Rick Moss

Along with partners Al McClain and Santi Briglia, Rick Moss is responsible for conceiving and building RetailWire.com. Principally, he spearheads the functional design and content of the site, along with other administrative and creative duties.

Rick's career in retail trade communications stretches back to 1981 with the start-up of Retail Insights, a ground-breaking video trade magazine. He headed the production and design team for that series of programs until 1993, when, along with partner Santi Briglia, he formed Further Media, a communications design company.

With Further Media, Moss and Briglia produced a diversity of b2b communications for the likes of IBM, CMP/InformationWeek, Dean Foods, Ralston Purina and GE. Although primarily concentrated on web design and management, Further Media also designed for video, print and interactive disk.

In 1998, out of a partnership between Further Media and Al McClain's Media Connection, came IdeaBeat.com -- the retail industry's most innovative online community. Rick served as President, overseeing content and strategic partnerships.

Rick is also a frequent contributor to blogs and e-magazines, typically writing on the impact of future technologies. He is the author of the speculative fiction thriller Ebocloud, published by Aerodyne Press. He serves on the Human Trajectories Board and Media & Arts Board of the Lifeboat Foundation, an organization dedicated to encouraging scientific advancements while helping humanity survive existential risks associated with the misuse of increasingly powerful technologies.

Rick resides in Upper Montclair, New Jersey with his wife Catherine of 30 plus years. They have two grown daughters, Alison and Genna, both involved in the creative arts.