Richard Lynch - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

CB Rank (Person)

Location New York, New York, United States
Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US
Gender Male

Richard Lynch was the Interim CEO of Blackberry. He previously worked at Verizon as an EVP and CTO. Richard Lynch attended the University of Massachusetts.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Richard Lynch

has

current jobs as

Fellow

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers

and

President

FB Associates, LLC

. Additionally,

Richard Lynch

has had

past jobs including

CEO

Blackberry

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Fellow
FB Associates, LLC President

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Blackberry	CEO	Nov 2023	Dec 2023
Verizon	EVP & CTO	—	—
Verizon Wireless	EVP & CTO	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Richard Lynch

holds

board and advisor roles including

Chair of the Board

Blackberry

Board Member

Cohere Technologies

, and

Member of the Board of Directors

Blackberry

Blackberry Chair of the BoardNov 2023
Cohere Technologies Board MemberAug 2017
Blackberry Member of the Board of DirectorsFeb 1, 2013
FB Associates, LLC Member of the Board of DirectorsFeb 2013
TranSwitch Member of the Board of Directors
Ruckus Wireless Member of the Board of Directors

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Sonus Networks	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—

Education

Richard Lynch

studied at

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

University of Massachusetts Amherst

, and

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Ph.D.Executive
University of Massachusetts Amherst Bachelor’sElectrical Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst Master’sElectrical Engineering