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Rick joined 17³Ô¹Ï as General Counsel in May 2014. In this role, he manages and oversees all legal matters and corporate affairs for 17³Ô¹Ï and serves as Corporate Secretary.

From October 2008 to March 2013, Rick served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Affymetrix, a leading developer of genomic analysis tools. He served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Intuitive Surgical, Inc., a provider of minimally invasive robotic surgery technology, from 2006 to 2007. From 2004 to 2005, Rick served as Senior Vice President of Business Development and General Counsel of VISX Incorporated, a provider of laser vision correction technology, and as Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary from 2001 to 2004. Prior to that, he was a partner at the law firm of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP for 11 years, where he specialized in complex commercial litigation and served as managing partner of the firm's San Francisco office.

Rick holds a bachelor of arts in Political Science and a Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles.