED lamps he and his team invented to replace HID bulbs (outdoor street, wall packs, parking and interior high/low bay fixtures). In just a few years Mr. Flaherty and his team sold several million dollars of DEG LED lighting, placing products in light fixtures throughout the globe.
1985-2019
Founder, Creative Director & President, Creative Concepts Group, Inc./CCG-Seattle, Inc.
Mr. Flaherty founded a unique advertising/marketing/graphic design business where he sold packaged advertising that included: collateral materials, TV and Radio ads, billboards, print ads and posters. The canned ad packages were sold by ADI sectors throughout the U.S. to medical, dental, chiropractors, fitness facilities, jewelry stores, attorneys and auto dealers to promote their businesses. The company also provided graphic design and ad creation services to many other types of businesses throughout the U.S.
Education
1974-1981
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Degree in General Business
Marketing/Economics Minor
1970-1974
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Industrial Arts and Design Engineering - Economics - Marketing
Spartan Varsity Wrestling Team
Interests
When I decided it was time to share my accumulated knowledge, acumen and successes to help others this epiphany was highlighted by the desire not to engage in a job. I have three beautiful grandchildren, a wonderful wife (with equal achievements), great family and many friends. I love to golf, travel and meeting new friends. I am intrigued with life and people from other walks of life. I love to contribute to other's successes. I have lived on water of some nature most of my life--both fresh and salt water. My hobby is construction, particularly carpentry, designing furniture and visioning spaces. I have been building something most of my life whether a product, a building, a home or a business or two. Most of all, I love to have fun.