Dale S. Richards is the CEO of Excel Management Systems, Inc., a 30+-year-old, Utah-based business certified valuation and optimization firm. Excel has helped hundreds of Vistage members and companies to achieve their certified valuation objectives. He served five years on the NACVA Quality Assurance Board. Dale has turned around 150+ U.S. companies with 2X to 5X increase in revenue, profits and value. Dale has commercialized 50+ technologies and was a founder of 35 start-up companies and 15 major license deals. He has 25-plus years of executive management experience as CEO, president, CFO, COO, CMO and board of directors in the aerospace, utility, software, manufacturing and biomedical industries. He has served on the board of directors of four for-profit and four non-profit companies. Dale graduated the top student in his MBA class and has a B.S. in chemical engineering. Dale retired as an eight-year Utah Vistage Chair and an accomplished – sought after International Speaker with over 500 presentations in 43 states and 7 countries. Dale’s latest Book/Manual and ten (10) implementation instructional video courses is “Knowledge is Power” that details the top 10 ways to 2X-5X Revenue, Profits and Value that have been successfully applied in 150+ companies.