Rick Pauls
President, CEO and Chairman
LED Dental
United States of America
Biography
Rick is the President, CEO and Chairman of DiaMedica Inc. Before that, Rick was the Managing Director of CentreStone Ventures Inc., an early-stage life sciences venture capital fund. While with CentreStone, Rick led the investment in Orasi Medical Inc., winner of the Red Herring Global 100 and Red Herring North America 100 awards; LED Medical Inc., winner of Red Herring Canada 50 award in the Health category; and DiaMedica and Sanomune Inc., both named one of Canada's Top 10TM Life Science Companies. Prior to CentreStone, he was with Centara Corporatition, an- other early-stage venture capital fund. Before that, he specialized in asset-backed securitization and structured finance with General Motors Acceptance Corporation in Minnesota. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Manitoba and his M.B.A. in Finance from the University of North Dakota.
Research Interest
Finance