Rick Roy is the Founder and Managing Partner of RER Advisors, LLC. Prior to founding RER Advisors, he served as Senior Executive Partner with Gartner Inc., the world’s largest technology research and advisory firm, as well as CIO of CUNA Mutual Group. Rick’s organizations have been honored with multiple industry awards, including the CIO 100, Information Week 500/Elite 100, and InfoWorld 100.
Rick is a strategic advisor on business strategy and technology and has worked with the CEOs, Boards, and CIOs of the following clients: Ford Motor, OneAmerica Financial, GM Finance, CME Group, Baxter Health Care, Shire/Baxalta, Abbott Laboratories, GE Health Care, Baker Tilly International, Grant Thornton, S.C. Johnson, Cargill, Country Financial Corp., Ahead, Lurie Children’s Hospital, and CCC Information Services.
In addition to being a nationally recognized thought leader and speaker in the financial services, insurance, and technology industries, Rick has appeared in leading media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, NBC Nightly News, CIO, InformationWeek, Insurance Networking News, and Insurance & Technology.
Rick holds a BBA from University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, MBA from Marquette University, and a Program of Negotiation (PON) from Harvard Law School.