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17-*Special* Founder Interview with Rich McCormack, Co-Founder of Viqtory and Founder of Assured LogIQ
GCA Cohort member, Rich McCormack, is the Co-Founder of Viqtory and Founder of Assured LogIQ. He has over 20 years of experience starting and operating media, marketing and technology companies.
Upon leaving the Navy, graduating from business school and a short stint with International Paper, Rich took his short, but impactful experience, and embarked on his entrepreneurial journey. Joining up with Navy friend Chris Hale, in 1998, Rich and team launched a number of companies, most notably a venture-funded startup called Stars & Stripes Omnimedia incubated out of Carnegie Mellon University. In 2001, after the burst of the dot.com bubble, Stars & Stripes Omnimedia was divested and Rich and Chris picked-up the pieces of their former company and started a new company called Viqtory - a military media and marketing company.
Viqtory was bootstrapped from day one, and profitable within two months of formation and commercialization. From inception until 2017, Rich has served as President and COO and was responsible for product development and commercialization, where he oversaw the operations of the many media products: 5 publications, 4 websites, ratings, events, and the technology and data platform that underpinned the operation.
Viqtory established itself as the go-to resource for military transitioning to civilian employment. Since then, Viqtory has built itself into a trusted leader in military and veteran recruitment, with unprecedented data-based insight into veteran interests, skills and job-seeking behaviors. Viqtory's rich data set, incorporating survey results, publicly available data, predictive models built by their in-house data scientists, and more, helps their clients reach millions of potentially interested U.S. veterans and military spouses.
Born out of Viqtory’s R&D, Rich started Redcell in 2017, an AI and blockchain company which proved concept for new use cases in creating competency based workforce recruitment matching software for transitioning workforces, like veterans and students. Redcell was sold in 2019.
In 2020, Rich started Assured LogIQ, a Risk Management company focused on the Federal contract industry. Assured LogIQ has distinguished itself with its 9001, 27001 and 31000 ISO certifications and SDVOSB and HUBZone supplier classifications. It’s currently teamed with several large Primes, going after large IT Service contracts.
Contact Information:
Rich McCormack
rich.mccormack@assuredlogiq.com
www.assuredlogiq.com
rich.mccormack@victory.com
www.victory.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-mccormack-ceo-aa26854a/
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