For over 25 years, Rick has been in the trenches, launching, scaling, and transforming products at every stage from startup spark to enterprise scale. He holds 5+ U.S. patents across AI, ad tech, and enterprise systems. Solving hard problems with smart solutions isn’t just his skill, it’s his passion in life.
Rick blends technical firepower with business precision. He’s led major initiatives at Fortune 100 powerhouses like Dell, Univision, and Verizon, while building startups like Wurkzen (AI Sales Platform) and CIELO Enterprise Solutions from the ground up.
He doesn’t just build tech, he builds brands. Rick crafted the full identity for Wurkzen and created Zero to 1 Experts as a bold platform for elite product and technology consulting. Strategy, naming, positioning, and execution.
Respected by dev teams. Trusted by the C-suite. Rick lives at the intersection of business and software.
Certifications: PMI-certified PfMP + PMP Pro
Degrees: Doctorate in Business Technology
Rick doesn’t do normal.
Rick only builds what’s next.
Great products aren’t built on guesswork. We design the technical blueprint that powers your vision, choosing the right architecture, stack, and infrastructure from day one. Our Fractional CTOs ensure your tech isn’t just functional, it’s future-proof. Plan Smart. Build Once. Scale Forever.
You don’t just need developers, you need leadership. Our CTOs guide hiring, team structure, and daily dev workflows to keep things moving with focus and velocity. We embed ourselves into your team and raise the bar across the board. No Chaos. No Excuses. Just Powerful Execution.
When your product grows, your systems need to keep up. We design and optimize backend infrastructure to scale securely and efficiently, without breaking the bank, or the product. We think like engineers, but move like founders. Build Right. Handle More. Scale Faster.
Whether you’re raising, acquiring, or just need a second set of eyes, we perform deep technical audits and give you clear, no-BS guidance. Our CTOs give you investor-ready confidence backed by real operational insight. Know the Risks. Fix the Gaps. Move Forward.
Think of a Fractional CTO or CIO as a GPS. Now that you know your destination, your product or service, you need a way to get there. A Fractional CTO or CIO gives you various different options based on the specific need of your business to get you to your destination. Each option will have its Pros, Cons, Cost and Timelines.
This unique mix of experience blends strategic knowledge with the technical know-how to execute and lead projects and teams and the knowledge to help your business get funded.
Startups have options. Most of them bad.
Hiring in-house burns cash fast. Outsourcing overseas? Risky without the right leadership.
We’ve seen both go wrong; we’re here to make sure you don’t make the same mistake.
With our Fractional CTO and Product Management leadership, you get top-tier execution, clear strategy, and real accountability, without wasting time or budget.
Our 5 Steps to Success framework isn’t theory. It’s a proven system we’ve used to help companies across industries go from zero to launch, and beyond.
You’ve got vision. We bring experience.
Ready to take your steps?
We don’t play in red oceans.
We help you break out of the noise and own uncontested space—not by undercutting competitors, but by out-innovating them.Most companies fight over scraps—slashing prices, copying features, and hoping for survival. That’s the red ocean. We help you build the product no one saw coming, backed by strategy, tech, and vision that makes competition irrelevant.
Our Fractional CTO and Product Management service helps our clients expand into or create blue oceans by using our experience in business and technology innovation to differentiate your products, services and technology. Innovation isn’t optional, it’s required.
Out kickoff process allows us to quickly understand your ambitions, where you are in those ambitions and how Zero to 1 Experts can help you to get to your goals faster. Find out why the worlds leading startups and Fortune 100 companies trust Zero to 1.
The more we know about your business and goals the more our Fractional CPO and Fractional CTO services can help achieve them.
Our Fractional CPO and Fractional CTO service develop a plan and roadmap to execute and achieve your goals.
Our expert team executes on all plans, software development, branding, helping you create a pitchdeck and much more.
Trusted by the worlds leading startups and Fortune 100 companies.
Wurkzen is a next-generation marketplace for service providers that also provides an operating platform that allows businesses to not only list their services but get their website, appointment system, payment system, commerce and so much more.
Our team worked closely with Wurkzen to realize their vision, build their development team, and launch their product.
Zero To 1 Experts assisted Dell Technologies in consolidating multiple legacy portals and systems into modernized experiences using the best practices in Microservice and Microfrontend (MFE) Development. Zero To 1 Experts assisted Dell Technologies in launching a consolidated consumer experience driving their $12B software sales segment.
Zero To 1 Experts assisted CIELO in going from a closed-beta to a commercial launch growing from 300 movie theater screens to over 18,000. Zero To 1 Experts built relationships with value-added resellers and industry partners to create disruptive technologies that made global movie theater operations involving studios such as Disney more efficient
and automated. Zero To 1 Experts was instrumental in helping CIELO secure multiple funding rounds.
Zero To 1 Experts assisted TracFone Wireless in releasing over 25 enterprise-level initiatives including StraightTalk Wireless in a partnership with Walmart and SafeLink Wireless, a subsidized lifeline program sponsored by the United States Government and the Obama Administration. These two products alone make up more than half of TracFone’s $8B revenue.
Zero To 1 Experts assisted Verizon Wireless subsidiary, TracFone in releasing over 25 enterprise-level initiatives including StraightTalk Wireless in a partnership with Walmart and SafeLink Wireless, a subsidized lifeline program sponsored by the United States Government and the Obama Administration. These two products alone make up more than half of TracFone’s $8B revenue.
Our team is outcome-focused. We’re not just consultants, we’re passionate CTOs, Product Managers, and Designers who understand what it takes to build a great product and its underlying technology. We take great pride in helping businesses like yours achieve their goals.
Our consultants have worked with customers around the globe to drive the outcomes and results that make a difference.
The solutions we have built have been used by happy customers in over 51 countries around the world.
You’re not here to play it safe. You’re here to build what’s never been built.
Breakthroughs. Category-definers. 0-to-1 products that spark real change.
You’ve got the vision. We’ve got the team.
LETS GO
