Rick O’Connor is executive director of the RISC-V Foundation and RapidIO.org. With many years of executive level management experience in semiconductor and systems companies, Rick possesses a unique combination of business and technical skills and was responsible for the development of dozens of products accounting for over $500 million in revenues. Rick holds an executive MBA degree from the University of Ottawa and is an honors graduate of the faculty of Electronics Engineering Technology at Algonquin College.