Rick is the strategic director of Transmission & Distribution World magazine.
He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He spent the first part of his career in engineering and management positions at Georgia Power Company Research Center (now NEETRAC), during which time he received the Georgia Power “Engineer of the Year” award and a “Technology Applications Recognition” award from the Electric Power Research Institute.
Since joining T&D World in 1994, Rick has directed the editorial of the magazine, which has been recognized with many awards, including a Jesse H. Neal Certificate of Merit for editorial excellence and multiple American Society of Business Publications Editors awards.
Rick is a senior member of the IEEE.