Ronald C. Rawson

Ron, a San Francisco native, is the principal of R&R Ventures, a venture development group promoting financial advisory through his extensive network of strategic alliances, business development, and funding relationships for high growth businesses. He has worn many hats throughout his 30 year career as a serial entrepreneur, including 25 years as owner, manager and President of R. C. Rawson Co., a family business in international plastics manufacturing, and distribution.

Ron is also a thought leader in issues of consumer payments (credit, debit, smart-chip, wireless mobile, pre-paid), and has worked with clients such as American Express, Bank of America, Visa International, MasterCard, and Chevron USA.He has held investor, advisor, and/or operating roles in high growth businesses promoting branded media content, pre-paid payroll cards, consumer directed health care, biotechnology and stem cell development, alternative e-commerce payments, merchant acquisition, cross border money transfer, “cleantech” such as solar power wafer manufacturing, “water arbitrage/sales” and recycling in California’s Central Valley, as well as other mature manufacturing and supply chain based growth companies.

Mr. Rawson consults with venture capital partnerships; has been a speaker at financial industry conferences and gatherings; is active in investment circles, and follows seed capital and early business formation gatherings with diligence. He serves as an advisor for seed funded companies, and sits on the Executive Resource Board for Lee, Hecht, Harrison, a Fortune 500 national outplacement and career-counseling firm. His professional investor associations have included Golden Gate Angels, Keiretsu Forum, VC Task Force, InnerCircle Ventures, Virtual Founders Fund and Global Media Ventures. Ron has authored many published articles, and currently reviews opportunity and expansion of growth companies on many platforms, often collaborating with the venture and private equity industries. He holds a Bachelors from UCLA and an MBA in Finance from Golden Gate University. As a former All America swimmer, Ron enjoys running, swimming and riding bicycles, and also enjoys performing with professional musical groups on his harmonica.